The special features of majestic gongs and drums are mainly reflected in "prestige". They are impassioned, magnificent and uninhibited, which makes people feel mighty and magnificent. Majestic, the voice ups and downs, sometimes touching and tactfully, sometimes melodious, slowly like running water, sometimes in full swing, like shaking the earth, like tigers whistling in the sky. Qupai structure, rigorous and smooth, is very beautiful, which can be said to appeal to both refined and popular tastes. The instrument of gongs and drums has a wide range, sounds like Hong Zhong, is deep and vigorous, and combines rigidity with softness. The performance of gongs and drums is rich and colorful, and the players are in good condition. When changing formation, it is complex but not chaotic, and various skills are presented alternately. Coupled with the dazzling ornaments of gongs and drums and traditional dazzling costumes, it presents a colorful visual feast.
Second, life-oriented, popular, popular, with the flavor of the times.
What the majestic gongs and drums express can be said to be to express one's feelings through drums, to sing praises to people's lives, to express people's most direct thoughts and feelings, to embody people's ideals and pursuits, and to show the spirit of the times. Only from the 200 Qupai collected in the hometown of gongs and drums, we can see that the performances of different historical stories are different, which shows that majestic gongs and drums always express people's feelings through artistic instinct, popularity and image display. So people are willing to accept whether they are watching or learning.
Three, mass, flexibility, self-entertainment, strong vitality, easy to popularize.
In Linfen, Shanxi, almost every village has its own prestige gongs and drums team, and some have their own traditional qupai. Men, women and children can participate in percussion. In the past, the prestige gongs and drums team consisted of ten or twenty people, mostly middle-aged and elderly people. Since 1989, the prestige of gongs and drums has gained great popularity, and gradually the gongs and drums in various villages have been expanding day by day, and even women and children have participated in the performance. Therefore, the children's prestige gongs and drums team and the women's prestige gongs and drums team appeared. This shows the quality of majestic gongs and drums.
The self-entertainment and flexibility of majestic gongs and drums are reflected in time, occasion and lifestyle. Usually, festivals, days, nights, stages, squares, you can play quietly and move. When ordinary people are happy in leisure, they can take out their musical instruments at any time, get together and entertain themselves, which is also lively. Because it is not restricted by any conditions, it is easy to accept among the masses.