What is a flower drum?

Ancient painting is a folk song and dance in China, which was recorded in the Southern Song Dynasty. It was developed by farmers beating drums and singing when transplanting rice seedlings in the field. The form of performance is a man and a woman. The man knocks a small gong, and the woman plays a small ancient painting, singing and dancing, and sometimes accompanied by musical instruments. The styles and tunes of flower drums vary from place to place. Generally, there are about 15 people in the ancient painting and opera class, including seven or eight actors, three or five bands and two or three logistics personnel. The instrument is mainly suona, with erhu, jinghu, banhu, big gong, small gong and drum board. Props are mainly a bear with two heads, several lanterns and wooden knives, wood blade and a whip. With the development of the times, electroacoustic equipment has been added to the classroom of ancient paintings and operas, so that the audience can hear it more clearly.