《 Shījīng · Zhōusòng 》 lǐ de shī, duō shì Xīzhōu wángshì jìsì zǔxiān shí chàng de.
Most of the poems in the Hymns of Zhou of the Book of Songs were sung when the Western Zhou royal house made offerings to its ancestors.
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The 颂 (hymns) are the last of the three parts of the Book of Songs, after the 风 and the 雅. The 31 周颂 are the oldest of them: short pieces, many without rhyme, sung with dance at the Zhou ancestral temple. The 鲁颂 and 商颂 make up the rest.
