简析武陵地区土家族薅草锣鼓艺术的特点

薅苹锣鼓是武陵地区土家族人民特有的劳动歌谣，它是按一天的劳动时间而形成的声乐套曲，主要由歌头、请神、扬歌、送神四部分组成；曲体、体裁、唱腔、调式多姿多彩；歌词分固定歌词和即兴歌词，内容主要是以提高劳动热情和劳动效率服务。表演在田间地头，以锣鼓为主要伴奏乐器，与劳动紧密结合；表现土家族人民的朴质感情和美好愿望，对劳动者的身心健康和劳动效率的提高都有积极作用。

On the Features of Haocao Gong and Drum art of Tujia Nationality in Wuling Area

Haocao gong and drum is the labor folk song unique in Tujia people of Wuling area and it forms the song cycle consistent with the labor time of the day, which mainly consists of Getou, qingshen, Yangge and Songshen with colorful music forms, genres, arias and tones; song words are divided into fixed and impromptu words and its content aims to improve labor enthusiasm and labor efficiency. Performance is put in the fields with gongs and drums as main music instruments and it is tntegrated with the farming work, which expresses the true emotion and good desire of Tujia people and takes an active part both in physical and mental health and improve labor efficiency.