Eight-tone drum (pinyin: Bā yīn gǔ), also known as the Eight Immortals Drum. Popular in Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Guixi Longlin Autonomous County, Xilin County and the border of Guizhou and Guizhou. It is the Zhuang and Gelao musical instruments. Named for its use in the folk instrumental ensemble eight bands. The Zhuang language is called Zhongyi, which means smaller drum.
Tambourine (Pinyin: líng gǔ) is a percussion instrument of Uyghur, Korean, Uzbek, Tajik and other ethnic groups. It is popular in Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region and Jilin Yanbian. The drum frame is made of wood and one-sided skin. There are three kinds of large, medium and small. . For singing and dancing or instrumental ensembles. Tambourine, also known as "hand drum", whether in folk dance or band accompaniment, tambourine is a kind of rhythm percussion instrument with strong color, which can be used as accompaniment, accompaniment dance and accompaniment song. The rhythm is free and the player can improvise.
Jianggu (pinyin: Jiāng gǔ) is a Zhuang musical instrument. It is popular in Debao and Jingxi areas in the west of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. The ginger drum has fine selection of materials, high requirements for production skills, simple appearance, generous shape, and rich national characteristics in decoration. It is not only an accompaniment musical instrument for opera, but also an exquisite handicraft, which has dual value of practical and ornamental.
Taiping drum (pinyin: tài píng gǔ) is also called "single drum" and "sheepskin drum". Kind of music. Popular all over the North. One of the forms of Han folk dance. The performers are all male. Actors hold a circular single drum made of iron bars with a diameter of about a foot and the drum surface is covered with donkey skins, beat drums with bamboo drum keys, and sing and dance. There are duet and group singing. Lyrics are divided into "Inner Drum" and "Outer Drum": the former is a must-sing word, and the latter has auxiliary lyrics that can be increased or decreased, and the content is mostly folklore and mythology. In the old society, it was sometimes used in superstitious activities such as offering sacrifices and dancing to the gods. After liberation, it was reformed to express the joy and joy of the people.
Lifting the drum (pinyin: Tái gǔ), also known as the water drum. The Dai and De'ang people play musical instruments that strike the membrane. The Dai language in the Dehong area is called Meizangga. It is called Gelendang in De'ang language, which means big drum. It is popular in Dehong Dai and Jingpo Autonomous Prefecture and Baoshan area of Yunnan Province. It has a long history. As early as more than 500 years ago, the Dai and De'ang people have spread this kind of drum among the people. Li Sicong's "Bai Yi Zhuan" in the Ming Dynasty contained: "When feasting in the countryside, he beat drums, played reeds, and danced (shield) boards for fun". It shows that it is widely used in grand festivals and folk entertainment occasions. For hundreds of years, the big drum has been popular in Dai Township.
Nagra (pinyin: Nà gélā) was called Nagara and Nugula in the historical records of the Qing Dynasty. Because the drum body is made of iron, the Han people call it iron drum, and it is also known as Dongba. Popular in Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region.
Sherpa drum (pinyin: Xià ěr bā gǔ), a musical instrument used by the Sherpa people of the Tibetan branch to slap the membrane. Popular in Nyalam County, Shigatse, Tibet.
Hand drum (pinyin: shǒu gǔ) is a mixed-membrane sounding instrument of the Uyghur and Uzbeks. It has a long history and has long appeared in Dunhuang and Northern Wei murals from the fourth to sixth centuries. popular in Xinjiang.
The round drum (pinyin: Yuán gǔ) is a mixture of the Manchu and the Korean people. In Manchu, it is called Tongken, also known as carrying drum. The Koreans are also called flat drums and folk drums. Popular in Liaoning, Jilin, Heilongjiang and other provinces, especially in Yanbian Korean Autonomous Prefecture in Jilin Province.
