Where is the specialty of Zhong Jia bronze drum?

"Zhong Jia Tong Gu" is a symbol of Buyi ancient culture.

The ancestors of Buyi people surnamed He, Luo and Wang are all heavily armored soldiers, so they are called "Zhongjia" and their bronze drums are called "Zhongjia bronze drums".

"Zhong Jia bronze drums" are a pair, one male and one female, with the same texture, size, pattern and color. It is round, with a diameter of 1 m, a thickness of 0.5 m and a weight of 20 kg. It is eight feet around, surrounded by four collars called drum ears, with eight horns in the middle, symbolizing gossip. Forged from ebony, it is simple and exquisite, black and shiny, beautiful and elegant, and has a ring.

According to legend, the "Zhong Jia Bronze Drum" was buried in a small drum in Guizhou during Zhuge Liang's southern expedition in three years by Han Jianxing. Heavily armored soldiers fought in Guizhou, and the ancestors of He, Luo and Wang dug the ground during the expedition. After they settled in Nayong River, they were kept by Luo and placed in the temple, burning incense in the morning and evening. Usually, knocking at the door is not easy. Only on the first day of the first lunar month every year, after the elders of the clan burn incense and paper in front of the bronze drum, do they order the boys to carry the bronze drum to the high platform in front of the village and knock it in the morning and evening to show the arrival of the New Year. It was not until the fifteenth Lantern Festival that the bronze drums were put back to worship.

Bronze drums are also used for funeral sacrifices, but Hong Xi didn't. At the funeral, bronze drums were hung in front of the mourning hall, and Buyi people were asked to make sacrifices to their teachers. When relatives and friends come to pay their respects, they beat drums and T-strings to show their solemnity.

There is also a story of "Zhong Jia Tong Gu" fighting mosquitoes and dragons: In ancient times, the Dadukou in front of Sanjiazhai was Longtan, and the water was bottomless. There is a small dragon living in the pool, and a thick green vine on the shore is folded and stretched to the bottom of the river, which is the embodiment of the small dragon.

During the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty, it was a hot summer day, and men, women and children were busy transplanting rice in the fields. Suddenly, the "bell family bronze drum" flew out of the main gate from Luoci in tandem, took off and went straight to Dadukou. At this time, Luo's ancestors panicked, grabbed a shovel and knocked down a female bronze drum, while the male rushed to Longtan alone to fight with Xiaolong. Suddenly it was dark, thunder and lightning, the waves rolled and the shrill cry frightened the people on both sides of the strait. It took about two hours to calm down. Later, it was said that it was because a female bronze drum didn't play, and the male drum was single-handed, but it was no match for Xiao Qinglong. The drum ear is trapped by the dragon horn and can't fly back. Not satisfied, the "Zhong family" immediately sent a few sturdy young people with big axes down to the bottom of the river to cut down the dragon horn. Although the dragon horn was cut off, there was no trace of the male bronze drum. From then on, a bronze drum of the Zhong family sank to the bottom of the river forever, leaving only a female one. In the Republic of China 18 (1929), when Luo Hejia made a sudden sacrifice, the ancestral temple caught fire and the female bronze drum was burned. There are only eight corners left in the drum.

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