Composition of Zhangzhou Gong and Drum Team

The instruments of the gongs and drums team are drums, gongs, cymbals, suona and drums.

Zhangzhou Gong and Drum Team is mainly Siping Gong and Drum Team.

The instruments of Siping gongs and drums team are divided into two parts: playing and percussion. The main instrument is suona, which is 47.5 cm long and has a caliber of 14 cm. Suona consists of four parts: blower (only when plugged in), treble scale, bass neck and a row of holes with medium volume. Today, the Siping gongs and drums team in Anhou Village has a suona left over from 120 years ago. There are percussion instruments such as cymbals, cymbals, gongs, gongs, drums and drums. Generally, there are 8 people as a play unit, and 2-4 people can be added to play according to the situation. The performance followed the routines of drama programs, such as the first sound blowing, the big break against, watching the array, the double sword, the iron bow against and so on. The performance is mainly suona, and the drummer conducts it. With the help of formation, it constitutes the music guiding feature of "suona playing mainly and drums vibrating". There are local tunes and foreign tunes, which coexist for a long time and develop independently. In the performance, the melody and the beat of the gongs and drums are closely matched with the melody, and the gongs and drums are dazzling and beautiful.

Siping gongs and drums, commonly known as rough gongs and drums, are the remains of Han traditional music culture in southern Fujian mountainous areas. Siping Opera originated in ancient times and is one of the earliest Yiyang operas in southern China. At the end of Yuan Dynasty and the beginning of Ming Dynasty, Siping Opera was introduced into Fujian from Shanxi and evolved into a new local opera. In Qing Dynasty, Siping Opera and Siping gongs and drums were very popular in Nanjing. Among the Han people in Nanjing, there are "ten thousand gongs, lured boat women"; As the saying goes, four winds blows, but heat is evil. "Siping gongs and drums team participates in celebrations, festivals, competitions and other activities to create large-scale percussion music according to Siping opera tunes, which has a strong sense of rhythm and a lively atmosphere and is deeply loved by farmers.