西汉初期兴起的鼓吹乐是以打击乐器和吹奏乐器演奏为主的一种音乐。当时有鼓吹和横吹之分,名称上更有鼓吹、横吹及骑吹等,在后来发展中,初期应用的鼓吹一名被保留下来。后世就把该乐种称为鼓吹乐。鼓吹乐源于何时,无确切可考,据《乐府诗集》卷一六引刘 Drum music rising in the early Western Han Dynasty was a kind of music dominated by percussion instruments and playing musical instruments. At that time, there was a distinction between preaching and horizontal blowing, with more prestige in name, horizontal blowing and riding and so on. In the later development, the advocacy of initial application was preserved. Descendants of the future generations called the promotion of music. When the source of music advocated, there is no exact test, according to “Yuefu poetry” Volume VI cited Liu