The Historical Origin of Zhashui Fishing Drum

The history of fishing drums can be traced back to the Tang Dynasty, which originated from Taoist songs such as Jiuzhen and Chengtian in the Tang Dynasty. Taking Taoist stories as the theme and promoting the spirit of birth is called Taoist sentiment. Taoist sentiment originated from the rhymes sung by Taoism in the Taoist temple in the Tang Dynasty, also known as Taoist songs. There have been records of fishing drums and simple banjo singing since ancient times. A kind of poetic praise in Daoqing spread to the south, which is a kind of rap Daoqing alternating between Song and Bai, that is, the predecessor of Yugu Ququ. The spread of Qupai style in the north has developed into a drama and a Taoist drama, which is very different from Yugur Taoist drama.

Daoqing is the product of Taoism. In traditional Taoist stories and legends, the Eight Immortals of Taoism all have their own self-cultivation and Taoist protection instruments. Zhang, a man, is riding an upside-down donkey with a fishing drum in his hand. The lyrics of the fishing drum are: "The bamboo board knocks, the fishing drum rings, and Zhang rides on the donkey's back", which shows the relationship between Taoism and the fishing drum, and the role of the fishing drum in Taoism and its long history.

Tussah water, the main tributary at the source of Hanshui River, was "the first city in the south, the throat of Qin Chu" in ancient times. As early as the early Shang Dynasty, human beings had already multiplied and developed in China. At the end of the Tang Dynasty, several passages were opened in the north and south of the Qinling Mountains, which became the only traffic artery for Lingnan goods to enter the ancient capital Chang 'an. Tussah water is located in a remote place, which is located in the mountains of Lin Mang. It has also become a relatively hidden place for people in various provinces to escape the war, and the number of people moving to southern provinces is increasing. According to the county records: "In the thirty-eighth year of Qianlong (AD 1774), there were many immigrants from Hunan, Hubei, Henan, Jiangxi, Sichuan, Guangxi, Guangdong and other places ... They came here to take the mountain as the king, and the people who reclaimed the land kept coming." Immigrants from various provinces moved to Zhashui, which also brought fishing drum drama. Nowadays, fishing drums, folk songs and folk songs in Zhashui are one of the main manifestations of the culture in the Hanjiang River basin.