Guci

In Chinese culture, Guci (simplified Chinese: 鼓词; traditional Chinese: 鼓詞; pinyin: Gǔcí; lit. 'drum lyrics') are the prosimetric lyrics of dagu, one musical entertainment form in the shuochang or "speak and sing" genre. The performers narrate a story based on the lyrics, usually accompanied by singing, while beating a drum. Other accompanying musical instruments are sanxian, sihu, pipa and yangqin. The art form was very popular during the Ming Dynasty and Qing Dynasty,^[1] and therefore extant guci are very important in studying Chinese fiction from those period.^[2]

"drum-song" redirects here. For the 1978 album, see Drum Song. For the 2009 song, see Drumming Song. For songs named "Drum", see Drum (disambiguation).

Not to be confused with Gucci.