在昭通地区盐津、大关、绥江、永善、镇雄、彝良等县的广大农村,每当中耕夏锄时,便沉浸在一片鼓乐和歌声的海洋之中。这便是“打鼓草”的盛季到来了。“打鼓草”就是打鼓唱歌去除草。一鼓师击鼓领歌,众人奋臂除草,激情应和,用以消除疲劳,激发劳动热情,同时鼓师还用歌唱来批评规劝不顾质量和偷闲耍懒的人。“打鼓草”的唱词,全天为一套本——唱词内容不一定连贯,多为独立的唱段。分为“七板”“八腔”。所谓“板”是以时间为转机划为七个阶段,即七板,有别于戏剧 In Zhaotong region Yanjin, the Great Pass, Suijiang, Yongshan, Zhenxiong, Yi County and other counties in rural areas, whenever cultivating summer hoe, they are immersed in a sea of ​​drums and singing. This is the arrival of “drumming” season. “Drumming grass” is drumming to remove grass. A drummer drums a lead-drum, everyone arms and weeds, passion should be and, to eliminate fatigue, stimulate labor enthusiasm, while drummers also use songs to criticize persuasion regardless of quality and leisure lazy people. “Drumming grass” lyrics, all day as a set - the lyrics content is not necessarily coherent, mostly independent aria. Divided into “seven boards”, “eight chambers.” The so-called “board” is based on the time turn for seven stages, namely seven boards, different from drama