Dongbula, also known as Dongbula and Dongbula, is a traditional plucked instrument in Central Asia, especially popular among Kazakhs in Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Xinjiang. Regarding its production, there is such a story circulating in the area where the Kazakhs live.

A long time ago, the Kazakhs lived near a forest and lived a peaceful nomadic life. As a result, there was a vicious blind bear in the forest, which often ran out to harm the shepherds and livestock, making people restless. Several groups of hunters sent by the king were all injured by the blind bear.

The king's son's name was "Dongbula". He asked his father to let him defeat the blind bear. Since his father refused to agree, Dongbula took his bow, arrows and traps to find the blind bear, and had a vigorous fight with the blind bear. In the struggle, he killed the blind bear, and unfortunately sacrificed himself. When the herdsmen found the prince's body, they burst into tears, and no one dared to tell the king the news.

At this time, an old herdsman named Akon stood up and volunteered to meet the king. The king asked him, "Do you know the whereabouts of the prince?" Akon pointed to a tall pine tree and said, "Your Majesty, it knows the whereabouts of the prince." The king said angrily, "If it doesn't tell me tomorrow, I will I'll kill you!" With the help of the herdsmen, the smart Akon cut down a branch of the tree and made it into an exquisite musical instrument overnight. The next day, on the grassland in front of the big forest, he sang the prince's feat with the sound of the piano. , to talk about the respect and nostalgia for the prince.

There were waves of pines in the sound of the lute, the roar of the prince, the whining of the blind bear, and the sad weeping of the people of the grasslands. The king listened to the sound of the qin and was deeply saddened. The sound of the piano is vigorous and vigorous for a while, low-pitched and euphemistic for a while, sonorous for a while, and crying for a while... Since then, the Kazakhs have their own musical instruments. To commemorate the prince, people named the instrument with "Dongbula". Name, and the folk singer who plays and sings Dongbula is called "Aken".