"In the past, China could have been called the richest place on earth for percussion music," says ethnomusicologist Cheng Rom-shing, who is also head of a Hakka ethnic music troupe. Percussion was represented at all levels, from the common people to the imperial palace, from popular tunes to exalted rituals.
「中國號稱是世界上打擊樂最豐富的地方」，民族音樂學者，也是榮興客家採茶劇團團長鄭榮興說，打擊樂從民間到殿堂，從素樸的常民性到大典的儀式性，應有盡有。