Even the car club, also known as the flower stick, stick the money, rattle. Is Manchu, Mongolian, Yi, Bai, Miao, Tujia, Han and other ethnic musical sound body shaking hit. Popular in the country, especially in northern China, Yunnan and South area rife.
Shape
With a thin stick or thin bamboo production, stick length 80 cm to 100 cm in diameter and 2.5 cm to 3 cm, 5 cm away from the ends to 10 cm, the opening of a 10 cm long, 1.5 cm wide, or three four shorter through the air holes, drill a small hole from the side as the shaft penetrates the nail, then were embedded forty-five small coins or small cymbals (Figure). Shake flower sticks, coins or small cymbals crash while rushing sound hole wall. Flower stick coated with red, yellow, blue and other decorative paints, stick the two ends tied several thin strips of colored silk ear, for decoration.
While playing, one-armed single stick, double stick can also be executed with both hands, shaking hit or strike pronunciation. Percussion parts of the shoulder, waist, back, arms, elbows, hands, knees, two and two stick with enough hit, coins sound vibrations can cause complex rhythm changes, and with a variety of dance. Higher skills can make it in the palm, shoulder or back, etc. rotation. Often by one person, several people or dozens of people holding a flower stick showed their dance. Is common in modern urban and rural folk dance performances. Northern said the car even hit the south, said playing money, nine sub-whip, Hunan and other places, said rattle. Also singing folk songs when performing form and liveliness. Man playing a single drum (incense), also often used even when the car stick jumping shaman, it is both a dance, but also a musical accompaniment. Yunnan and southern Guizhou Miao Yi youth, multi-hit performances in traditional festivals money, and with bronze drums and wooden drums and other musical instruments for accompaniment, respectively.
