Waist Drums have a long history, trace the roots, but also from the drum. Drum is a symbol of the spirit, dance is the expression of power, inspired by the combination of the dance culture of the first. If "Shangshu - Yiji" in the "stone pat stone, the rate of all beasts dance" described the primitive society, people beat the stone, imitating the image of the beasts jump totem dance, then "Yi - the Department of Rhetoric" in the "drums of the dance in order to fulfill the God" is to illustrate that the drums appeared to make the dance The appearance of drums made the dance a leap forward, and it became the beginning of agricultural dance culture, which is an important art form to carry forward the spirit of the nation.
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The waist drum is a percussion instrument. Shaped like a cylinder, slightly thin at both ends, slightly thicker in the middle, the drum is about 34 centimeters long, both sides of the skin. Drum frame has a ring, with a silk belt hanging in the waist, playing the hands of each drumstick playing, and accompanied by dance movements. Waist drums are very popular in folklore, people jumping waist drums, changing formation, or walking or in a field while dancing and knocking.
It is also used in folk dance. Waist drums were first popular in Shaanxi, and later developed and became popular throughout China. In the form of performance and skills, changes are extremely rich in folk popularity is extremely widespread, is a form of performance of the people's pleasure. In recent years, waist drumming has risen in many large and medium-sized city residents, its main self-entertainment, but also a rich amateur life.