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Why do you play drums?
Ancient times: military action boosted morale; Totem worship, encouragement, temple sacrifice, drum teaching.

Modern: Drums should be played when celebrating festivals, opening ceremonies, dragon boat races in water towns and vendors soliciting business. Carrying history and culture.

The cultural connotation of drums is profound, the majestic drums are closely accompanied by human beings, and the ancient wildness is gradually moving towards civilization. Customs can be folk celebration gongs and drums, and elegance can enter temple fairs and court banquets. The earliest drums should be used by ancient ancestors and evolved from daily necessities such as pots and pans.

Classification of barrels:

The ancient war drums were all made of crocodile skin, and the crocodile skin was used as the drum skin, taking the ferocious habits of crocodiles to drum. In the Zhou Dynasty, according to the official map of Li Zhoudi, a "drummer" was specially set up to manage the drum system and drumming. Drums managed by drummers have many uses, such as thunder drums for sacrifice, spiritual drums for bands and golden drums.

Among them, the one specially used for military affairs is called "Fen Drum", which is a kind of big drum, eight feet long, with a four-foot drum face and leather on both sides. In addition, there are Lu drums and Jin drums. It is also used in the military. These drums later developed into war drums of various specifications and were widely used in the army.