When playing, the long drum is placed flat on a special drum stand or table. One person can slap one end of the drum face with his hands, or two people can slap the drum face at both ends. It is only used for ensemble or singing and dancing accompaniment, not as a dance prop. Use; when playing the middle-length drum and the small-length drum, hold the waist of the drum with the left hand, beat the drum faces at both ends with the right hand, and dance while hitting, this is the famous Yao Patriarch's drum.

Among the Yao folk dances, "Chang Drum" is the most famous. The long drum is both an accompaniment instrument and a dance prop. In Yao villages, every year on October 16th, people will dance in ecstasy with long drums. You can also hang the rope diagonally on your shoulders, slap with both hands, or hold the middle of the drum with your left hand, slap with your right hand, and dance while hitting, or hold the middle of the drum with your left hand, slap with your right hand, and dance while hitting. The long drum is both an accompaniment instrument and a dance prop.

When performing music and dance, it is often accompanied by an eight-music team. There are many playing methods, rich content and various changes. There is a folk saying that "36 sets of seventy-two layers" (that is, there are thirty-six styles of drumming and seventy-two movements of dance), and most of the content is to express the Yao nationality. The labor and life of the people, such as logging, hunting, building houses, etc. Use at festivals and festive events. Those with higher skills can even perform on the Eight Immortals Table. On occasions such as festivals, harvest celebrations, housewarming, wedding and funeral ceremonies, memorials and vows, long drums are to be performed. In Yao villages, every year on the 16th day of October, people dance long drums.