Saitu (pinyin: Sāi tǔ) is a musical instrument unique to the Jino people. It is made by hollowing out a piece of red hair tree log, and it is cylindrical. Specifications vary. Both ends of the drum frame are covered with untreated hairy yellow cowhide, the diameter of the drum surface is 40 cm to 80 cm, the height of the drum frame is 70 cm to 120 cm, and the thickness of the drum wall is 3 cm to 5 cm. Twelve or sixteen square wooden sticks hold the drumhead around its edges. The wooden stick is 30 cm long, thick at the top and thin at the bottom, and the thickest part is 4 cm square.
The Yao nationality monkey drum (pinyin: Yáozú hóu gǔ) is a musical instrument of the Yao nationality. It is named after the accompaniment of "Monkey Drum". It is popular in the Yao ethnic area around Shanglin County in the central part of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. On the Danu Festival of the Yao nationality, people collectively perform "Monkey Drumming". The high-pitched drum sound and vigorous dance steps add a warm atmosphere to the festival. For several days in a row, all night long, enjoying the party.
Zhuzuigu (Pinyin: Zhū zuǐ gǔ) is a Zhuang nationality musical instrument. Named because the drum is shaped like a pig's mouth. It is popular in Xincheng County in the central part of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. When playing, the drum is placed on a wooden frame and played with a double chime, with a high-pitched and sharp sound. It is used for the accompaniment of Zhuang silk string opera, like the bangu in the Peking Opera band.
Shengu (Pinyin: Shén gǔ) is also known as Lama Drum. It is a percussion instrument used by Tibetan and Mongolian lama monasteries. Popular in Tibet, Qinghai, Gansu, Sichuan, Yunnan, Inner Mongolia and other provinces.
The bee drum (pinyin: Fēng gǔ), a porcelain-made mixed percussion instrument, is a thin-waisted drum popular among the Zhuang, Yao and Maonan ethnic groups in Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. It is named for its thin waist, thick two ends, and a drum body that resembles a bee's waist. drum".
Wangdu (pinyin: Wāng dōu), also known as yellow mud drum, long drum and horizontal drum. The Yao ethnic group is a mixed percussion instrument. It is popular in Liannan Yao Autonomous County of Guangdong Province and other places. Originating from the ancient slender waist drum, it has been widely circulated among the people during the Southern Song Dynasty.
Zhuang ethnic labor (pinyin: Zhuàngzú zhǒng láo), round pier shape. It is popular in the vast rural areas of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region and Wenshan Zhuang and Miao Autonomous Prefecture of Yunnan Province. The drum is placed on the ground, the double chimes are played, and the sound is loud. Often used in festival gong and drum ensembles or as accompaniment for lion and dragon dances.
The Yao nationality drum (pinyin: Yáozú dàgǔ) is cylindrical in shape. Popular in Nandan, Tianlin and other places in Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. The shape varies from place to place. The big drums in the areas of Lihu and Yaozhai in Nandan County are mostly hollowed out with a whole section of camphor wood as the drum frame. The height is 90 cm to 100 cm, and the lower end is open.
Lue Dou (Pinyin: Lüè dòu) is popular throughout the Qiandongnan Miao and Dong Autonomous Prefecture of Guizhou Province. In Miao language, "lue" means wood, and "dou" means drum, which means big wooden drum. Also called bamboo dragon.
The Miao Monkey Drum (Pinyin: Miáozú hóu gǔ), called Gan Na in Miao language, is a unique musical instrument of the Miao people. It is named after the accompaniment "Monkey Dance". Also called flower drum. In the old days, shamans used to falsely call it "barbaric drums". Popular in the Miao areas of Guizhou, Hunan and other provinces. Monkey drums are used in festivals such as the Miao people's cattle-eating feasts, spring tours in the first month and autumn festivals and other occasions, and the scenes are lively and lively.
Huozhe (pinyin: huǒ zhě) is a musical instrument of the Yi and Buyi ethnic groups. In Yi language, it is called fire. The Bouyei people call it the light. It is popular in Weining, Hezhang, Bijie, Shuicheng, Nayong, Qianxi, Panxian and other Yi areas in the northwest of Guizhou Province, and in Xingyi and Zhenfeng in the Buyi and Miao Autonomous Prefecture of southwestern Guizhou.