There are many beautiful legends about iron springs from all ethnic groups. On the Sanjiang Plain of Heilongjiang Province in the northeast, there is a legend among the Hezhe people: There was a plague in a village in the past, and only a nursing child was left. Life.
She sang the tragic experience to everyone. Later, her voice became hoarse, and the old man made an iron reed for her. Since then, the iron reed has been handed down among the Hezhe people, and it is also called the sad qin.

Later, young men and women used it to express their love. Daur men go out hunting, and women play iron springs at home to show their nostalgia. During the weddings and celebrations of the Manchu folk, it is customary for women and children to play iron reeds in unison in front of the door, and it is also used to accompany shaman performances.
Today, minority women still love this instrument. Iron reeds are still the most popular musical instruments in the Yi area of Liangshan, Sichuan.