The legend of the yellow mud drum
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The legend of Huangni Drum was made to commemorate Pan Wang, the ancestor of the Yao people. In the historical book "Guoshan Bang" handed down by the Yao people from generation to generation, there is such a record: the ancestor of the Yao nationality, Pan Wang, was a heroic figure with both wisdom and courage. The head of the enemy leader was retrieved to protect the life and property of the tribe people. The king then married the three princesses to him and named him king. From then on, the people called him "Pan Wang".
After King Pan and the princess got married, they lived in the mountains and gave birth to six sons and six daughters. These are the descendants of the Yao people. One day, King Pan went up the mountain to hunt, but unfortunately he was knocked off the cliff by a goat and died. The sons and daughters found King Pan's body on a paulownia tree at the foot of the mountain. They were distraught, so they cut down the paulownia tree, sawed it into seven pieces, and made the drum body of a female drum and six male drums. The goat skin is peeled off to make the drumhead.
The gongs and drums were played to mourn King Pan, and he beat the goat-skin drum face to relieve his grief and anger. This is the reason for beating the yellow mud drum and dancing the yellow mud drum when offering sacrifices to King Pan. This custom has been passed down from generation to generation.
Since then, whenever there is a funeral in Yaozhai, they will beat this kind of drum to show their condolences. Drums are divided into male and female. When the husband dies, the wife will play the female drum in front of the coffin and the son will play the male drum; when the wife dies, both the husband and the son will play the male drum. This has become a custom of the Yao family and has been passed down from generation to generation.
After King Pan and the princess got married, they lived in the mountains and gave birth to six sons and six daughters. These are the descendants of the Yao people. One day, King Pan went up the mountain to hunt, but unfortunately he was knocked off the cliff by a goat and died. The sons and daughters found King Pan's body on a paulownia tree at the foot of the mountain. They were distraught, so they cut down the paulownia tree, sawed it into seven pieces, and made the drum body of a female drum and six male drums. The goat skin is peeled off to make the drumhead.
The gongs and drums were played to mourn King Pan, and he beat the goat-skin drum face to relieve his grief and anger. This is the reason for beating the yellow mud drum and dancing the yellow mud drum when offering sacrifices to King Pan. This custom has been passed down from generation to generation.
Since then, whenever there is a funeral in Yaozhai, they will beat this kind of drum to show their condolences. Drums are divided into male and female. When the husband dies, the wife will play the female drum in front of the coffin and the son will play the male drum; when the wife dies, both the husband and the son will play the male drum. This has become a custom of the Yao family and has been passed down from generation to generation.
Involving musical instruments
Huangnigu (pinyin: Huáng ní gǔ) belongs to a kind of long drum, and is a folk musical instrument loved by the Yao people living on Dayao Mountain. The most special thing about this kind of drum is to use the yellow mud unique to Dayao Mountain to paste the drum surface to set the drum sound, so people call it yellow mud drum. The drum surface that has been pasted with yellow mud is thicker and thicker due to its wetness. When struck, it emits a double-sounding sound of "empty center, empty center", which is particularly loud and beautiful, and the sound travels miles away. The yellow mud drum is made of soft, tough and lightweight paulownia wood with hollow ends. There are male and female drums. The male drum has a long waist, the female drum has a short waist, and both ends of the drum head are trumpet-shaped.
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