Gaozhou Bayin Gonggu was introduced from Fujian in the late Ming and early Qing dynasties. The music scores were the brand-name music of Kunshan and Yiyang tunes that were passed down orally. It was not until the Jiaqing period that the music scores were recorded in Gongche notation using the method of notating the tunes in positive and negative lines. The gong and drum scores were recorded using simple characters and symbols such as Cha, Duo, Cheng, De, La, Xi, and O. The performance form of the eight-tone gongs and drums uses the "eight-tone gong and drum pavilion (cabinet)" as the central prop. The pavilion (cabinet) is made of bamboo and wood, 1.3 meters long, 0.9 meters wide and 1.8 meters high; the pavilion (cabinet) is decorated with embroidered brocade cloth or local flower cloth; the pavilion (cabinet) can be loaded with percussion instruments for performance (barrel drums, flat drums, bamboo slips, wooden fish, gongs and cymbals, Beijing gongs, large cymbals, large milk cymbals, arch gongs, high-side gongs, dingzan, etc.), wind music (flute, big flute, long tube, public flute, short tube, etc.), folk music (erhu, zhonghu, yangqin, qinqin, sanxian, yehu, horizontal flute, etc.). The music for performance is "Eighteen Books of Jianghu", among which there are twelve wind and percussion music, also known as twelve sets of music: "Eight Immortals Celebrate Birthday One: Original Celebrate Birthday", "Eight Immortals Celebrate Birthday Two: Bi Tian Celebrate Birthday", "Heavenly Official Celebrate Birthday", "Heavenly Official Blessing", "Tanci", "Thinking of the Ordinary World", "The Jade Emperor Ascends the Palace", "The Fairy Sends a Child", "Xiangshan Celebrates Birthday", "Six Kingdoms Confer Prime Ministers", "Trapped in the Valley Mouth", "Harmony with the Barbarians", and six performance music scores with lyrics: "Hand Support", "Rowing the Boat", "Eight Immortals Song", "Wild Geese Falling on the Flat Sand", "My Six Kingdoms", "Double Flying Butterflies", etc. In the late Qing Dynasty, Cantonese opera in western Guangdong developed vigorously, and Gaozhou Eight-tone Gongs and Drums absorbed some Paizi Gongs and Drums and Xiaoqu in Cantonese opera, which greatly enriched the performance content. Eight-tone Gongs and Drums are divided into large, medium and small classes, with 24 people in the large class, 12 people in the medium class, and 6 people in the small class. The musicians wear decorative small-forked hats, colorful clothes, and large flat belts. The clothes are distinguished by color between civil and military musicians. The eight-tone gongs and drums are usually performed while the procession of the festival, and are also performed in the open space in front of temples and in front of and behind houses. The eight-tone gongs and drums are an ancient art form among the people of Gaozhou. This art form has a strong appreciation and research value. In order to protect and study the eight-tone gongs and drums, Gaozhou City has established the Eight-tone Gongs and Drums Association, excavated and sorted out a batch of eight-tone gongs and drums scores, trained a group of inheritors, and done a lot of work to protect this ancient art of eight-tone gongs and drums.