Some ethnic minorities in Guangxi have always had the habit of playing bronze drums during festivals or sacrifices. This custom has been passed down to this day. Now the Zhuang people in Donglan, Tian'e and other places celebrate the March 3rd and Spring Festival every year, the Yao people in Du'an, Bama, Dahua and other places celebrate the Zhuzhu Festival, the Yao people in Nandan hold funerals and sacrifices, and the Miao people in Zhongbao, Nandan celebrate the Spring Festival or encounter festive occasions by playing bronze drums to express congratulations or condolences. Around the 7th century BC, the Pu people living in the Pearl River Basin of China created the percussion instrument bronze drum from the copper cauldron of cooking utensils. Since then, the bronze drum has been introduced to Qiongdu, Sichuan to the north, to Guizhou, Guangxi and Guangdong to the east, to northern Vietnam to the south, and to Myanmar and Thailand to the west. So far, the bronze drum has been circulated for more than 2,000 years. In most regions and among many ethnic groups, it has withdrawn from the stage of history, leaving only some relics and historical memories, but there are still some regions and ethnic groups that still preserve the ancient custom of using bronze drums, leaving a "living fossil" for the bronze drum culture that has lasted for thousands of years. The Hongshui River Basin, which borders southern Guizhou and northwestern Guangxi, is the region with the richest bronze drum culture. The ethnic groups that still use bronze drums mainly include the Zhuang, Buyi, Dai, Dong, and Shui peoples of the Zhuang-Dong language family, the Miao and Yao peoples of the Miao-Yao language family, and the Yi people of the Tibeto-Burman language family. After losing its function as a symbol of power, bronze drums returned to the people and are still used among the people today, becoming a living cultural relic. Bronze drums are used in traditional cultural activities of all ethnic groups in the Hongshui River Basin. Bronze drums have become a living witness to the existing cultural traditions of these ethnic groups, reflecting from different aspects the economic conditions, cultural outlook, and psychological qualities of the ethnic groups that use bronze drums in the Hongshui River Basin, as well as their unique creativity in adapting to the natural environment in the long historical process. Bronze drums involve mining, casting, acoustics, history, art, and related history of science and technology, archaeology, ethnology, anthropology, etc., and have important cultural value. (No pictures yet, welcome to provide.) (No pictures yet, welcome to provide.)