The Artistic Inheritance of Northern Jiangsu Drum

Liu Hanfei, 67, is the eighth generation descendant of Northern Jiangsu Drum. He has been singing Subei Drum for more than 20 years, and Liu Hanfei devoted his most precious time to it. Northern Jiangsu Drum has become an indispensable part of the life of the elderly in Liu Hanfei.

When I was a child, Liu Hanfei's grandfather liked to sing drum books. Every time he sings a book, he listens. If he is tired of singing, he will choose a passage. Let Liu Hanfei really know and like the drum set, is listening to the old artist Liu Baoshan in Yanghe Town singing the ancient book track "Tune the buckle God Plate". Liu Hanfei still admires Liu Baoshan's rap level and praises Mr. Liu's good singing skills many times.

More than 20 years later, Liu Han flew from street to street, singing drums as his livelihood and artistic pursuit, and traveled all over Jiangsu, Shandong, Henan and Anhui provinces. He not only sang famous passages handed down by famous artists, but also created his own songs, improved his singing methods and enriched the form and content of drum books. With profound singing skills and wonderful performances, Liu Hanfei became a favorite drummer of ordinary people at that time.

"At that time, when it came to storytelling, there were people under the stage, and when there were many, it could reach one or two thousand." Talking about his past, Mr. Liu is in high spirits. Nowadays, Liu Hanfei always takes out his big drum to rap for a while in his spare time. Hum a few words when you have nothing to do. I feel very comfortable and happy. Subei Drum, which is full of local flavor, is deeply loved by the masses because of its roots in the people and extensive materials, from the Three Emperors and Five Emperors to War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression, the War of Liberation and economic construction. During the Tongzhi period of Qing Dynasty, northern Jiangsu drum has formed ten schools, including Zhang, Sha, Yang and Han. From the 1960s to the early 1990s, Northern Jiangsu Drum was famous for a period of time, especially in Jiangsu, Shandong, Henan and Anhui, and was widely sung by local people.