Beijing Review

http://www.bjreview.com APRIL 20, 2017 BEIJING REVIEW 45

CULTURE

1. Every morning Wang Chengqiang
   practices with his dance mates in a
   community park


2. The drum Wang uses has been
   made by himself. The hoop decoration
   comes from his grandmotherís drum,
   which is a century old


3. It takes Wang less than 20 minutes
   to make a Taiping drum


4. Wang says the Taiping Drum Dance
   makes him optimistic about life and
   gives him an antidote to his diabetes


5. Wang dons his costume for a form
   of the traditional Shijingshan Taiping
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   moves in this dance are like the
   movements made by roosters when
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   drumbeats

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