The numerical simulation of seismic wave field has important significance in the study of the nature of seismic wave propagation. In this paper, the five point eight order combined compact difference scheme is used in the numerical simulation of viscoelastic acoustic wave equation. According to the Taylor series expansion, the two-order discrete scheme of the viscoelastic acoustic equation is established, then CCD8 are used to calculate the spatial derivative of the displacement field. Then analyze CCD8 stability, use Fourier method for suppressing effect of dispersion contrast analysis, and analyze truncation error. At last,CCD8 are used for numerical simulation in homogeneous medium model and horizontally layered medium model and Marmousi model. The results show that: (1)CCD8 has the advantages of smaller truncation error and higher simulation precision and low numerical dispersion than normal order compact difference;(2)CCD8 with high stability;(3) Based on the processing of artificial boundary reflection using perfectly matched layer boundary condition, the numerical simulation and wave field analysis of viscoelastic acoustic wave equation are carried out using homogeneous medium model, horizontally layered medium model and Marmousi model show that the seismic wave field is clear, which verified the practicability and validity of CCD8.