The Yao monkey drum dance is mainly popular in the Bunu Yao village of Sanhe Village, Sannong Township, Donglan County. Legend has it that the ancestors of the Yao family led monkeys to fight and returned victoriously. To celebrate the victory, people and monkeys danced together to express their joy of success. The dance is usually performed by 12 to 16 people, four of whom play bronze drums, one plays leather drums, one plays bronze gongs, two play small leather drums, and 4-8 people dance (2 strong men and 4-6 girls). When the gong sounds, the bronze drums and leather drums start to beat rhythmically. There are more than ten different ways of beating them. They dance while beating, sometimes like an eagle soaring into the sky, sometimes like a carp leaping over the dragon gate. The movements are rough and powerful, and the dance postures are graceful and generous. The dancing girls hold bamboo hats and wooden sticks, and dance in the dance floor to fan the wind. Sometimes they imitate monkeys to steal fairy peaches, and sometimes they imitate monkeys to climb cliffs and jump trees. The dance scene is warm and the emotions are unrestrained. Especially when two Yao men bite the bronze drum weighing 20 to 30 kilograms with their teeth and carry it around, it is even more thrilling and a wonderful performance of a unique skill, showing the sacredness, mystery and infinite power of the Yao people. At this time, the dance scene reaches its climax, which is also the most attractive and inspiring. In the Sannong Yao gathering area of Donglan, monkey drum dance must be performed every Zhuzhu Festival or other celebrations and festive activities, so monkey drum dance has been passed down to this day. In 1957, the monkey drum dance won the first prize in the county's mass art performance. In 1980, it participated in the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region Amateur Art Performance and won the third prize for excellent programs. It is now an autonomous region-level intangible cultural heritage protection project.