环北部湾地区的铜鼓文化

The Bronze Drum Culture around Beibu Gulf Area

铜鼓是中国南方少数民族及东南亚民族特有的打击乐器，古老而珍贵。它从公元前7世纪左右产生，二直流传到现在，延续了2600多年，分布于中国云南、贵州、广西、广东、海南、湖南、重庆、四川等8省（市、区）及除菲律宾以外的东南亚其他国家。在漫长的演化发展过程中，铜鼓逐渐成为这些民族生产生活不可或缺的重要器物，并与政治、经济和文化习俗紧密相连，创造了灿烂的铜鼓文化。中外学者研究铜鼓硕果累累，但将研究铜鼓置于环北部湾地区这个背景之下的成果较少。

The Bronze Drum is important to the southern minority in our country, and is relative with people＇s politics, economy, culture and have created the Bronze Drum culture. Today, around the Beibu Gulf area there also have some records on some bronze drums found . From the type, form , function of these bronze drums, we can find of their some identical points through that they have the same origination. analyzing and comparing. So, we can visibly recognize