Chinese 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.

The production of yellow mud drums of the Yao nationality is a unique folk skill of the Yao nationality in Jinxiu Dayao Mountain. The Yao people make yellow mud drums and dance yellow mud drums when they do Panwang and worship Panwang. It has a history of more than 500 years.

When playing, the holding method and playing method of male and female drums are different. When playing the male drum, hold the drum waist with the left hand, hold the drum in front of the chest, and dance up and down, left and right, and slap the drum faces at both ends alternately with the right hand; when playing the female drum, hang the drum tie in front of the abdomen and slap with both hands respectively. Drums at both ends.

The body of the drum is excavated from a whole section of neem and tung trees, and both ends are covered with goat skin or cowhide. taut. There are two types of yellow mud drums, male and female, with different drum shapes and sizes.

According to the Yao nationality's historical book "Panwang Coupon", in the 11th century BC, the ancestor of the Yao nationality, Panpao, helped King Ping defeat King Gao and was rewarded by King Ping.

The legend of Huangni Drum was made to commemorate Pan Wang, the ancestor of the Yao people.