Forms of drumming for ligustrum war drums

There are many forms of Zafang. One is the dance rappers stand in a circle, drums, cymbals outside the circle, the dancers dance opposite each other, drums, cymbals hit to support. Another is that the dancers stand in two or four teams, with the drums and cymbals at one end, when the dance is neat and unified. Another kind is that the big drum and gong are in the center, and the cymbal dancers are divided into four or eight parties, striking and dancing in various postures to the sound of the big drum. There is also a very high level of performance in which the dancers stand in four directions, 20 meters apart. The dancers stand in four directions, 20 meters apart, and throw the cymbals to each other from time to time and catch each other, which is called "skimming the cymbals". At this time, the cymbals in the air like a gold disk flying, quite spectacular. Because most of the dancers have martial arts, dance up to the robustness of the stability, showing the charm of rigid and flexible, Ligao war drums and "martial arts war drums" reputation.

War drum performers are dressed as warriors. To dance and musical instruments were named: trekkers, drummers and cymbal players, dressed in modified kwa color pants, foot tiger boots, head wrapped in a red scarf. Only the plucker has a spleen on his head. The war drum routines include "Big Oil", "Two Bundles of Oil", "Big Victory" and "Small Victory", "Ambush on Ten Faces", "Monkey Drill Circle", "A Whip for the King" and so on.

Ligao City war drum action amplitude, strong, dance cymbal players pay attention to jumping, tumbling, flash, show, move, Teng, formed a "dragon and tiger leap", "covering the sky and earth" momentum and a unique performance style. Its dance is swarthy and strong, and the sound shocks the soul, with a strong ancient style of Yanzhao. Into the 80's, a series of reforms and innovations to the war drums, in the drum set, clothing, scale and performance forms have made breakthroughs, so that it has become a perfect Han folk art. Gaoxiong county after the establishment of the city, in the annual Spring Festival cultural activities, war drums to promote the spring tournament performance has become a practice. 1989 Gaoxiong war drum team was invited to participate in the "Wuqiao International Acrobatics Festival" opening ceremony, in 1991, "China's Geng Village Folk Tales International Seminar In 1991, "China Geng Village Folk Tales International Symposium", Gaocheng war drums and make international friends praised. 1992 participated in the Beijing "Longtan Cup" National Folk Art Flower Festival Competition, won the first prize, in the same year to participate in the China Shenyang International Rice-planting Festival and the National Outstanding Folk Dance Competition was awarded a prize, 1993 won the State Ministry of Culture Square The highest award for dance "Group Star Award", in 1996 was invited to participate in the Chinese youth folk drums and gongs competition won the award, in June 1999, Gaocheng war drum team was selected to participate in the Kunming World Expo "Hebei Province week performance activities", in December of the same year was invited to participate in the World Expo organized by the China Federation of Literary and Artistic Associations and the Central Committee of the People's Republic of China, and was awarded the first prize. In December of the same year was invited on behalf of Hebei Province by the China Federation of Literary and Cultural Affairs and CCTV in the capital Tiananmen Square to celebrate the return of Macao and welcome the new century hundred dragon competition series of performances to celebrate the event. More than 20 national news organizations have repeatedly recorded the war drums into a feature film, broadcast at home and abroad.