Taiping drums have a long history and clear circulation. They originated before the Tang Dynasty and flourished in the Ming and Qing Dynasties. "Book of Jin" records that "music people dance drums". There are also records of the drum dance and the group fan dance in the history books of the Tang Dynasty. Today's Taiping drums have a handle and are also fan-shaped. Archaeologists have discovered a kind of object similar to today's Taiping drums from the cultural relics unearthed in the tombs of the Tang Dynasty, which can be said to have evidence at that time. According to legends passed down from generation to generation by Taiping drum artists, Taiping drums originated in the early Tang Dynasty. Since then, it has been inherited from generation to generation, and the Taiping drum and drum lyrics of "Tang Erzhu Zhengdong" are still preserved in the world.
During the Taiping period, the Taiping drum was played, sung and danced. Reverberating in nine tunes and eighteen tunes, worshiping ancestors and worshipping gods for more blessings. There are two theories about the origin of the Taiping Drum: one is that the tradition existed very early, the Song Dynasty called it interrupted, and the Ming Dynasty called it Taiping Drum. The drum is peach-shaped and covered with sheepskin; or it is round, with pom-poms on the edge of the drum, and a ring-in-ring shape under the iron handle.
The shape of the Taiping drum is similar to that of a group fan, and it is often struck with dance movements. In the Song Dynasty, it was called "interruption", and in the Ming Dynasty, it was called "Taiping Drum", and it was called "hunting drum". It is used for singing and dancing performances for sacrifices and blessings, and will be used for folk entertainment activities to celebrate the Spring Festival in the future. During the New Year's Eve and Lantern Festival in the old calendar, people beat the Taiping drum and sang and danced, which became a form of singing and dancing called "Taiping Drum", in order to seek the meaning of "Peace".

In the Qing Dynasty Li Shengzhen's "Bamboo Branch Ci", it is popular to play Taiping drums in the suburbs of Beijing: "Taiping drums. The shape is round and flat. It is covered with Goryeo paper and hangs down more than ten iron rings. When it is struck, the sound of the rings corresponds. The song is titled "Taiping Year". It is also music." The Qing Dynasty He Er's "Yantai Bamboo Branch Ci" also contains: "The iron rings vibrated the drums and the puffs, dancing in groups, and the years were coming to an end. Seeing that there is an image in Taiping, the song of Qu is the same as the song of the country." , Manchu women percussion to accompany their songs and dances. In the past hundred years, they have often been played by men. Legend has it that the Taiping Drum had taken shape during the time of Wu Zetian in the Tang Dynasty, and a similar legend was recorded in the book "Yanjing Modern and Ancient Suowen Lu"; people also found a drum from the cultural relics unearthed in the tombs of the Tang Dynasty, similar in style to today's Taiping Drum. According to research, in Jin Dynasty, this kind of drum has formed a kind of dance, which is called "Gebei Dance". Taiping drums spread in Beijing. The earliest record was in the Ming Dynasty. In the Ming Dynasty, Liu Dong and Yu Yizheng recorded in the "Scenery of the Imperial Capital": "The boy Lao drums, when the evening dawns, it is called the Taiping drum." This situation of playing drums day and night was the time of economic prosperity in the Ming Dynasty. In the Qing Dynasty, the Taiping Drums, which flourished inside and outside the capital, became more and more mature. During the prosperous period of Qianlong, Wang Qishu's "Shui Cao Qing Leisure Records" and Qian Zaiyong's "Taiping Drums" both described the grand performances of Taiping drums in the inner and outer cities.
The traditional Taiping drum dance is small in scale. During the period of the Republic of China, most of the drummers were women. They seldom walked on the streets and alleys, and only played together in their own courtyards and alleys. During the Japanese and Puppet period, the people were under the iron hoofs, and the Taiping drums disappeared. In 1949, when the People's Republic of China was founded, to celebrate the liberation, Taiping drum artists walked out of the courtyard, out of the streets, onto the highway, and joined the parade. The Taiping Drums became spectacular since then. Dongdian, Taiping drums line up Shisanli long street.