Korean stick drum stick drum, also known as the Korean long drum. Korean mixed percussion instrument. In Korean, it is called bu. With a long history, unique structure and soft tone, it is often used for singing and dancing accompaniment and instrumental ensemble. Popular in Liaoning, Jilin, Heilongjiang, Inner Mongolia, Hebei and other provinces, especially in Yanbian Korean Autonomous Prefecture in Jilin Province.

The industrious and simple Korean people mainly live in the Yanbian Korean Autonomous Prefecture in the east of Jilin Province, where the mountains and rivers are beautiful, the scenery is gorgeous, and the songs are everywhere. Yanji, the capital of the autonomous prefecture, is known as the "Hometown of Song and Dance" and "City of Culture". During holidays, weddings, birthdays or after labor, in the streets, parks or courtyards, women in colorful dresses, 60-year-old elderly or children will be seen dancing limply, and they will hear the accompaniment of the clanging sticks and drums. Next, music with national characteristics and exciting singing. As stated in "Records of the Three Kingdoms, Wei Shu, Dongyi Biography": "Koguryo... Its people like to sing and dance. It can be seen that the Korean people have a long history of being good at singing and dancing. The stick drum originated in India, and was introduced into the Central Plains of my country in the 4th century AD, and later spread to Korea. In the murals of the Northern Wei Dynasty in Dunhuang and the relief sculptures of the Northern Wei Dynasty in the Yungang Grottoes, the early dance music images of stick drums can be seen. During the Sui and Tang Dynasties, the Central Plains also called the stick drum as Dutan drum, Mao Yuan drum and waist drum. "Old Tang Book Music Records" (Volume 29) contains: "The waist drum, the big one is tile, the small one is wood, all have wide heads and slender abdomens, and the original Hu drums are also drums. . . . , and hit it with a mallet. The Mao Yuan drum seems to be a drum and a little bigger." It also indirectly explains the name and shape of the early stick drum. Although it did not have the name of stick drums in the Sui and Tang Dynasties, it was actually used in the music of Tianzhu, Qiuci, Xiliang, Shule, Gaochang and Gaoli in the nine and ten pieces of music.
At the beginning of the 11th century, the zhanggu was introduced to Korea from the east of my country. According to the "History of Korean Music", the zhanggu was already used in the music of the Tang Dynasty during the Goryeo Wenzong period (1047-1082). The drum system and playing method recorded in the ancient Korean book "Music Learning Guide" are very detailed: "Press: For making stick drums, the waist wood and lacquer cloth are the best shells, followed by magnetism, and tiles are not good. , use irons on both sides. The large surface is made of white raw horse skin, and the small surface is made of raw horse skin. The large surface is beaten with the left hand, which is called a drum; the small surface is hit with a stick with the right hand, which is called a whip; Strike is called double; strike with a stick temporarily to make a shaking sound, called shake. Tang music and local music are used together." The stick drum in South Korea, used for elegant and popular music in the past, was once the music of the "Tang Department" of the court. One of the main musical instruments, it is still widely circulated among the people today. After the Qing Dynasty, the stick drum disappeared in the Central Plains of my country, but it is still widely popular among the Korean folk, and has a new name - long drum according to its shape.