At the end of the 14th century AD, the Dong Pipa became popular among the Dong people. In the Ming Dynasty, Shen Wei's "Guizhou Tujing Xinzhi" contains: "Men ... play reeds, wood leaves, pipa, two-stringed qin, and lead a dog-armed eagle for pleasure."

The Dong nationality in Rongjiang County also sings in the "Ancestor Sacrifice Song": "The cocktail hangs on the ear, the pipa hugs the chest..." There is also such a lyric in the pipa song: "Cut down the camphor wood and take it home, and pick up the camphor wood to make the pipa. It proves that the Dong Pipa has a history of more than 600 years.