Buddhist music can be divided into Bai Fan music and Zen music. Among them, Zen music is an important part of Zen culture in China. It is the ancient music formed by ancient musicians who created and sang according to the philosophy of life proved by ancient Zen masters in their daily life after the founder Dharma introduced the Mahayana Buddhism concept of Zen to China. As mentioned above, "Bai Fan Le" is a work of ancient Indian culture, mainly composed of four, six and eight sentences, while "Zen Music" is often expressed in the form of long poems by several prime ministers, such as Wake Up the World by Master Hanshan in Ming Dynasty and Song of the Bag by Zen Master Xu Yun in modern times. Shaolin Temple in Songshan Mountain, as the ancestral home of Zen in China, has rich cultural connotations, which are not limited to martial arts (Zen martial arts) and traditional Chinese medicine (Zen medicine). Zen songs and poems created by Zen masters in past dynasties are also widely circulated according to their own philosophy of life, such as:

Ancient "Shaolin Spirit" Songs

Nanquan north leg Shaolin stick, Weiguobao Temple health itself; Worship Zen and martial Shaolin people, patriotism and protection of Shaolin soul; Do not strive for peace with Shaolin, stop evil and promote good Shaolin roots; Persuade people to get rid of greed with morality, and then attack people with Shaolin Gate. Honor teachers and monks' parents, abide by laws and regulations, observe precepts and obey ancestral teachings; Agricultural Zen is the foundation of the temple, and medical Zen helps the world and the poor; Compassion is charity, and letting go of fame and fortune is not poverty; Martial medicine is the medium to promote Buddhism, and Shaolin disciples are in spirit.

Modern Shaolin meditation songs

Shaolin temple is retro, and dead trees and new buds are born in spring; Point directly at people's minds and view nature as Buddha and Zen; Zen literature, Zen martial arts and Zen medicine, Zen tea and Zen farmers; Zen language, Zen poems, Zen cases, Zen books, Zen paintings and Zen music; Chan Ci Chan Xiao Chan Fa Tong, Chan Tang Chan Master Bao Chan Jing; Convert to Sambo Buddhism and Buddhism, convert to self-awareness; Abide by the rules and regulations and follow the teachings to cross all beings; Self-reliance, hard work, practice according to law; Walking, sitting, lying down, abstaining from wisdom and getting rid of delusion are Mahayana; Shaolin disciples should remember patriotism and the prosperity of Buddhism.

"Zen Shaolin Music Ceremony" is a music feast dedicated to people by contemporary music artists on the basis of excavating and sorting out the Shaolin Zen culture inherited from Songshan Shaolin Temple.