How did drums develop in ancient China?

Drum and Jindu are traditional percussion instruments, which have excellent * * * ringing effect. The drums are vigorous and magnificent, and the golden sound is crisp and loud. Both of them can spread to far away places, so they have been used to direct operations for a long time, which is the so-called "Golden Drum". "Taiping Magnolia" volume 582 quoted "Emperor Century" saying: "The Yellow Emperor killed the stirrup" and took its skin as a drum. "That is to say, as early as the battle between the Yellow Emperor and Zhuolu Chiyou, drums were already used in the war. In fact, there were even older drums before the appearance of animal skin drums. According to the Book of Rites, as early as the legendary "Yi family", the "earth drum" appeared, that is, the ceramic drum, which shows that the drum is one of the oldest musical instruments in China. As for whether this "earth drum" has military use, it is unclear. Generally speaking, before being used in war, war drums were mostly used for hunting, and their command function also evolved from hunting.

"Beginner" Volume 16 "Drum" quoted "Three Rites" saying: "The Xia drum was planted by the Yin people and hung by the Zhou people." The word "drum" and the word "Peng" symbolizing drum sound have appeared in Oracle Bone Inscriptions, the earliest writing in China. This shows that drums were widely used in Shang Dynasty at the latest. There was an official position in the Zhou Dynasty-"Drummer", who was responsible for drumming and drumming. War drums are also separated from drums commonly used as musical instruments, forming special specifications, which are widely used in the military, that is, what Zhou Li, local officials and drum people said, "the army moves to drum the masses". After the pre-Qin period, the shape of the drum changed little. Although there are many names of drums in past dynasties, their sizes, materials and patterns have changed, their shapes are the same as before, and their uses are not much different.

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