noun
Ancient Chinese banquet music
Historical term referring to a genre of music performed at banquets in ancient China, later adopted in Japanese court music contexts.
燕楽は唐代の宮廷で発展した音楽の一形式である。
Yan music is a form of music that developed in the Tang dynasty court.
日本にも燕楽の影響を受けた雅楽の曲が残っている。
In Japan, there remain gagaku pieces influenced by yan music.
From Chinese 燕樂 (yànyuè), literally 'banquet music'. The term entered Japanese as a historical musicological loanword.