Playing forms of Chaozhou gongs and drums

Chaozhou gongs and drums are played in a variety of forms, including big gongs and drums, small gongs and drums, Su gongs and drums, flute sets and temple fairs, among which big gongs and drums are the most representative. Chaozhou gongs and drums are mainly popular in Chaoan, Shantou and Chenghai. According to traditional customs, there are two kinds: one is a penny sleeve and the other is a weapon sleeve. Prose is mostly narrative lyric music; Wu Tao mainly depicts war scenes. Musical instruments used in Wushu routines: percussion instruments include drums, bass drums, fighting gongs (also known as Qugong and Bangong, the number varies from eight to twenty-four, but it must be an even number), cymbals, Qin Zi, Kang Gong, Su Gong, cymbals, and so on, all of which have fixed pitch requirements. For example, the pitch of gong is the sol sound of the music played, the cymbals and cymbals are re, the cymbals are do, and the deep cymbals are sol or Re.

The wind instrument consists of two pipes, suona (2) and flute (4-8), and sometimes the horn is enlarged. Chaozhou gongs and drums do not use stringed instruments. Tao Wen uses the same percussion instrument as Wu Tao, except that he uses two or four sides to play gongs; Wind instruments include small suona and flute; String instruments include dulcimer, coconut tree, plum blossom, sanxian, porcelain arpeggio, kettle, Hu Da and so on. Music with suona as the main instrument is also called suona gongs and drums, and music with flute as the main instrument is called flute set gongs and drums. The main features of Chaoda Music are the use of drums, gongs, deep waves and Qin Zi. Its playing style is vigorous, vigorous and passionate, and many traditional music is full of charm, which shows the theme of historical war. Traditional famous songs 18 sets: Guan Gong Passing Five Customs, Double Biting Goose, Red Mile Chasing Boat, Ten Immortals Pan Taohui, Yue Fei Beating the Cow's Head Mountain, Reviving Zhongxing, Sealing the Scenery of Six Countries, Fishing with a Net, Chen Sheng Telling Officials, and Three Rest in Fan Lihua. Temple music is mainly chanting music, and there are three stories circulating. There are two schools of fragrant flowers (one belongs to Chaoan, Jieyang, Chenghai and Raoping, and the other belongs to Chaoyang), and the other is Zen and Harmony (formerly Chaoan Xiantan). Musical instruments used: wind instruments include suona, sheng and flute; String instruments include pipa, zither, and huxian; The percussion instruments are mainly Qing, Muyu and Bell, followed by drum-foot cymbals, double pipes, clanging gongs, flower cymbals, black gauze and small drum lights, and only fighting gongs, big cymbals and Su gongs are added in the grand ensemble. Plays include Three Treasures, Hard Silk Thread, Teasing Children, Jiang Ershui, Nanhai Zan, Duobing Shu, etc.