Tianmio Flower Drum Opera has a history of more than 200 years and originated in the Dongjing River area of ??Mianyang. Later it spread to Tianmen, Qianjiang, Jianli, Hanchuan, Jingshan, Zhongxiang, Jingmen and other places.

In the central hinterland of Hubei, in the Tianmen and Mianyang areas, to the north of the Yangtze River, there is a plain sight and hundreds of miles of fertile fields. There are Tongshun River, Tongzhou River and Dongjing River flowing through it, with a network of ditches and lakes and ponds. It is one of the holy places for the reproduction of "Chu Sheng" and "South Wind". Songs for weeding and beating wheat come and go, fishermen's songs and chants soar to the sky, three-stick drums, colorful lotus boats, lotus noises, and clam shells are popular in the countryside... It is these folk music, dances, stories, and customs that gave birth to A unique local style of Han opera in the Jianghan Plain.

Tianmian Flower Drum Opera, formerly known as Mianyang Flower Drum Opera, also known as Zhonglu Flower Drum Opera, is one of the three major local operas in Hubei. It was formed in the Tianmen and Mianyang areas during the Jiaqing period of the Qing Dynasty. In 1954, it was renamed It is called "Tianmian Flower Drum Opera" and was officially named "Jingzhou Flower Drum Opera" by the Cultural Bureau of Jingzhou Administrative Office in May 1981. In 2005, it was renamed "Hubei Flower Drum Opera" by the Hubei Department of Culture. In 2006, it was included in the first batch of national intangible cultural heritage.