Jiangzhou drum music, also known as Jiangzhou bass drum, refers to a popular drum and an ensemble of Chinese wind and percussion instruments in Xinjiang County, which has won this name because Xinjiang County used to be called Jiangzhou, which was already famous at the end of the neolithic age. Jiangzhou drum music has a lot of musical kinds with abundant Qupai including flower drum, through the box drum and car drum.
Jiangzhou drum music takes the flower beating as the main form of expression accompanied by board, Gong and other musical instruments. Its performance method are summed up with more than 10 kinds such as drum heart beating, drum side beating, drum rubbing, head drum beating, drum hammer rubbing, drum hammer bumping, drum ring knocking, drum skin rubbing, drum hammer rolling and drum frame beating. The performance, known as the the reputation of "the earth trembling and the mountains quivering" and "hearing the sound ten miles away", is vigorous, profound, magnificent, sonorous, bold and powerful.
With drum as the core, Jiangzhou drum music complements body language and vocabulary of drum music and integrates culture into drum music and declares culture with drum music. It shows the broad mind and profound deposits of the yellow land. It is an excellent model of Chinese folk percussion music and can be called "the treasure of the country". It has been introduced into diverse nations of the world such as Denmark, Morocco and Malaysia and has won highly praised by domestic and foreign audiences.
