Lianxiang stick (pinyin: Lián xiāng gùn) is also called flower stick, money stick, bully whip. It is Manchu, Mongolian, Yi, Bai, Miao, Tujia, Han and other nationalities shaking the body and singing instruments. It is popular all over the country, especially in northern my country, Yunnan and central and southern China.
It is made of a thin wooden stick or thin bamboo stick, the stick is 80 cm to 100 cm long and 2.5 cm to 3 cm in diameter. Centimeter or three or four short through holes, drill a small hole from the side and insert the iron nail as a shaft, and then insert four or five small copper coins or small copper cymbals . Shaking the flower stick, copper coins or small cymbals hit the wall of the hole and make a rattling sound. The surface of the flower stick is painted with red, yellow, blue and other color lacquer decoration, and the two ends of the stick are tied with a number of colored silk strips as spikes for decoration.
When playing, you can hold a single stick with one hand or a double stick with both hands, shake or tap to pronounce. The percussion parts include shoulders, waist, back, arms, elbows, hands, knees, feet, and two sticks, all of which can vibrate copper coins and make noises, resulting in complex rhythm changes, and with various dance postures. Those who are more skilled can make it rotate in the palm of the hand, the shoulder or the back. Often by one person, several people or dozens of people holding flower sticks while playing and dancing.
It is a common form of song and dance performances among the vast urban and rural folks in modern times. In the north, it is called Dalianxiang, in the south, it is called Daqianhuan, Jiuzibian, and Hunan and other places are the hegemony whip. During the performance, folk songs from all over the world can also be sung in a lively form. The Manchus also often use the sticks when playing single drums (burning incense) and shaman dancing. It is not only a dance tool, but also an accompaniment instrument. Teenagers of the Yi and Miao ethnic groups in Yunnan usually perform in traditional festivals to pay for money, and they use bronze drums and wooden drums to accompany them respectively.