Drum book, a category of Quyi. Also known as drum writing. It is generally believed that it was formed in the rural areas of Shandong and Hebei in the early Qing Dynasty. When it comes to drums, they are called "drum characters" or evolved from them. Mainly popular in the northern provinces and cities of China, and also in some areas of the Yangtze River Basin and the Pearl River Basin. There are dozens of tunes such as Jingyun Drum, Xihe Drum, Meihua Drum, Laoting Drum, JD.COM Drum, Northeast Drum, Shandong Drum, Jiaodong Drum, Anhui Drum, Shangdang Drum, Hubei Drum and Guangxi Drum. All kinds of drums are mostly played by one person, with three stringed instruments, and some only use drums and boards. Most of them take the form of standing singing. The lyrics are basically seven sentences and cross sentences. Most of the early songs were medium and long, talking and singing; More emphasis on short stories, just singing and not talking. Traditional songs are often linked with each other and have a wide range of themes, mostly historical war stories and love stories between men and women. Due to different popular areas, accompaniment instruments and vocals are also different.

Jiangzhou drum music is good at playing dried flowers. In recent years, it has learned from others and continuously enriched its percussion skills. Generally speaking, there are the following methods of attack:

Drum heart: hitting the center of the drum surface with the front end of the pestle is a common playing method of gongs and drums; Drum edge: beat the drum edge with a pestle at the junction of the drum surface and the drum side; Grinding drum nails: grinding drum nails with a pestle makes a "wow" sound, which can be divided into short grinding and long grinding; Rub the drum surface: rub the drum surface with a pestle; The left and right pestle tails of the drum gang kept beating the drum gang and making hoofbeats; Beat the drum surface with a pestle; Drum ring: drum ring with a pestle; Touch the drum stand: touch the drum stand with a pestle;

Single roll: single roll with one roll; Beat with double pestles in the same direction and throw the same part from top to bottom; Friction with each other: that is, after two hammers collide with each other, one of them is rubbed forward; Beat each other with a hammer, pronounced "hit" or "card"; Fight each other: one is to press the drum head, the other is to hit the front and then hit; Jumping: one pestle presses the drumhead, and the other pestle pushes and pulls along with its moving direction, becoming stronger or weaker.