On the Twelve Rules of bronze

Of course, the bronze drums have a symbol of power and wealth, the village headman is far less than the monarch of a country have the bells. Not only that, in the custody of the way, entertainment, bronze drums and bells, there are some significant differences. The southwest region retained a primitive custody of the bronze drum, that is, the villagers, regardless of rich or poor, farmers each year and rotate custody. Therefore, usually a three feet or a base would be attached to the ring feet of a bronze. For example, the official Zhai Xiang cloth rushed the stockade on Walled bronze drums are kept in a Zhaizhong poorest people, the head of the household called the Tao Zhifeng, he was in violation of the family planning policy, at home, life was difficult. The Zhaizhong aware of this situation, still in his custody bronze drum (in his custody ewe drums, in the Village Tao state custody is a public drum). Spring and Autumn Period bells are used to burial instructions do not exist in turn custody, but only for the royal family, princes all.
This reflects the degree of stratification of the vassal state of the Spring and Autumn Period than these cottage. Bells and bronze drum entertainment, bells need to have the musicians to play and appreciate the nobility or guests. The entertainment features of the bronze drum is almost universal, in the festival, anyone can tap it (though some places prohibit women from tapping the bronze drum), and everyone can revel in the bronze drum beat sound. On occasions like sacrifices and banquets, it was matched up with a bronze. This also reflects the social stratification of the vassal state of the Spring and Autumn Period is high compared to some of the cottage southwest. As can be seen by the above analysis, bronze drums and bells both geographical so far apart, but yet so similar to its social function, which proved once again that the ethnographic material for research ancient history and study of ancient artifacts of great help.
May 2009, Central South University for Nationalities (Humanities and Social Science) Journal of South.Central University in for Nationalities (Humanities and VoI.29 Social Sciences) Version May 2009 Buyi bronze drum twelve '' Drum Jiang Ying (Guizhou Normal University College of Music, consistent state, Guiyang 550001, China) Abstract: Buyi bronze drum twelve drumming is the Buyi the people passed down for generations to the ancestral way of single-family name, with a more complete prostitutes spectrum, the grave tone, spectral, and folk songs, drumming method variety, constitute the entire Buyi bronze drum culture-specific music system, has greatly enriched the Buyi and the bronze drum music and cultural connotation.: the Bouyei; bronze drum . twelve "Drum Circuit words: J632.52 Document code. Different numbers and diverse combinations of gui and bronze revealed corresponding status and aristocratic identity.
The Buyi bronze drum twelve drums, and mainly distributed Buyi and Miao Autonomous Prefecture in Guizhou Province in southwest Guizhou, Anshun City, Liupanshui City, South Guizhou Buyi and Miao Autonomous Prefecture, and is near to the Sichuan Province and Guizhou East County, Yunnan Province, Luo County area. in Buyi many folk art, bronze drums "twelve" is the Buyi unique, rhythm-known, with more complete 12-segment Drum, one of the Buyi folk art, the most traditional mystique and legendary music culture, has a long and heavy culture .. Buyi people on the bronze drum is very cherished it as a family heirloom, a symbol of the unity of the family. the annual New Year's Eve night, the family all the men, women and children gathered in the custody of bronze drums in this one food and wine ready. Generally were four chinese bronze and five dings, six and seven or eight and nine, indicating the level of status.