In ancient China, the Qiang flute represented the feeling of missing, which was often recorded in the poems of intellectuals in Tang, Song, Yuan and Ming Dynasties. Wang Zhihuan, a poet in the Tang Dynasty, once wrote the poem "Why should a strong flute complain about a willow? Spring breeze is just like Yumenguan" to express his feelings of missing relatives and friends.
The original Qiangdi was made of the leg bone of a bird or the leg bone of a sheep. It has two purposes, both as a musical instrument for playing and as a whip for riding, so it is also called "whip" or "blow whip". Before the Western Han Dynasty, Qiangdi had only four sound holes. In the 1 century BC, a sound hole with the highest pitch was added behind Fang Jing (77 BC, 37 BC), and then five sound holes appeared.
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It has been more than two thousand years since the strong enemy choked in autumn. The Qiang people in Chibusu and Shaba areas were brought from the western regions by the Qiang people who moved south during the Qin and Han wars. According to historical records, before the Western Han Dynasty, there were four holes on the surface of Qiangdi, and in the first century A.D., Fang Jing added a treble pressure hole to make it five holes. In the Eastern Han Dynasty, Ma Rong once recorded in "Difu" that "modern double flutes originated in Qiang", and there was also a famous saying in the Tang Dynasty that "why should Qiang flutes complain about Liu".
In modern times, the Qiang flute has become six holes. From this point of view, the existence of the Qiang nationality has a history of at least 2000 years. Because the Qiang people have no written language, their history and culture have been passed down from generation to generation, and the Qiang flute has also become an important channel for national cultural exchange and inheritance. In May, 2006, "Qiang flute playing and making skills" was included in the first batch of national intangible cultural heritage list.