The Inheritance Significance of Liangping Lazy Drums and Drums

Liangshan gongs and drums have a history of 1000 years. It is the crystallization of the hard work and wisdom of Liangshan ancestors, and it was an indispensable spiritual food and the main way of cultural and recreational activities at that time. Because it has the characteristics of loud voice, warm atmosphere and intriguing, it is deeply loved by the masses. Since liberation, Party committees and governments at all levels in our county have attached great importance to the excavation and arrangement of Liangshan gongs and drums, collected a large number of gongs and drums, and created a festive atmosphere and enriched cultural life by holding various forms of gongs and drums competitions.

During the period of 1986, a Korean ethnic customs delegation from the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River made a special trip to Liangping. After watching the performance of Liangshan gongs and drums, they praised Liangshan gongs and drums for their unique style, strong local flavor, national characteristics and strong artistic appeal, which is a rare cultural treasure of the Chinese nation. Japanese folk culture research delegation came to liangping county to learn about Liangshan gongs and drums, and experts spoke highly of it.

Some artists have died one after another, and the existing artists are old, and young people are unwilling to learn to play gongs and drums, so there are fewer and fewer gongs and drums artists, so they have to play in combination with the original music class. In this situation, lazarus gongs and drums in Liangping are on the verge of extinction.