Are war drums a Chinese folk percussion instrument

Is the war drum a Chinese folk percussion instrument? Yes.

A percussion instrument is a musical instrument that produces effects by hitting, shaking, rubbing, scraping, etc. Percussion instruments are probably the oldest musical instruments, and some of them not only produce rhythms, but also make melodic and choral effects.

There are many percussion instruments that are unique to China, some of which are still in use and some of which are no longer in use (such as the chimes). Many of these traditional percussion instruments are an integral part of traditional Chinese art, such as the chimes, drums, gongs, and cymbals in Chinese theater, or the fast and loud boards used in storytelling.

The war drum, similar in appearance to the hall drum, but with a lower body, is also known as the flat drum. In the old days was used in religious music and folk wedding ceremony band. Beijing Yonghegong hide a diameter of about 1 meter, the drum body is only 20 centimeters high flat drum. Now it is used in folk instrumental ensemble, dance, lantern festival, acrobatic troupe and mass gongs and drums team.

Tang drum, also called the same drum, war drums, the Qing Dynasty called it staff drums, is one of the traditional Han Chinese flogging membrane sound instruments. The drum frame is made of wood and covered with leather on both sides. When playing, the drum is placed on a wooden frame and struck with a wooden mallet.

Tang drum drum surface is larger, from the drum center to the drum side can be issued in different pitches, the tone is not the same, generally is the drum center of the sound is lower, the drum side of the sound is higher.