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The origin of gongs and drums

Huozhou Weifeng Gong and Drum is a folk music performance form that uses drums, cymbals, gongs and cymbals played in unison. It is characterized by simplicity and solemnity, rough and unrestrained, wide range of sound, and vigorous and exciting like the Yellow River. It is like thunder, so it is known as "the sound shakes the world" and "the best drum in the world".

The majestic gongs and drums originated from Yao and Shun and flourished in the Sui and Tang Dynasties.

According to legend, in 619 AD, Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty Li Shimin fought against Liu Wu and Zhou general Yu Chigong in Huozhou. He used majestic gongs and drums to perform military formations and won a complete victory in one fell swoop. It was then spread among the people and used in wedding ceremonies and ** *, social fire, welcoming gods and dispelling evil spirits.

For thousands of years, Huozhou’s Weifeng Gongs and Drums have been continuously excavated, organized and innovated by the people, which has greatly enriched the artistic expression techniques of Weifeng Gongs and Drums. New techniques of expression are constantly being developed, tunes are becoming more and more popular, and the team continues to grow, from twenty or thirty people to three to five hundred to a thousand people.

Appreciating the majestic gongs and drums allows you to feel the vicissitudes of history and the evolution of the times, and to feel the spirit of mankind that never retreats. It will make you excited and heroic, and you can Achieve an artistic state that rises from the ground and suddenly becomes enlightened.