Abstract Rich and delicate in the expressions of feelings, “North Shifan” music is more distinctive in melody than other music. It has more abundant emotional expressions and can express emotions from sadness to joy. “North Shifan” music is an essential aspect of Chinese culture and art. In this paper, the historical characteristics and current challenges in the development of North Shifan music are analyzed based on elaborating the development of three intangible cultural heritage inheritance bases, the impartation and inheritance of Cuxi Shifan music scores in the traditional folk areas with the development of the times. Suggestions on the inheritance and development of North Shifan music are proposed from six aspects: government funding support, industrial policy support, talent policy implementation, education and inheritance, academic research, promotion and application and we analysis the inheritance and innovation based on the computer information technology.