TONGLIAO, China, Jan 21 (Bernama-AsiaNet) — As Chinese New Year draws near, drum beats are sounding louder at a village in north China’s Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region.
Bai Haiquan, a local villager, is one of the performers. As a new member to the village yangko performing group, he plays the drum hard and would go practicing after herding the cattle. Bai even practiced drumming in his mind at work. “When one is happy, he feels like playing the drum, and is good at it,” Bai said.