The Study of Chinese Drum Culture from prehistorical period to Han Dynasty
Date Issued
2005
Date
2005
Author(s)
Chen, Yu-Yin
DOI
zh-TW
Abstract
This article is a study of Chinese drum and makes reference to documents and ancient stuff before the Han Dynasty. It figures out how drums influenced Chinese people’s life and how Chinese thought about drums. It focuses on the period from the ancient times until the Han Dynasty. Geographically, it concerns all the area with regard to Hua Xia.
There are three sections in this article. The first section illustrates the shapes of drums with the aid of ancient documents and makes deduction and comparison. In section two, I discuss about the occasions where drums were used and the functions of drums ; in other words, I tried to elaborate how drum is related to one's life from the aspect of military, politics, culture and arts, etc. In section three, I discuss about the concept of drum which related with aesthetics, philosophy, legends, etc., from the dimensions of "drum", "drum and people", and "drum and human culture". I do present the history of Chinese drum, which is anthropocentric. In a word, drum is not only a musical instrument but also stuff in people’s life. I want to increase the breadth of drum history by the descriptions of drums in different ways. The article comes to the conclusion that drum is not only a musical instrument but a tool as well in one's life.Hereby, I would like to expand the breadth of drum history through the descriptions of drums in different ways.
Subjects
鼓
樂舞
膜鳴樂器
Drum
Membranophones
Material Culture
Cultural history
Type
other
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