Chinese instruments

Lifting the drum (pinyin: Tái gǔ), also known as the water drum. The Dai and De'ang people play musical instruments that strike the membrane. The Dai language in the Dehong area is called Meizangga. It is called Gelendang in De'ang language, which means big drum. It is popular in Dehong Dai and Jingpo Autonomous Prefecture and Baoshan area of Yunnan Province. It has a long history. As early as more than 500 years ago, the Dai and De'ang people have spread this kind of drum among the people. Li Sicong's "Bai Yi Zhuan" in the Ming Dynasty contained: "When feasting in the countryside, he beat drums, played reeds, and danced (shield) boards for fun". It shows that it is widely used in grand festivals and folk entertainment occasions. For hundreds of years, the big drum has been popular in Dai Township.

Drums are mostly played on courtyard dams, often with one or two drums as the core, surrounded by more than a dozen elephant-foot drums, each of which is accompanied by a cymbal and a pair of cymbals.

It is made by hollowing out the large trunks of local sycamore trees, mango trees or toon trees. The shape is similar to that of a water tank. One end is large and one end is small, and both sides are covered with cowhide, suede or other animal skins.