Jiangzhou is the old name of ancient Xinjiang county, and Jiangzhou drum music is the drum music of Xinjiang county today.
Xinjiang County has a tradition of drumming, which is the main content of folk art activities and one of the most popular programs in local "social fire" activities. Jiangzhou drum music is famous for beating dried flowers. Performers of this kind of drum music make full use of all parts of the drum and the best sound of the drumstick and drum stand to play, which is magnificent, magnificent, forceful and bold.
There are many tunes in Jiangzhou drum music, especially "Qin Wang's broken array music". According to legend, in the third year of Tang Wude (AD 620), Li Shimin, king of Qin, led Tang Jun to defeat Liu Wuzhou and recapture Bing and Fenzhou. To celebrate the victory, the local people played "Broken Array Music" with folk gongs and drums. Later, this folk drum music was sorted out and developed. In the first month of the first year of Zhenguan, Emperor Taizong gave a big banquet in Li Shimin, and played the processed and rehearsed Music of the King of Qin. The layout of the band is "left and right, first weaving, then martial arts, fish and geese, cheekbones, baskets and, staggered and stretched, end to end, like the shape of a war." Lu Ge, a musician in the early Tang Dynasty, directed 120 musicians. Dancers wear silver armour and hold halberds. The whole dance is divided into three folds, and each fold is four arrays. In the past, the main action was stabbing, and the singer was harmonious. Later, "The Music of the King of Qin Breaking the Array" was quite popular among the people, especially in the Ming and Qing Dynasties, Jiangzhou drum music entered its heyday. Since the founding of New China, Jiangzhou drum music has been developing and expanding, especially in recent years, with the continuous improvement of rural economic conditions, Jiangzhou drum music has been greatly developed. On the basis of "The Joy of the King of Qin Breaking the Array", we sorted out some wonderful tracks such as "The King of Qin Ordering Soldiers" and "Rolling Walnuts Downhill" and participated in the first art festival in Shanxi Province. 1988, in the "National the Year of the Loong Music Week" held in Beijing, the amateur drum band of Jiangxian farmers went to Beijing to perform, which was well received by public opinion at home and abroad. Their performances "Qin Wang Dian Bing" and "Rolling Walnuts on the Summer Slope" were magnificent and the melody was gripping, and they achieved great success.
Jiangzhou drum music comes from the people and is rooted in the people. On the people's stage, Jiangzhou drum music is inspiring and inspiring with its unique melody.