Zhoushan City is located in the northeast of Zhejiang Province, east of Hangzhou Bay and south of the Yangtze River Estuary. Its rich marine resources are the basis of local people's production and life, and the specific production methods and living customs have bred unique folk art, of which Zhoushan gongs and drums are the representatives. In the old days, Zhoushan gongs and drums mostly appeared in folk villages' red and white weddings, temple fairs and celebrations, and fishermen's sea sacrifices. After 1949, this folk music form was officially named "Zhoushan gongs and drums" with the participation and arrangement of professional music workers. At the World Youth Festival held in Moscow in 1957, Zhoushan gongs and drums won the gold medal of the World Folk Music Competition. Zhoushan gongs and drums are fully equipped with instruments. The two main instruments are the row of gongs composed of thirteen gongs and the row of drums composed of five drums. They have unique playing styles, sharp volume contrasts, and rich sound colors. The representative traditional repertoires of Zhoushan gongs and drums include "Zhoushan Gongs and Drums", "Eight Immortals Preface", "Fisherman's Music", "Sand Tune", "Tide Sound", etc., all of which have been compiled into the "Zhejiang Volume of the Collection of Chinese National Folk Instrumental Music", and many repertoires have been recorded into records. After the 1960s and 1970s, due to the development of the market economy and the diversification of cultural and entertainment forms, Zhoushan gongs and drums, a regional cultural expression, gradually became marginalized. With the passing of old artists and a group of new artists abandoning their art to do business, Zhoushan gongs and drums are in a state of lack of successors and are in urgent need of protection.