鼓是人类较早拥有的文明财富,也是人类较早发明的乐器之一。据考,人类早在新石器时代就有鼓。美索不达米亚在约公元前3000年,中国在约公元前2300年,埃及在约公元前2200年,印度在约公元前2000年有鼓。考古发现最早的鼓多数为陶土鼓,常用的木、皮等制鼓材料易朽,实际鼓的起源当早于上述年代。 Drum is the ancient civilization owned by mankind wealth, but also one of the instruments invented by mankind earlier. According to test, humans as early as the Neolithic drum. Mesopotamia Around 3000 BC, China at about 2300 BC, Egypt at about 2200 BC, and India at about 2000 BC. Most of the earliest archeological drums were clay drums, commonly used wood, leather and other drum materials easy to decay, the origin of the actual drum earlier than the above-mentioned era.