在清江流域土家族聚居地,至今保留着一种用亦唱亦跳的歌舞表演来悼念亡人的习俗,谁家的老人去世后,在入土安葬的前一夜或几夜,邻近的乡邻、亲戚在亡人灵前摆一面大鼓,由一人击鼓,两人或多人对跳,亦歌亦舞,“笑着哭”来陪伴、追悼亡人。这种习俗,土家人称之为“跳丧”、“打丧鼓”或 In the settlements of the Tujia people in the Qingjiang River Valley, there is still a kind of song and dance performance sung and danced to mourn the customs of the dead. After the death of an elderly person in the Qing Dynasty, one night or several nights before burial, Relatives in front of dead spirit put a bass drum, drumming by one person, two or more people on the jump, also song and dance, “laugh and cry ” to accompany, chase the dead. This custom, Tujia people call it “jump funeral ”, “funeral drum ” or