The bee drum has a long history. It is a slender drum spread in the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. It has the same origin as the Korean stick drum. In ancient times, it was not only called stick drum, but also called drum drum, Zheng drum and Wei drum (because it was commonly used in the Northern Wei Dynasty), and it has a history of more than a thousand years.
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Bee drum rap is a traditional entertainment method spread among the people of Hechi, Guangxi, and it is one of the important art forms to inherit the local culture.
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The drum body of the bee drum is mostly made of pottery (the drum body of the bee drum is kneaded with yellow mud, and then fired into a kiln for ceramics), with a broad head and a slender waist, thick ends and a small middle, with a total length of 50-64 cm. One end is spherical, the drum surface is small, the maximum diameter is 20~22 cm, the top open (drum surface) is small, the diameter is only 7~10.5 cm; the other end of the drum cavity is trumpet-shaped, the drum surface is larger, the diameter 16~19 cm.
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When playing the bee drum, tie the bee drum with a ribbon and hang it horizontally in front of the abdomen or chest. You can also use your left hand to hold a wooden or bamboo round head drum to strike the left spherical-end drum surface, and use your right hand to slap the right trumpet-shaped end drum surface.
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