Introduction to the waist drum

The waist drum is a percussion instrument. Shaped like a cylinder, slightly thin at both ends, slightly thicker in the middle, the drum is about 34 centimeters long, both sides of the skin. Drum frame has a ring, with a silk belt hanging in the waist, playing the hands of each drumstick playing, and accompanied by dance movements. Waist drums are very popular in folklore, people jumping waist drums, change formation, or walking or in a field while dancing and knocking. It is also used in folk dance. Waist drums were first popular in Shaanxi, and later developed in popularity throughout China. In the form of performance and skills, changes are extremely rich in folk popularity is extremely widespread, is a form of performance of the people's pleasure. In recent years, waist drumming has risen in many large and medium-sized city residents, its main self-entertainment, but also a rich amateur life.