"In ancient times, heaven and earth were not divided, and there were bronze drums in the middle. This bronze drum is supported by ninety-nine golden dragons and accompanied by ninety-nine phoenixes. In the middle of the bronze drum, a woman was sleeping with a pair of drumsticks on her head and nine floating shadows beside her. She is the mother of all things-Miroto.
After sleeping for 9900 years, Miroto finally woke up. She created the world with nine floating shadows and nine gods, created everything and created people, but her waist bent, her hair turned white and she became more and more aging. In order to drive away the evil spirits of Maitreya, the gods sacrificed cows, knocked on bronze drums, danced bronze drums, and sang and danced loudly, which was very lively. Miroto also recovered and continued to lead the gods to create everything. "
In Yao myths and legends, Maitreya is the god who created everything. She woke up in a bronze drum and was reborn in it. The bronze drum is also regarded as a treasure of ancient history and culture in southwest China. Guangxi is the most important distribution area of bronze drums, and it is also one of the most important areas for casting and using bronze drums in China.
According to the Book of Jin, the Yi people in Guangzhou are precious bronze drums, but the country always produces copper. It is said that Jia people are greedy for money, so they entered Guangzhou and lost all their goods. It is forbidden, and those who get it are guilty. " In other words, at that time, a large number of bronze drums were made in most parts of the two regions, resulting in a shortage of copper materials. Businessmen saw this business opportunity and sold them copper coins, which were melted and used to cast bronze drums, showing the prevalence of casting bronze drums in Guangdong and Guangxi at that time.
In the murals of Huashan Mountain in Ningming, there are many similar pictures of people raising their hands and beating the bronze drums, which also shows the important position of the bronze drums in the eyes of Zhuang people in Guangxi.
The world bronze drum is in China and the Chinese bronze drum is in Guangxi. China is the country with the largest number of bronze drums unearthed and collected in the world, and Guangxi is the region with the largest number and most complete types of bronze drums unearthed and collected in China.
Up to now, Guangxi has discovered more than 2,000 bronze drums from the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period to the end of the Qing Dynasty, ranking first in the world. At present, there are more than 600 bronze drums in Guangxi. The bronze drum 1 piece unearthed in Beiliu County has a diameter of 156 cm, a height of 67.5 cm and a weight of about 300 kg. It is the largest bronze drum found in the world and is known as the "king of bronze drums". It is now in the National Museum of Guangxi.
There are countless bronze drums in folk collection and use. Among the more than 300 pieces of/kloc-0 bronze drums registered in Hechi folk collection, there are more than 500 pieces in Donglan alone, which is a veritable "hometown of bronze drums".