The Northeast Drum is a blend of Beijing Opera, Jingyun Drum and some folk vocals in Northeast China, with rich tunes, fluent vocals and strong expressive force. Rap is mainly medium-length and long-length, and its content is mainly operas, novels and legendary stories, which has become an art that people like to see and hear.

Wooden drum, also known as "drum fast book", has a strong local color and is the most popular genre in Shijiazhuang, central Hebei Province. Its date of birth is still unknown. It is understood that there is a famous artist Zhao's creation (stage name "old woman") for nearly a hundred years. This form of quyi is developed by absorbing the characteristics of folk songs in central Hebei and the tunes of "Shouting" by local businessmen.

At first, it was popular in the vast rural areas of Shenze, Wuji, Gaocheng and other counties, and later it was widely spread in counties in central Hebei, as well as cities such as Beijing, Tianjin, Shijiazhuang and Baoding. Shanxi, Henan and other provinces also have wooden drums.

The lyrics of wooden drums are easy to understand, concise and powerful, and full of healthy and lively local colors. When singing, you can sing alone or in pairs. Accompaniment only uses wooden boards and a small drum, which is more convenient to learn and easy to popularize among the masses.

There are about 200 traditional dramas of Northeast Drum, and now there are about 150. It can be divided into three categories: Zidishu, Sanguo and Caoduan. Most of Di Zi's passages are based on novels and popular operas in Ming and Qing Dynasties, with elegant lyrics and rich literary talent. A few works reflect the real life of the Qing Dynasty. In the Three Kingdoms section, there are songs about Liu Bei, Zhuge Liang and generals Guan, Zhang, Zhao, Ma and Huang Wuhua. Caoduan is a popular lyric created and performed by folk artists with a wide range of subjects. After liberation, a large number of modern songs appeared, such as Yang Jingyu's "Big Pocket Array" and "Cabin in Spring".