The original name of Wayao pottery drum is Changgu. In Chinese music history books, there is no record of pottery drums in folk percussion-drums. However, the China Music Dictionary has an entry of earth drum: "The drum with earth as the frame of the original percussion music. "The Book of Rites, the Hall of the Ming Dynasty": the earth drums and yue, the joy of Yi Yi's family ... Zheng Xuan's Note: Du Zichun Cloud, the earth drums, with tiles as the frame and leather as the two sides, can be hit. " General drums are mostly made of wood or metal, while Wuchuan's long drums are made of clay, so they are called pottery drums.

Pottery drums were first produced in Wayao Village, Taoxiang, Wuchuan, which is surrounded by water and slopes, and is rich in clay. Clay pottery, sloping grass kiln. Villagers have always made a living by firing pottery jars, pots, pots, stoves and small clay sculptures. Pottery drum is a long drum made of clay. The waist of the drum body is small, and the two ends are intermediate drums with different sizes. After covering with sheepskin, the two drums are tightened with ropes to adjust the timbre. When playing, the back of the drum is hung on the chest, and the right side is slapped with the palm of your hand, while the left side is beating with a small bamboo, making different "ding" and "touching" sounds, so some local people also call the pottery drum "ding".

The performance of pottery drums is usually accompanied by small round drums and suona, and the music is usually played in the local popular suona tune, with a lively rhythm. Traditionally, pottery drums are mainly the accompaniment sounds of Wuchuan folk dances "Dancing Two Truths", "Dancing Six Generals" or offering sacrifices to gods. On holidays, the tinkling of pottery drums can be seen everywhere on Lantern Festival.

At the beginning of p>1986, Wuchuan Cultural Bureau organized Ou Jingqin, a literary and art guidance cadre, to go deep into Wayao Village, visit pottery drum artists, collect and sort out the drums played by pottery drums and the accompaniment music of suona, and compile the program "Wayao Pottery Drum" performed on stage. Then once again, the simple performance was compiled into the pottery drum dance "Happy Little Potter", and a large pottery drum with a length of more than one meter was designed, which was propped up with a bracket. The actor could beat the big drum while performing, and beat the small pottery drum hanging on his chest. The Happy Little Potter (edited and directed by Ou Jingqin) inspired by children's pottery participated in the first Yangcheng Children's Art Flower Show held in Guangzhou in July, 1986, and won the "Harvest Award". It was also awarded the second prize of the province's folk music and dance campaign, and was used as a preparatory program for Guangdong Province to participate in the national folk music and dance performance. In October, 1987, Tao Drum participated in the first art festival in Zhanjiang. In 1988, he participated in Zhanjiang Spring Festival Gala (video broadcast), and the special festival "Meikou Drum Music He Xinchun" held by Guangdong Pearl River Economic Station and Zhanjiang Radio Station in 1988 focused on playing the music of "Wayao Pottery Drum". In 2112, Meiling's pottery drum band participated in the performance of Zhanjiang Folk Art Festival, in 2113, the closing ceremony of Zhanjiang China Lion Dance Invitational Tournament, and in 2115, the Lingnan Folk Art Festival held in Guangzhou. Since 2111, in the Lantern Festival in Wuchuan City, the pottery drum performance has also been organized into a parade team to participate in the parade.