The drum-beating dancing activity, viewed as the production of Taiwan's agricultural society, has gradually declined on account of inferior successors. A skill that can last long must have its functions. Namely, the drum-beating dancing activity has several significant social functions. However, due to the evolution of society, the drum-beating dancing activity is rarely seen nowadays. Therefore, this study is carried out with the method of historical research so as to return to the original history, to construct the neglected part of the past research on the drum-beating dancing activity, and to provide a more delicate record of our folk art activities and offer an opportunity for further research in this field. The purposes of this study are to investigate the origin of the folk art troupes, the types of Taiwan's folk art troupes, and the origin of Taiwan's drum-beating dance. The findings show that the so-called folk art activity is actually the historic remains of Chinese acrobatics. Acrobatics is called "Jiaodi" in the Qin and Han dynasties, "Baixi" in the post-Han and Sung dynasties, "Ba-xi" in the Yuan dynasty, "Zashua" in the Qing dynasty, and known as acrobatics folk art activity at the present. Although its name varied in each period, "Baixi" remained the longest throughout several dynasties. According to the author, the most common folk art troupes in Taiwan can be divided into two main types: (1) "Yiko (an art-theater with chartacters and scenery)": a static type of activity. (2) "Chentou (a folk art performance group)": an active type of activity. "Chentou further can be divided into religious troupes, musical troupes, and celebratory troupes. As for the origin of Taiwan's drum-beating dancing activity, despite several different sayings, the author believes Taiwan's drum-beating dance and Fu-jian's drum-and-umbrella dance should be closely related. Besides, Taiwan's drum-beating dance very likely originated from the Qing dynasty and such a saying should be doubtless.