In recent years, with the strong support of the government, Nimu County has given full play to the important role of culture, and has helped more and more people to go to the The way to increase income.

In mid-November, the reporter came to the Sheila Traditional Tibetan Drum Handmade Farmers and Herdsmen Professional Cooperative in Nimu County, and saw an old man sitting cross-legged on the ground with sawdust scattered all over the place beside him. Raw materials are stacked on the walls. After he selected the wood, according to the size of the drum, he sawed it into pieces of wood with specifications and radians to make the mold for the drum wall. Drums vary in size, and saw blades vary in thickness. The sawn mold is ground with a plane, and then the smooth and flat mold is fixed on the drum base to form a drum body.

The old man's name is Galun. He is a second group of villagers in Sheila Village, Tarong Town, Nimu County. He is also an inheritor of Nimu Sheila Tibetan drum making skills. The Galun family is a family that makes Tibetan drums. They have been fascinated by their ears and eyes since they were young. They have been learning how to make Tibetan drums since they were in their 20s, inheriting the family's traditional hand-made drum skills. Now his son Lobsang Tenzin and grandson Sequ Dorje have also inherited the mantle and carried forward the craftsmanship of Sheila Tibetan drum making.

Galun said: "As long as we are willing to work and the national policy is good, the works we create will be valued." The traditional production process of Xuela Tibetan drums is cumbersome and the cycle is long. Generally, a big drum takes more than a week. The production process includes material selection, mold grinding, skin selection, drum skin, shaping, drum handle making, painting, painting, etc.

As a sounding tool, whether the drum sound is good or not is the criterion for judging the success of drumming. In the drum-making process, the production of leather drumheads is the most critical and most technical link. The drum surface should be made of yak leather with excellent toughness and freshness, with shiny, uniform and dense hair on the outside, and no knife wounds on the inner layer. After soaking, drilling, etc., the cowhide is fixed on the drum shell with cowhide rope, the cowhide is stretched and formed, and then glue is glued on the edge of the drum, so that the cowhide can be tightened and the sound quality of the drum can be guaranteed.

"The production process of Tibetan drums is very complicated, and they are all made by hand. There are more than 20 main processes, and each step follows ancient techniques. The most complex and important part of the process is the skin, which has weather all year round. Changes, we must pay attention when we go to skin." Saiqu Dorje said. After skinning comes the drum handle and drawing. The drawing is generally done with a red background, and then painted with white, blue, yellow or gold powder. After the final design and drawing of the pattern is completed, it needs to be painted again with clear paint, which can protect the pattern and make the appearance more beautiful. Finally, after the process of setting, painting, etc., the whole production process is completed. The sound of such drums is thick and pure, which can be called a work of art. "I am a county-level non-genetic inheritor. First of all, I must pass on this technology well, practice it well, and make it well, and then innovate on the basis of good inheritance. My current innovative products include snare drum pendants, ornaments, and the most important ones. What succeeded was a Tibetan pen holder." Saiqu Dorje said. The Tibetan-style pen holder described by Sequ Duojie is mainly made of poplar wood, including patterns, auspicious clouds and other patterns. Sequ Duojie also won the third place in the 7th Youth Innovation and Entrepreneurship Competition in Lhasa this year by virtue of the practicality and beauty of the Tibetan pen holder. In his opinion, inheriting the skills of making zha-la Tibetan drums stems from the charm of traditional culture, while learning to make zha-nian qin is more out of preference.

"The craftsmanship of Zha Nianqin was included in the fourth batch of national intangible cultural heritage list in 2014, and we started making Zha Nianqin at the end of last year." Now in his spare time, Sequ Dorje will pick up Zha Nianqin and play a piece Favorite tunes, the melodious sound of Zha Nian qin lingers in the small village from time to time, just like the deep and heavy Tibetan culture. We also hope that the craftsmanship of Tibetan drum making and Zha Nianqin will be like a melodious Tibetan song that will be handed down to the world forever.