Yicheng Flower Drum is a representative folk dance among Shanxi drum dances, with rough movements, cheerful rhythm, warm emotions and simple style. Flower drums are widely spread in Yicheng County and can be found in every village in the county. Everyone in the local area can play flower drums, ranging from the elderly in their 70s and 80s to children of 78 and 88 years old. It can be said that everyone has the skill of playing flower drums in two strokes. . It has been passed down from generation to generation in the local area that "play the flower drum to celebrate the harvest, play the flower drum to celebrate the new year, play the flower drum to marry a wife, play the flower drum to celebrate the full moon, play the flower drum until the rooster crows when it gets dark, play the flower drum until the sun sets, and don't listen to the sound of the flower drum for a while. There is a proverb about a fire in a basin of cold water, so Yicheng is known as the "Hometown of Flower Drums".

Yicheng flower drum is also called "Dahuagu", "Douhuagu" or "Naohuagu", and is also called "Little Golden Drum". There are different opinions on the origin of these names. Some of them are based on the appearance of the flower drum. In the past, the drums of flower drums were usually painted and decorated with various patterns. Nowadays, most of them are decorated with paper-cut flowers, so they are called "flower drums". Some people think that the drum beats are fancy in terms of the way the flower drum is played, so they call it "flower drum". Others think that the "female seedlings" participating in the performance wear flower crowns, floral skirts, and pomegranate shoes, which are very colorful and beautiful, so they are called "flower drums." No matter which statement is used, it represents the characteristics of Yicheng flower drum to a certain extent.