Regarding the origin of the long drum, there is a moving legend among the Yao people: a long time ago, the Yao people decided to elect a leader to lead everyone to resist the aggression of foreign rulers. One day, there was a loud noise, and a white light fell straight from the sky, inserted into a boulder, and turned into a long sword. It was agreed that the person who can pull up the sword will be the leader of the whole village. How many people tried to try and failed, only a young man named Dongbi gently pulled out the long sword. Therefore, he was elected as the leader of the whole village.

 He led everyone to fight back against foreign aggression and defend Yaoshan in countless victories, and finally got injured and sacrificed. The Yao people put a long white chicken feather on the baotou cloth, symbolizing the shining sword, and cut the sycamore wood from the deep mountains to make a long drum, beat it with their hands, and make a sound of "dongbi, dongbi". , sustenance for the memory of Dongbi. For many years, the long drum has become one of the folk musical instruments that the Yao people are very fond of.