The history of Tobshur is as old as the history of the formation of the Mongolian people.

In the 1370s, on the way to Beijing via Xinjiang, Marco Polo saw Tovshur in the Mongolian steppe and left a record.

In addition, in the Qing Dynasty "Western Regions Map", there is a detailed record of "Tobushuer": Yuanbushuer, or Erxian, is made of wood as a groove-shaped square with holes at the bottom. The length of the face is six inches, eight points, two centimeters, six centimeters, and the width is five inches, three points, nine centimeters, and three centimeters. The side length is seven inches, eight points, eight centimeters, five centimeters, and the width is six inches and four centimeters. Using wood as the handle, from the Baishankou to the inner edge of the trough, it is 1 foot, 7 inches, 2/8 centimeters long, 9/10 centimeters wide at the top, and 1 inch, 07 centimeters, 8 centimeters wide at the bottom. The curved head is longer than the groove surface, wider and so on. The back slot is made to set the peg slot two inches and four centimeters long and three minutes wide. The shaft is four inches and four centimeters long, and it is two feet three inches and four centimeters long from the Xianbai Mountain Pass to the inside of the cover. The whole body is made of camphor wood, and the groove surface is made of paulownia. Shi Xian Er, with a single intestine. It is tied to the left and right small shafts, and the sound is obtained by finger-flicking with the hand.

In addition, Tovshuer also has a relationship with the Kazakh stringed instrument Kubuzi and the Kirgiz stringed instrument Keyake, and there are many similarities, but the difference is that the playing methods are different. It can be seen that Topshur has a long history.