Bamboo boards are suitable for rhythmic accompaniment of various folk arts and raps. Depending on the type of accompaniment, the number of boards is divided into 2, 5 and 7. Bamboo boards are made of moso bamboo, and it is best to choose bamboo that has no knots, no splits, and no insects.

Bamboo boards were formed during the Jiaqing period of the Qing Dynasty (1796-1820). The performance method of bamboo board is for a person to stand and sing while holding a big board in his right hand and a festival board in his left hand. There is an oral legend among old bamboo-board artists: During the Jiaqing period, when the Empress Dowager died, she ordered the capital to ban the use of orchestral instruments for a hundred days, making it difficult for many artists in Beijing to make ends meet. In order to make a living, Liu Danchi, a drum calligrapher from Hebei Province who came to Beijing to practice art, gave up string strings with his teacher Zhang Liankui and switched to using bamboo boards to accompany his singing. Liu Danchi's disciples are divided into two branches. One line is represented by Jin Yonggui, and the descendants are descended from generations with the characters Wan, Fu, Lai, Lin, He, Guo, Shun, Yu, Hai, and Chao; the other line is represented by Wang Yongxiang. Representatives, the lower row is the successors of the characters of Chun, De, Qing, Tian, ??Xiang, Chang, Ru, Sheng, Mao and Xuan. The late Qing Dynasty and the early Republic of China were the period when bamboo blackboard writing flourished in Beijing. Many representative artists emerged, among whom She Lairong and Jia Baoshan were the best. They performed in Dong'an Market, Chaoyangmenwai, Mentougou, Tianqiao and other places, and were extremely popular with the audience.

She Lairong died young and had no heirs. Jia Baoshan recruited three disciples: brothers Zhang Shunming, Guan Shungui (who also sang Xihe drum), and Guan Shunpeng. Not long after the Guan brothers became apprentices, Jia Baoshan passed away, and their elder brother Zhang Shunming passed on his skills. However, the Guan brothers only learned medium and short stories written on bamboo boards, and could not adapt to the needs of performing full-length works. In the 17th year of the Republic of China (1928), Guan Shungui and Guan Shunpeng also studied drum calligraphy artist Tian Yufu as their teacher. They studied long books such as "Warring States and Spring and Autumn Period", "Crossing the Sea to the East", "Xue Family General", etc., and began to make wooden boards in Tianqiao and other places. Sing. From the 1930s to the founding of the People's Republic of China, the most influential actors who sang bamboo boards in Beijing include Guan Shunpeng and actress Song Xiangchen. Guan Shunpeng was good at singing in the "Beijing accent" and was known as the "Beijing Bamboo Blackboard Script" in the world; Song Xiangchen followed the Hebei accent in singing and was known as the "Hebei Bamboo Blackboard Script" in the world. Through the continuous efforts of several generations of artists, the artistic level of bamboo blackboard calligraphy has been greatly improved. They have inherited the artistic characteristics of Hebei bamboo blackboard calligraphy's unpretentious singing style and strong local flavor, and absorbed various sister arts such as drums, ditties, bangzi, and Pingxi opera. , enriching the music of bamboo board calligraphy and forming a unique style. In the late 1970s, bamboo performances were rarely performed in Beijing.