Jingdong Dagu Drum Ballad

Jingdong dagu took shape around the mid-Qing in the region east of Beijing — Sanhe, Xianghe and Tianjin's Baodi — and is sung in the local accent. It entered the first batch of national ICH in 2006, declared by Tianjin's Baodi district.

One performer stands, sings and beats a drum while others accompany on the sanxian and yangqin; the singing is plain and flowing, strongly narrative and steeped in rural life.

With Baodi as a key home of its transmission, Jingdong dagu is a signature drum-ballad art of northern Tianjin.