How to dance waist drum

The waist drum hangs diagonally at the waist, the left and right hands are holding a drumstick, while beating the drum, while dancing, some also in the drumstick tied two red silk ribbon, bright red ribbon with the rhythm of the drums like two red clouds flying up and down.

In Shaanxi, Shanxi, Shandong, Zhejiang, Jiangsu, Anhui and other popular waist drumming, dancing, men wearing warrior's clothes, look very spirited, dancing and walking, the rhythm of the rough, majestic action, with a wild atmosphere; women do not beat the drum, but holding a small gong for the waist drum team accompaniment, beautiful movement, light body, full of a soft charm.

Waist drumming performances generally have a prescribed beat, everyone in the performance of the rhythm and beat memorized, there is a person with both hands holding the cymbals to play the rhythm of the command to knock when it can be neat as one. The music of the waist drum dance is mainly ditties of folk songs, such as "Embroidered purse", "Going to the West" and "Flying a kite", etc. There is also a person playing the oboe on the side. There are also people playing suona, gongs and drums to accompany the dancers.