Linqing is a famous historical and cultural city. The traditional culture of the ancient canal has formed a unique cultural charm here. The Linqing drum-playing party is a joyful celebration style passed down from generation to generation by the people of Linqing. Linqing drum-playing party is a form of percussion music drama with gongs and drums. It is an important part of the old Linqing temple fair. It starts on the 30th day of the third lunar month and lasts for one month to the end of April. It is an unprecedented Linqing temple fair. During the temple fair, in addition to economic and trade transactions and various sacrificial activities, various performances such as Yunlong meeting, lion dance meeting, Yangko meeting, drum-playing party, etc. will be held. Various literary and artistic forces, showing their skills, swaggering through the city, dazzling and dazzling. Linqing drum-playing party was a large-scale performance activity that was relatively popular at that time. All musical instruments include drums, gongs and sieve gongs. The composition of the band is divided into large and small. The big team generally has 24 drums, eight gongs and two sieve gongs. The small team generally has eight to two drums, two to ten gongs and one sieve gong. The most famous drum club in Linqing is the one in Daqiao Village, Xianfeng Office. It was founded by the Shahong family and has been passed down from generation to generation. Synchronous sound: The third generation of drum artists: Our drum has a long history, more than a hundred years. The drum consists of three instruments: gong, shabu and drum. What about the gong? The drum follows the gong, and its volume is more pleasant. Drum and shabu are pure percussion instruments. The fourth generation of drum artists: This is shabu. Gao: What role does it play in the drum club? Old man: It mainly plays the role of command and finishing touch. It plays this role every time a piece of music changes. Drum team member: It is something of our nation. It has been to Hainan, various provinces, cities and autonomous regions. This drum is very majestic and is a traditional (instrument) of our nation. Gao: Uncle, how old are you? Old artist: 81. Gao: So how old were you when you started playing drums? Old man: 12 years old. Gao: So it has been more than 70 years, more than half a century. This old man has been playing drums for more than 70 years. Although he can no longer play the drums, his love for drumming and his unremitting pursuit of art have made people feel the profoundness of the art of driving drums. The youngest person in the driving drum team is Hong Xintong, the fifth-generation drum art inheritor at the age of 12. Synchronous sound: Hong: Because I am the fifth generation of drumming, I must pass on this drum art. So I plan to keep practicing. This ups and downs, joyful and pleasant driving drum sound is the traditional representative song of the driving drum team "Twenty-Eight Mansions (xu)". The song starts with the drum, which is more than 40 minutes long and divided into six parts; the drum sound is high and sharp, which forms a sharp contrast with the low and thick sound of the sieve gong. In addition, the clever interweaving of hitting the edge of the drum and the front and back drums, the combination of strong and weak, and the effective rhythm changes of movement and stillness produce unique drum beats and rich timbre changes. It is the continuous pursuit of the art of driving drums by the old artists and the inheritance and development by their descendants that the culture of driving drums has spread all over the country as an art. Concurrent voice: This driving drum is an ancient traditional cultural program in Linqing City. It has participated in the Hainan and Jining Farmers' Cultural and Art Festivals, our Shandong Jinan Sports Games, and three relatively large driving drum activities, and has achieved certain results. I am very happy. In order to revitalize our Linqing, we use (driving) drums to bring our Linqing culture out. I am very happy and have achieved very good results. Linqing's driving drum art has won honor for Linqing culture with its grand momentum and shocking melody, and has added new colors to the historical culture of Liaocheng. (No pictures yet, welcome to provide.) (No pictures yet, welcome to provide.)