Introduction of Chaozhou Big Drums and Gongs

The Teochew big gongs and drums are percussion-based, and are a large ensemble form with the big drum as the center and the suona as the leader. The drummer is both the lead player and the conductor of the orchestra. The drummer strikes the heart of the drum, the edge of the drum, the edge of the drum, and takes loud blows, muffled blows, heavy blows, light blows, as well as rhythmic changes, mallets and flowers and other techniques, directing the band's performance, which is called the "Oriental Symphony" in the West.

The Chaozhou big gongs and drums, as an ancient Han folk culture, are widely popular in the eastern part of Guangdong, southern Fujian and Southeast Asia, and wherever there are Chaoshan people, there are Chaozhou big gongs and drums. Every year or regional festival, the big gongs and drums will be heard for hundreds of miles.