As early as the Zhou Dynasty in China, there was a legend that King Zhouzhuang played drums to educate his subjects. Therefore, drum artists regard Zhou as their ancestors and think that they are inheriting Zhou's career and are engaged in an important artistic work to change customs and educate the people.

Pear Drum, Xihe Drum, Jing Yun Drum, Plum Drum and Dongting Drum, which appeared in early China, were all produced in Shandong and Hebei, and then spread all over the country, with many varieties, forming the law of multi-source and multi-source confluence.

According to China Quyi Records of Jiangsu Volume and Suining County Records: "During the Ming and Qing Dynasties, more than ten kinds of Quyi such as Qin Shu, Drum, storytelling and Shandong Express were introduced to Suining, among which Qin Shu and Drum were the most popular among the masses." During Jiaqing period of Qing Dynasty, Zhang Zuoshun (Juck Zhang hired his grandfather), a farmer in Qiuji Township of this county, begged and wandered to Shandong. Out of the need of survival and love of writing drums, I learned pear flower drums from an artist named Sha in Shandong, and was introduced to Suining on 1820 (the 24th year of Jiaqing).

From Guangxu period of Qing Dynasty to early Republic of China, Suining drum flourished. With the number of drummers increasing year by year, there are two well-known drummers in Suining, namely Zhang Chaopin, the third-generation drummer of Zhangjia, and Xiong Chuanfa in Longji Township of this county, who are called "Marshal of Drum Circle" and "Pioneer of Drum Circle" respectively.

On the basis of inheriting Pear Flower Drum, Zhang Chaopin and Zhang Jiacheng formed a drum calligraphy form with local characteristics in northern Jiangsu by integrating various drum calligraphy techniques, learning from others and concentrating on research and innovation. The painstaking study of the Zhang family for two generations finally made Shandong Drum evolve into Suining Subei Drum with local characteristics.

From the Republic of China to the early days of the founding of the People's Republic of China, Suining drum reached its climax, and four schools of drum writing, represented by Zhang Chaojian, Xiong Chuanfa, Wei Qixiu and Zhu Guangqian, appeared in the county. Among them, Zhang Chaopin is known as "Gaibei" because of its high popularity in Jiangsu and Anhui.