Timbal has been used as percussion instrument by south China minorities for over two thousand years and it is still in use in societal and folk festivals in Guangxi province.

• 摘要铜鼓是南方少数民族使用了两千多年的打击乐器，至今还在广西壮族及其他少数民族的社会生活和民俗节庆活动中使用。广西也因此成为目前国内外发现铜鼓最多的地区。