The basic introduction of Niu La Drum

In the summer of 1986, Xianyang City Cultural Management Committee in the Xunyi County Ziwuling mountainous area of the Qin Zhidao military station site, found a Ming Dynasty Wanli years built during the Dawang Temple, the main hall wall is still preserved to reflect the ancient mass drumming cymbals to welcome the military campaign triumph of the large-scale mural, a vivid reflection of the time the masses have been used to hit the gongs and drums to show the people's joyful and joyful excited mood. Qing Dynasty Luder wrote in the words describing the social fire in Xianyang: "Thunder on the ground, bulls and tigers, 10,000 people ocean fish and dragons burst, listen to the drums and cymbals, playing the peace song, singing the festival." Before the founding of the People's Republic of China, the local people set up every year on their own initiative, "the same music will", by the president of the face to face door-to-door to raise funds to organize social fire activities. In addition to the organization of cattle pulling drums, but also the organization of colorful flags, lions, dry boats, bamboo horses, stilts, bang strings dance, core and other Han folk dance, forming a vast social fire team. On the first day of the first month of the 15th on the social fire, the whole village dressed in red and green, ecstatic, early in the morning to gather in the square team set off to perform, when the team entered the town, attracting tens of thousands of people flocked to watch, they also danced more joyfully. After the founding of the People's Republic of China, the local people still maintain the custom of social fire on the fifteenth day of the first month, and when a variety of festivals or major celebratory activities, will also be knocking cattle to pull the drums, in order to show the celebration. Just with the development of the times, today's drums are getting bigger and bigger, the oxcart has been eliminated, replaced by a tractor or a large truck, more convenient for the drummer to play the dance skills and the command of the entire drum team.