Yangpu workers' gongs and drums, based on the gongs and drums of northern Jiangsu, have absorbed the performance elements of various schools such as the northeastern gongs and drums, the northwest gongs and drums, the Guangdong gongs and drums, the Chaozhou gongs and drums, some opera gongs and drums, and the Fengyang gongs and drums of Anhui. They are characterized by "big drums" (the diameter of the drum surface is greater than 1 meter, and the maximum can reach more than 2 meters), "many people", and "mobility" (beating while driving on a truck). It is a product of the times as Yangpu is an old industrial area in Shanghai, and it is also a synthesis and convergence of traditional gong and drum art from the north and south. As the birthplace of modern Chinese industry, Yangpu District has developed rapidly, attracting farmers from all over the country to come here, and has become the area with the most concentrated industrial workers. Most of these workers come from northern Jiangsu, followed by Anhui, Shandong and other places. They also brought their original cultural habits to Shanghai. This humanistic environment laid the foundation for the emergence of workers' gongs and drums. The Chinese people have always had the traditional custom of beating gongs and drums on festive occasions. After 1949, many factories were nationalized, and gongs and drums became a way for workers to express their inner joy. On National Day, Party Day, and even when production is completed or technological innovation is achieved, workers will beat gongs and drums to celebrate. Yangpu has a diverse population, and elements of gongs and drums from all over the country have converged, eventually giving birth to the workers' gongs and drums played in factory areas. The workers' gongs and drums integrate the characteristics of gongs and drums from all over the country, and create new drum scores with Yangpu's industrial characteristics. On the basis of Subei gongs and drums, new drum beats such as "Qian Shiban", "Hou Shiban", "San Duan", "Fengshou", and "Phoenix Nodding" have been created; there is no fixed rule for the composition of the band, which can be expanded or reduced as needed, forming the distinctive characteristics of the "workers' gongs and drums". It is a product of the special humanistic environment of Yangpu District, and at the same time reflects the development trajectory of Yangpu's century-old industrial civilization, and is also a microcosm of Shanghai's modern industrial civilization.