The legend of the Yao nationality's long drum

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At the foot of Dayao Mountain in Guangxi, in northern Guangdong and southwestern Hunan, there are industrious and intelligent Yao people. Since ancient times, the Yao people have created a variety of cultural arts. The dances such as long drum and umbrella dance spread in the folk are vigorous and lyrical, showing the brave and optimistic spirit of the Yao people. Yao nationality dance music is beautiful. During festivals or festivities, the Yao people will dance with long drums.

The legend of the Yao nationality's long drum

Regarding the origin of the long drum, there is a moving legend among the Yao people: a long time ago, the Yao people decided to elect a leader to lead everyone to resist the aggression of foreign rulers. One day, there was a loud noise, and a white light fell straight from the sky, inserted into a boulder, and turned into a long sword. It was agreed that the person who can pull up the sword will be the leader of the whole village. How many people tried to try and failed, only a young man named Dongbi gently pulled out the long sword. Therefore, he was elected as the leader of the whole village.

 He led everyone to fight back against foreign aggression and defend Yaoshan in countless victories, and finally got injured and sacrificed. The Yao people put a long white chicken feather on the baotou cloth, symbolizing the shining sword, and cut the sycamore wood from the deep mountains to make a long drum, beat it with their hands, and make a sound of "dongbi, dongbi". , sustenance for the memory of Dongbi. For many years, the long drum has become one of the folk musical instruments that the Yao people are very fond of.

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瑶族长鼓(百度百科)

Involving musical instruments

There are three common types of long drums (pinyin: cháng gǔ), one is the Korean long drum, the other is the Yao nationality long drum, and the other is the Fuzhou wolf string. The Korean long drum is mainly popular in Yanbian Korean Autonomous Prefecture of Jilin Province and other areas inhabited by Koreans, also known as Fugu. The Yao nationality long drum has been circulated in the Song Dynasty. It is mostly made of Yanzhi wood with fine craftsmanship. It is mainly used for dance accompaniment. Fuzhou wolf string, also known as Fuzhou long drum, is a traditional Fujian folk percussion instrument, which is mostly used in Fujian folk music.

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