Heritage
Northern Sichuan's Weeding Gong and Drum song
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Updated: 2006-11-19 16:53
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Year: 2006
Sort: Folk Music
Area: Sichuan Province
Serial No.: Ⅱ-27
Declarer: Qingchuan County, Sichuan Province
Northern Sichuan's Weeding Gong and Drum song (Haocao Luogu) is popular in Qingchuan County, which also called 'Panda country'. The music is performed when weeding. One person beats a drum, another one hits a gong and sings, leading dozens of people in their work.
The Weeding Gong and Drum song has a set of performance procedures and has formed a lot of representative repertoires, such as the Hanxiang Biography, the Eight Immortals Chart and the 12 Flowers.
Northern Sichuan's Weeding Gong and Drum song plays an important role in work, creating an atmosphere conducive to hard labor.
However, as modern weeding equipment replaces people, the song is in danger of dying out and needs to be protected.
