Editing Manchu people (section)

===Folk art===
====Octagonal drum====
[[File:八角鼓演出照.jpg|thumb|left|Octagonal drum performance on stage]]

Octagonal drum is a type of Manchu folk art that was very popular among bannermen, especially in Beijing.<ref name=jin2009/>{{rp|147}} It is said that octagonal drum originated with the snare drum of the Eight-banner military and the melody was made by the banner soldiers who were on the way back home from victory in the battle of Jinchuan.<ref name=jin2009/>{{rp|147}} The drum is composed of wood surrounded by bells. The drumhead is made by wyrmhide with tassels at the bottom.<ref name=jin2009/>{{rp|147}} The colors of the tassels are yellow, white, red, and blue, which represent the four colors of the [[Eight Banners]].<ref name=liu2008/>{{rp|124}} When artists perform, they use their fingers to hit the drumhead and shake the drum to ring the bells.<ref name=jin2009/>{{rp|147}} Traditionally, octagonal drum is performed by three people. One is the harpist; one is the clown who is responsible for harlequinade; and the third is the singer.<ref name=jin2009/>{{rp|147}}

[[File:Akšan.jpg|thumb|upright|{{ill|Akšan|zh|宋熙东}}, Manchu singer and ulabun artist]]

"[[Zidishu]]" is the main libretto of octagonal drum and can be traced back to a type of traditional folk music called the "Manchu Rhythm".<ref name=liu2008/>{{rp|112}} Although Zidishu was not created by [[Han Chinese]], it still contains many themes from Chinese stories,<ref name=jin2009/>{{rp|148}} such as ''[[Romance of the Three Kingdoms]]'', ''[[Dream of the Red Chamber]]'', ''[[Romance of the Western Chamber]]'', ''[[Legend of the White Snake]]'' and ''[[Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio]]''.<ref name=jin2009/>{{rp|148}} Additionally, there are many works that depict the lives of Bannermen. Aisin-Gioro Yigeng, who was pen named "Helü" and wrote ''the sigh of old imperial bodyguard'', as the representative author.<ref name=liu2008/>{{rp|116}} Zidishu involves two acts of singing, which are called ''dongcheng'' and ''xicheng''.<ref name=jin2009/>{{rp|149}}

After the fall of the Qing dynasty, the influence of the octagonal drum gradually reduced. However, the {{ill|Chinese monochord|zh|单弦}}<ref name=jin2009/>{{rp|149}} and [[Xiangsheng|crosstalk]]<ref>{{cite web |url = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vSH-J6yJgCE |script-title=zh:郭德纲 德云社 有话好好说 2011.12.04 |trans-title=Guo Degang Deyun Society has something to say 2011.12.04|date = 4 December 2011|via=YouTube |access-date = 18 March 2015}}</ref> which incorporates octagonal drum are still popular in Chinese society and the new generations. Many famous Chinese monochord performers and crosstalkers were the artists of octagonal drum, such as De Shoushan and Zhang Sanlu.<ref name=liu2008/>{{rp|113}}

==== Ulabun ====
Ulabun ({{ManchuSibeUnicode|lang=mnc|ᡠᠯᠠᠪᡠᠨ}}) is a form of Manchu storytelling entertainment which is performed in the Manchu language.<ref name=iel>{{cite web |url = http://iel.cass.cn/news_show.asp?newsid=7932 |script-title=zh:[富育光]满族传统说部艺术——“乌勒本”研考|trans-title=[Fu Yuguang] Manchu traditional art of speaking - "Uleben" research|author=Fu Yuguang|date=2009-03-23 |access-date = 18 March 2015|url-status=dead|archive-date=2013-06-06|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130606021933/http://iel.cass.cn/news_show.asp?newsid=7932}}</ref> Different from octagonal drum, ulabun is popular among the Manchu people living in Manchuria. It has two main categories; one is popular folk literature such as the ''Tale of the Nisan Shaman'', the other is from folk music with an informative and independent plot, and complete structure.<ref name=iel/>