The Long Drum Dance is a dance of ethnic minorities in China.

Long Drum Dance is a folk dance of Yao nationality in China. Popular in Guangdong, Guangxi, Hunan and other provinces where Yao people live in compact communities, they often perform at traditional Yao festivals, harvest celebrations, housewarming or weddings. Yao's Long Drum Dance has a long history, and it is often danced in traditional sacrificial ceremonies and some witchcraft activities to exorcise ghosts and evil spirits, cure diseases and divination. Yao's Long Drum Dance has become a mass entertainment activity.

This kind of dance with unique national charm contains beautiful love stories. It is said that a long time ago, there lived three fathers and sons on Yaoshan Mountain. Before he died, the old man divided his property equally among his two sons. My brother is greedy for money and keeps all his property for himself. My brother Dong Bi had to wander outside and work for others for a living. Sister Fang Sha, the daughter of King Pangu, saw that Dong's character was better than his, so she came down to earth and married him. Dongbi's brother wants to kill Dongbi by wild means and take possession of Fangsha's thirteen sisters. Knowing this, King Pangu helped Dongbi defeat his brother and recalled thirteen sisters from Fangsha to heaven. Before the farewell ceremony, Sister Thirteen told Dongbi that there was a tree on Nanshan. Cut it down to make a long drum, put 360 rings on it, and then beat the drum for 360 times on 10/6 (Wang Po Pangu's birthday), and you can fly to the sky like an eagle to reunite with her. Winter than according to the instructions of thirteen younger sister, regardless of the difficulties, came to Nanshan, found the piano tree, made a long drum, and sure enough jumped up at the appointed time, and finally flew to the sky to reunite with thirteen younger sisters. To commemorate this loving couple, people will dance and cheer every time Pangu Wang Po plays karaoke bars. This custom has been passed down to this day.

During the performance, the drummer holds the drum waist of the long drum in his left hand and beats it up and down, then beats it with his right hand and dances while playing. . The actions mainly include simulating animals and offering sacrifices. The dance is vigorous and simple. Some people can also dance long drums on the square table while playing. Generally, suona, gongs and drums are accompanied, and sometimes "Wang Pan Song" is sung for entertainment.

Long drum dance can be divided into solo dance, duet dance and group dance. It has 72 sets of performances, and each set is divided into several animal details such as "getting up" and "moving the hall". Its action characteristics are rough, brave, unrestrained, strong, heroic, tenacious and free and easy. Whether it is jumping, jumping, squatting, falling or spinning, flapping, jumping and lifting, it shows the warm, strong and brave personality characteristics of the Yao people.

The drumming action of the long drum mostly shows the contents of production and life, such as building houses, ploughing fields, farming, imitating animals and animal movements, etc. , lifelike, full of life. Drumming can be divided into martial arts. Literary and artistic movements are gentle and slow, and martial arts are rough and unrestrained; Two people fight, four people fight, or a large group of people fight in a circle. The atmosphere was warm and the drums were loud.