Twenty-four solar terms drum table

As follows:-The first month of the lunar calendar, beginning of spring, February 4th, rainy weather, February 19, February Frightening Festival, March 6th, vernal equinox, March 2nd1,Tomb-Sweeping Day, March 5th, rainy weather, April 20th, Long Summer Festival, May 6th, little popularity, May. 38+0 May Miscanthus Festival June 6 Summer to June 22 June Little Summer Festival July 7 Big Summer Festival July 23 July beginning of autumn Festival August 8 Summer Festival August 23 August Bailuyuan Festival September 8 Autumn Equinox September 23 September Cold Dew Festival 10. 9 First Frost Weather 65438+1October 24th Hitachi Winter Festival 65438+1October 8th Light Snow Weather 65438+1October 23rd Heavy Snow Festival 65438+February 7th Winter solstice weather 65438+February 22nd1February slight cold. June 65438 +2654381October +0, 24 solar terms, accompanied by the idea of combining various cultural activities at that time into one solar term. Find out 24 drums to represent each festival, put the two festivals celebrating the moon and Qi drums at the front, and tell everyone what festivals and Qi were at that time. So the 24-season drum was born. When it rings, it is the call of traditional festivals and a design that conforms to the traditional pulse. Therefore, the All-China Federation, together with the five townships in Johor Bahru, namely Chaozhou, Fujian, Kebang, Guangdong and Hainan, and five native gangs, donated four drums to form a twenty-four drum team. The drum team was trained by Chen Weichong, the founder of 24 drums and then a music teacher in Kuanzhong. Later, as its founding ceremony, a drum-beating ceremony was held at Johor Temple in Johor. 12 famous calligraphers in Singapore and Malaysia wrote the names of two festivals to name the 24 drums.

It turns out that this ceremony includes several combinations: ringing the pulse of tradition, singing a song into a festival, rejuvenating traditional culture through the festival, and then adding the voice of the Chinese nation-beating, and the wisdom left by our ancestors-to find the most sacred temple and ask calligraphers to put our pen and ink art in an open occasion and enjoy it by compatriots.

Later, the drums of the 24 solar terms gradually sounded in every corner of our society. 1988 In May, 24 drums were performed for the first time in Johor Bahru Dragon Boat Festival, followed by the "Source Night" in the Temple of Heaven and the opening ceremony of the 6th Cultural Festival in bukit china, Malacca.

At the beginning of 1990, 24 drums were performed at the opening ceremony of "China Culture Month" held in Singapore, which was well received by compatriots in Zhangdi. The efforts and achievements of China cultural circles in promoting China culture to the younger generation have been affirmed.

Twenty-four drums are located in Johor, Malaysia, the southernmost part of the Asian continent and the largest private middle school in Malaysia-Kuanrou Middle School. Under the leadership of Mr. Chen, Kuanzhong students study hard, and Mr. Chen leads the 24-section drum team in Kuanzhong. On the starry night trip, the Twenty-four Festival Drums were taught everywhere, and students from all over the world made great progress. Shining on you [Twenty-four drums] has been carried forward, spread to the motherland and spread to the whole world.

On September 12, 2005, the "Twenty-four Festival Drum", which was initiated by overseas Chinese in Malaysia and widely circulated in Malaysia, was drummed at the ancestor worship ceremony of Bailong Festival in Yan Di Cemetery to commemorate the exploits of Yan Di Shennong in land reclamation. This is the first time that the "Twenty-four Festival Drum" has been performed in a large-scale public sacrifice event in Chinese mainland.

Author: shark wings

Chen, Music Educator and Founder of Twenty-four Drums