彝族是制造和使用铜鼓的民族一员。不仅在彝族聚居的地方发现有铜鼓的考古资料，而且在彝文文献里有制作和使用铜鼓的记载。彝族在历史上曾经是使用铜鼓的民族，在今天的现实生活中，滇、桂边境的彝乡村寨，铜鼓礼俗还保存在节日文化和“腊摩”的彝巫文化之中。彝族英雄史诗（铜鼓王）的发掘、整理和公开问世，更有力地证明彝族是使用铜鼓的民族。 Yi is a nationality who makes and uses bronze drums. Archaeological materials with bronze drums were found not only inhabited by Yi people but also recorded and produced using bronze drums in Yi literatures. In history, the Yi people used to be the people who used bronze drums. In today’s real life, the Yi villages and villages along the border between Yunnan and Guangxi are still preserved in the festival culture and the Yi-wu culture of “Lomo”. The excavation, collation and public appearance of the Yi heroic epic (drum and drum king) have proved that the Yi nationality is a nationality that uses the Bronze Drums more forcefully.