Liaoning drum music has been very popular since ancient times and has had a profound impact on drum music in various parts of the Northeast. In the murals of ancient tombs from the Han and Wei dynasties unearthed in Liaoyang City, Liaoning Province, there are ancient drum and horn performances, and the six characters "drum and horn performances" are inscribed. Liaoning drum music was originally sheng and pipe music, and suona music was added during the Ming and Qing dynasties. The band was finalized and matured in the middle of the Qing Dynasty. From the perspective of the repertoire, it retains a small number of Tang and Song dynasty tunes, and most of them are Yuan and Ming southern and northern tunes and Ming and Qing dynasty tunes; from the perspective of structure, the drum music is very rigorous, and each type of music has a certain structural pattern, and the number of boards is very strict. In particular, the Han songs and big brand songs have obvious structural traces of Tang Dynasty big songs and Song Dynasty qupo. From the tones of some music, Liaoning drum music is obviously influenced by the music of northern ethnic minorities (such as Khitan and Jurchen). In terms of tunes, the "35 tunes" formed by Liaoning drum music using the borrowing method actually originated from the "shifting of palaces and changing tunes" in the Tang and Song dynasties, and are the remnants of the "28 tunes of Yan music". In addition, the seven tune names of suona in Liaoning drum music provide important clues for studying the development and evolution of suona forms. Liaoning drum music has produced a group of highly skilled inheritors such as Wang Wenzhou, Wang Guoqing, Wang Guoquan, Liu Yongnian, Liu Yongqing, Liu Baoshan, etc. They not only taught apprentices locally, but also passed on their skills to other places, thus promoting the universal inheritance of folk drum music in Liaoning and even the three northeastern provinces. Commonly used repertoires include "Gong Chi Shang", "Plum Blossom Tune", "Shang Cai Qu", "Ju Ju Shuang", and "Gui Zhi Hua". At present, Liaoning drum music is still popular, but the traditional repertoires played have been decreasing, especially the big brand songs and Han songs, and there are very few people who can perform them completely. There is an embarrassing situation where drum music activities are flourishing while traditional music is endangered, which needs to be protected by relevant parties.