Hanqu (listed in the second batch of Tangshan City's intangible cultural heritage list in 2011) "Hanqu" is a kind of drum music. It is a kind of folk instrumental music played with suona, sheng, and pipe as the main instruments, and accompanied by drums, cymbals, gongs and other percussion instruments. The playing skills are a combination of blowing, snapping and whistling, which is unique. It is widely used in folk activities such as funerals, weddings, and sacrificial rituals. Qian'an "Hanqu" originated in the early Qing Dynasty and flourished in the late Qing Dynasty and the Republic of China. It was inherited and developed by Wang Dabian (stage name) from Magazhuang Village, Muchangkou Town, the first generation of inheritors. Wang Dabian loved music since he was a child. When he was very young, he learned from his master (name unknown), studied hard, and practiced hard. He practiced a set of boy's skills and became famous locally. Due to his poor family background, he followed his master to Guandong to set up a shed and play on the stage when he was a child. He was well-known in the eastern part of Hebei. Starting from the first generation of successor Wang Dabian, the master has passed down the art of suona music orally and face-to-face with the gongche notation from generation to generation, and the tradition has a history of more than 200 years. According to the melody structure and characteristics of suona music, Hanqu is divided into three categories: big brand music, small brand music and gongban music. 1. Big brand music: used in wedding and funeral customs, generally in the form of sitting music. Big brand music consists of introduction, body and tail, and the style and speed vary greatly. Representative tunes include: "Old Official Tune", "Four Breaks", "Big Jade Lotus", "Ganzi", etc. 2. Small brand music: generally used in weddings and funerals, welcoming guests, sending off guests, and performing rituals, and played in the form of sitting music. Small brand music is an independent tune body, and the style is divided into slow, medium and flowing. Generally, there is no change in the style during performance, and one style is played to the end. Representative repertoires include: "Daqingge", "Xiaobangziqiang", "Xiaotianzun", "Shuilongyin", "Tianxiatong", "Meihua Sannong", "Guajinsuo", "Xiaojixiangcao", "Liuheyin", etc. 3. Luoban: Mainly used in wedding and funeral occasions. Luobanqu is a single song structure, which is divided into three structures: without "introduction" and "tail", with "introduction" and "tail", and with drum sections between "body" and "tail". Representative repertoires include: "Laochaozi", "Dafaqi", "Qiluo Bayan", etc. During the performance, the small suona, large suona, sheng, and guanzi are the main instruments, and the percussion instruments include: small hall drum, big cymbals, big cymbals, water c, small cymbals, big gongs, small gongs, bells, yin and yang boards, etc. Qian'an "Hanqu" has currently collected and sorted out 35 big brand songs, 10 sets of wind and percussion music, and 14 small brand yangge songs, and uses simplified notation. Source: Tangshan Municipal People's Government (No pictures yet, welcome to provide.) Source: Tangshan Municipal People's Government (No pictures yet, welcome to provide.)