The board drum is a percussion instrument, also known as the sheet music and the ban drum. The "Jiegu" used in Qing music in the Tang Dynasty may be its predecessor. It has a long history in the folk. The "Continued Documents of the Qing Dynasty" contains: "The bangu, also known as the drum, has an urgent sound and chews, and is the leader of each utensil, and it is not easy to strike." Chang and Clapboard are named after one person plays both, and it is the conductor instrument in the Chinese opera orchestra. As early as the Tang Dynasty (618-907), it was used in "Qing Yue", and it was called "Jiegu" at that time.
The plate drum has a unique structure and a crisp sound. With the development of opera art in Ming and Qing dynasties. It has been passed down from generation to generation and has been handed down to the present. It is widely used in Kunqu Opera, Peking Opera, Pingju Opera, Yue Opera, Han Opera, Henan Opera, Hebei Bangzi, Shandong Bangzi, Shaanxi Bangzi, Shandong Liuzi and other local opera accompaniment and instrumental ensembles. allegro drum in ).
In the accompaniment or ensemble, it often occupies the position of conductor and lead. In Peking Opera music, where characters appear, sing, and change the plot, in addition to commanding with various striking postures and percussion sounds, they also play the rhythm with the clapboard to add flair to the performance of gongs and drums, and enhance the atmosphere of the stage. and characters.

Bangu is a short and single-sided drum. The drum body is made of hard wood such as colored wood, birch, locust wood, mulberry, beech or teak. Most of them are wooden boards. The drum surface with vibration in the middle is only 5 to 10 cm. The drum chamber is in the shape of a figure of eight, and the height of the drum edge is 9.5 cm. The drum head is made of cowhide, which is tensioned over the entire deck until the bottom edge. The drum part of the skin is also called "drum light", which is the part of the percussion sound. The sound of the board drum depends on the size of the drum chamber and the tightness of the skin. In order to maintain the tension of the drum skin, more drum nails are nailed, and iron rings are hooped at the bottom.