The majestic sounds emanated from the combined forces of small and medium sized drums and paigu (tuned sets of drums), clappers, and gongs. The opening piece, "Mountain Rumbling," depicted rocks rent by the power of nature, causing deep waters to spout upwards to form fresh springs.
由小鼓、中鼓、排鼓（一種定音套鼓），加上梆子（兩根硬木組成）、風鑼（沒有鑼邊，其音似風聲）所組成氣勢磅礡的開場序曲〈崩〉，傳達出山岩受到自然力量而崩裂，讓沈澱的地泉向上竄湧，成就了水的起源。