Ancestral Remembrance Service Protocol

ceremonial attendants stand upright
at their starting positions.
(2) First sounding of the drum
The Master of Ceremony calls: “gǔ
chū yán” (“May the drum sound for
the first time”). The drummer strikes
the drum frame once, then beats the
drum centre with both drumsticks,
hard and soft consecutively, changing
the pace from slow to fast, and
changing the strength from firm to
weak, and then from weak to firm,
then decrescendos to silence. The
drum centre is then struck once, followed
by the bell being struck once
to finish. All musicians remain at their
starting positions.
(3) Second sounding of the drum
The Master of Ceremony calls “gǔ zài
yán” (“May the drum sound for the
second time”). Strike the drum and
bell as before, but the frame of the
drum, the drum centre and the bell
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