Historical origin of Chaozhou gongs and drums

The development of Chaozhou gongs and drums in Guangdong Province is closely related to Chaozhou opera music. Chaozhou Opera, formerly known as Yin Chao Opera, also known as Bai Zixi, is generally referred to as Chaozhou Opera. Its formation and development are basically based on the operas of the Song, Yuan and Yiyang systems, and gradually evolved into an independent local opera under the influence of Kunqu Opera, Han Opera, Shaanxi Opera and Han Song and Dance Minor. Many divertimentos of Chaozhou gongs and drums (especially Chaozhou big gongs and drums) are directly based on the plot and music of Chaozhou opera. From the performance form, Chaozhou opera can be divided into literary opera and martial opera, and the accompaniment music has the characteristics of combining small gongs and drums, big gongs and drums and Su gongs and drums, which is completely connected with the performance form of Chaozhou gongs and drums. According to folk artists' memories, Chaozhou gongs and drums, as an independent and complete Han music, matured at least in the late Qing Dynasty and Xianfeng period. Prior to this, only four gongs and two cymbals were used to play the drums, which was called "four gongs and two cymbals". Later, a string poem score of suona was added, and a fighting gong was added, which was called "long-line gongs and drums score". /kloc-In the second half of the 9th century, famous folk artists such as Ou Xinu, Xie Nvzai and Wu Derun created traditional Han folk gongs and drums and Chaozhou opera music through creative processing and development, among which Ou Xinu made the greatest contribution.