Jiangu (Pinyin: Jiàn gǔ), anciently known as Foot Drum, Jin Drum, Ying Drum, Zhi Drum, and Hanging Drum. The Mongolian, Manchu, Han and other nationalities play musical instruments that strike the membrane. It was used by the palaces of all dynasties. It is popular in lama monasteries in Inner Mongolia, Liaoning, Jilin, Qinghai and other provinces and regions and the vast areas of the Han nationality. The Jiangu in the Lama monastery in Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region has a wooden drum body, a short and round drum body, a drum length of 20 cm, and a diameter of 30 cm at both ends. When playing indoors, insert the wooden column that runs straight through the drum body into the wooden base, and play with both hands; when playing outdoors, hold the wooden column with the left hand and play with the single hammer with the right hand.
The drum body of Jiangu is long and round, the drum body is larger, the middle is slightly thicker, the ends are slightly thinner, and the two sides are covered with skin. Many big drums circulating in my country today originated from Jiangu. In the Qing Dynasty, the drum used in the court was of exquisite craftsmanship. The diameter of the drum surface was 73.7 cm. The whole body was decorated with gold lacquer. The drum surface was painted with colorful double dragons and colorful cloud patterns. Animal ornaments are carved on the four feet, and the upper end of the wooden column is covered with a crown wooden frame.
In 1978, more than 100 ancient musical instruments of the Warring States Period were unearthed from the tomb of Marquis Yi of Zeng in Leigudun, Suixian County, Hubei Province, among which there was a jiangu. history. The drum frame is made of wood, the drum body is about 100 cm long, and the two sides are covered with skins. The drum surface is 80 cm in diameter. A wooden column with a diameter of 7 cm runs vertically through the middle of the drum body and is firmly planted on a bronze panlong drum base. The drum base is 50 cm high and 80 cm in diameter. It is made up of dozens of bronze carved dragons entangled with each other. Among them, 16 large dragons are symmetrically wound. The body is inlaid with turquoise, and the craftsmanship is extremely exquisite. This built drum is restored according to the real object, planted in the original bronze drum base, and is now in the Hubei Provincial Museum.