What does a big drum mean?

Drum means: a folk art, singing stories in verse, with a small amount of spoken language, accompanied by drums, boards, three strings and so on.

Drum is a percussion instrument of Han and Tibetan nationalities, which is popular all over the country. Throughout the ages, drums have always been a folk musical instrument loved by people of all ethnic groups. There are also differences in appearance due to different popular areas and users. It is often used for telling time, offering sacrifices, court etiquette, military affairs, religion, instrumental music, dance, opera, weddings, funerals, festivals and folk entertainment.

Folding lizhou drum

Lizhou Drum, formerly known as Funeral Drum and Filial Piety Drum, is also known as Xiangbei Drum. It is one of the traditional operas of the Han nationality in Changde, Hunan. Its origin cannot be verified. It is said that it originated from the knocking on the table of the King of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty or the drum and basin songs of Zhuangzi. There is still a saying among artists in Lixian County: Duke Zhou ruled his rites, Confucius ruled his poems, and Zhuangzi ruled his funeral drums. Judging from the known artist inheritance relationship, it has a history of at least 400 years.

Folding morning drum

As a time drum, it is also called the morning bell drum, and is often placed on the drum tower of the city. The big drum on the Drum Tower in Beijing is specially used to tell the time. In order to let Beijing citizens hear the time, the drum is particularly large, with a diameter of 150 cm, which was once called the king of drums. Every night, the bells and drums chime, and the deep drums spread all over the city.

Musical instrument structure

1. Drum consists of drum body, drum skin, drum ring, drum clamp and drum pestle.

2, drum material, drum body: in the early days, there were various products such as gold metal, jade, wood and stone. Until modern times, it has been made of wood, cattle, horses and pigskin. Those made of metal are called pheasant drums, those made of stone are called stone drums, and those made of animal skins are called leather drums. Drum ring and drum card: mostly made of aluminum alloy. Drum pestle: A short, thick wooden pestle with a pimp, cloth or felt wrapped at one end in a spherical shape.

3. Drum is a double-sided musical instrument, which has no fixed pitch, but can control the change of pronunciation. Tap the pronunciation with a drum pestle, and express different musical emotions with the change of strength. Its timbre is deep, loud and powerful, and it is just right to imitate thunder and guns.