The Investigation And Study Of Sima Yi Drum In Wenxian Of Henan Province

Drum is the earliest Chinese percussion instrument. It has appeared in the period ofprimitive society. There are so many researches on the drum music culture in some places.This paper is based on the existing traditional folk music "Sima Yi drum in victory" asresearch object, which in Anle village Wen county of Henan province. It also regards thewhole county region cultural history as the background, using the research methods ofethnomusicology. It mainly uses the method of field investigation data, and supplemented byliterature review. The paper aims to write the excellent traditional folk music for overallanalysis and research, and puts forward some constructive suggestions for the inheritance andprotection countermeasures.Sima Yi drum was born in the year of238. It is the military drumming of the ThreeKingdoms. The drum has been existed1700years, which is a "living fossil" for the traditionalculture in our country. It mainly spread in the hometown of Sima, now only Anle village cancompletely inherit and organize the larger team performance. In the development process ofthe history, Sima Yi drum went through a tough road of development. It depends on its longhistory, being able to spread is not so easy. It contains five lines of culture, and respects forthe principle of people-oriented, which is superior to the other drum music characteristic. In2007, Sima Yi drum was named as "henan province non-material cultural heritage".The full text is divided into three parts, namely introduction, body, and conclusion. Theintroduction part mainly discusses the research significance, research purpose, researchsituation; research materials and research methods used in the article, and briefly explain theirshortcomings. The mainly body is divided into three chapters: the first chapter is about the overview of Sima Yi drum, and mainly introduces the natural and cultural environment ofSima Yi drum in history, and briefly describe its history, characteristics, development andcurrent situation; the second chapter combined with field data, the main characteristics ofSima Yi drum, including its music features, such as spectrum analysis, material composition,and to explain the cultural content; the third chapter is the analysis of the Sima Yi drumcultural value, and then from the inheritance of in-depth analysis and protection countermeasures, including pedigree inheritance. The last part mainly discusses the inheritance anddevelopment of Chinese traditional music culture, and the theory of non-material culturalheritage protection of the two sides.