What is a bronze drum? What are its characteristics?

The bronze drum is a flat curved waist, hollow and bottomless percussion instrument, so it is named because the whole body is made of bronze.

elegant shape and unique sound. It consists of five parts: face, chest, waist, feet and ears.

The drum surface is round and flat, which is the part of percussion pronunciation. It is connected to the drum body below, and the connecting part is slightly convex, forming a spherical arc for the chest. The waist is slightly thinner, and the adduction is like a waist.

The drum body expands downwards, and the flared part is sufficient. There are two semi-circular ears on both sides of the drum body.

There are gorgeous and exquisite decorative patterns all over the body. The main body of the drum surface is the sun pattern, that is, there is a radial light in the center. Generally, 12 awns are the most common, followed by 8 and 1 awns, and there are 4, 5, 6, 7, 11, 14, 16 and 32 awns.

There are many concentric lines called "strings" around the sun pattern, and the number of strings varies, and the strings are composed of patterns with different widths, which are called halo.

On the surface around the drum body, there are also many parallel halo rings. The decorative patterns cast in the halo rings are colorful, including insects, fish, birds and beasts, flowers, boats and figures, which are exquisite and unique.

According to the differences in history, distribution, shape and decorative patterns, ancient Chinese bronze drums can be divided into eight types, including Wanjiaba, Shizhaishan, Lengshuichong, Zunyi, Majiang, Beiliu, Lingshan and Ximeng.