What is the meaning of five drums

Five drums refers to five kinds of drums, and cloud drums, that is, one drum, two drums, three drums, four drums, five drums.

Ancient folk night is divided into five periods, with the drums playing the time, so called five, five drums or five nights.

Five kinds of drums. Gu Liang Zhuan (谷梁传-庄公二十五年)："The son of heaven saved the day, set up five banners, and displayed five soldiers and five drums." Yang Shixun 疏："五鼓者， 糜信 徐邈 并云：东方青鼓，南方赤鼓，西部白鼓，北部黑鼓，中央黄鼓。"

Five shifts. Northern Qi Yan Zhiwei Yan's family training - book evidence ":" Han Wei since, called A night, B night, C night, D night, E night; and cloud drums, a drum, two drums, three drums, four drums, five drums; also cloud a more, two more, three more, four more, five more, are five for the festival." Also refers to the fifth shift.