The aim of this research was to examine the changes in the melody and dance of Suyeong jisinbalgi performed in Suyeong area, in Busan. For this study, literature survey, video analysis, and in-depth interviews were conducted. The derived characteristics of each generation of this tradition are as follows. During the first generation, the performance style of Suyeong jisinbagi was almost stopped. In this period, the training of the tradition was carried out, centering the members of Sangpo-gye. This influenced the individuals of this group to take the major characters of the practice. First, the performance style of Suyeong jisinbalgi was more like a dance that was focused on entertainment, although its characteristics are mostly that of men. Secondly, as Suyeongyaryu was designated as a national intangible cultural heritage, the performance of Suyeong jishinbagi was resumed in the second generation. There was no significant difference from the first generation in the performance style, but in terms of rhythm, some alterations were made. This was the period when certain editorial performance and dance style were established, accordingly. During the course of the third generation, the Suyeong jisinbalgi tradition was nominated as an intangible cultural heritage by Busan Metropolitan City. Through this process, the performance structure of this tradition was established with relative stylization. The third generation was different from the first and second generation in regard to dance performance, too, as it was the period that has laid the performance style of dance and, by the result, its visual effect has stood out.