Ningbo Textiles

If I had during the Bronze Age (2000 – 700 BC), I seriously doubt that it occurred to me to use the skin of an alligator to make a drum alive. In fact, I think I would have avoided a total somewhere near alligators. Fortunately for the Chinese culture, the ancient Chinese apparently do not share my fears. The earliest known date of drums in China 4000-6000 years ago, around the time of the Shang Dynasty (about 1600 – 1100 BC) and they were made of clay and (you guessed it) alligator skin. Thanks to these early innovators, China has a long and proud tradition of using drums and other percussion instruments in their native music. Chinese drums have come a long way to come since the first instruments of the Shang Dynasty. They have been in a variety of social aspects over the centuries, including religion, agriculture, warfare, and of course entertainment. In China the color red has always been associated with power and happiness together, and accordingly red barrels have used both a symbol of power and charm, rulers, and armies. Such instruments are still in use in ceremonies such as weddings and other celebrations. China is usually bring in drums, credited to the peoples of Korea and Japan. The famous Japanese taiko drums, for example, are probably the result of very early Chinese influence. The same applies to the Korean galgo said, and the Japanese Kakko, hourglass-shaped drums, both of which are probably descended from the Chinese Jiegu. Interestingly, although the drum is no longer in China, his relatives can still be seen and heard in Korea and Japan. In modern China, is commonly used in more secular drumming performances, often striking effect. At no time was this more evident than at the last Olympics in Beijing opening ceremony, which featured numerous synchronized drummer in a super power of drums and artistic achievement. No one who watched the ceremony was the importance of drums in the Chinese culture of doubt. If you will observe the performance of a modern Chinese orchestra, drums are attached as evidence. The paigu is a set of seven small, tuned drums, and it is often used in professional music groups. Other percussion instruments, including drums of all sizes and slopes, are also common. Another place to see and hear traditional drums in China is a lion dance, a form of traditional dance, in which artists like lions clothing and facial movements of the animals. Such dances can in the northern and southern fashion, the former being the traditional imperial style, the latter are carried out purely for entertainment. Both, however, use, and Drum music during the performance. The lion dance also has close links with the martial art of Kung Fu, which means that the barrels are often used in martial arts performances as well. The drum music at any of these performances is strong and vital, in line with the dancers and artists’ movements.