Basic contents of tussah fishing drum

The content of fishing drum repertoire can be roughly divided into three categories. One is preaching: there is no story, and ethics such as loyalty, filial piety, benevolence and righteousness, three cardinal guides and five permanents are compiled into lyrics and rap to persuade and educate the world. Second, stories: mostly traditional songs, including fairy tales, folklore, social cases, family anecdotes, etc. The third is to praise small things and fables and jokes. Such as "the snipe and the clam contend" and "Yu Gong Yi Shan". Two forms, one is a short story, singing folk songs and minor, with single content and simple plot; Second, medium-length dramas, mostly folk stories, legends, changes in historical themes and so on.

The traditional repertoire of Yugur songbooks is quite rich, including stormy the legend of heroes. For example, classic plays include Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Water Margin, The Journey to the West, Yang Jiajiang, Yue Fei Biography and Xue Dong Zheng. There are royal anecdotes, folk unofficial history and a large number of rap songs reflecting folk grievances in history, which were once very popular and were called ". There are also "sour" dramas that speak frankly and boldly about the lingering love between men and women.

There are basically three kinds of singing methods for fishing drums: one is singing alone, the other is rap, and the third is the combination of rap and performance.