A drum this beautiful definitely couldn't be left on the ground, so Li Xiang built two special stands for it. This time, he didn't use the precious Red Fir Wood, opting for ordinary Birch Wood instead. He found some suitable timber in the woodshed.
One was shorter, allowing the drum to be placed flat, while the other was taller, for setting it up vertically. The drum could be played in either position. To protect it from the rain, he also built a pavilion and added a simple plaque that read "War Drum Pavilion."
The plaque was just a polished slab of wood. He bought a large calligraphy brush and wrote three large, flamboyant characters on it. After some thought, he also carved a small seal out of a radish and stamped a red mark with it.
