镇海澥浦镇在明、清年间是个很大的渔港,长年停靠着300多条渔船和40多艘商船,店铺、鱼市很是热闹。每逢渔船满载而归,渔民们就以“船鼓”的表演形式来庆祝丰收,可以说,澥浦船鼓是澥浦民间流传百余年的一种群众性的文艺表演形式。旧时的“澥浦船鼓”演出场地多为渔港空旷地,演出人数可多可少,多则数十人,少则七八人,由龙头作 Zhenhai 澥 Pu Town in the Ming and Qing dynasties is a big fishing port, for many years docked more than 300 fishing boats and more than 40 merchant ships, shops, fish market is very lively. Every fishing boat returns home, fishermen celebrate the harvest with the performance of “boat drums.” It can be said that Xupu boat drum is a mass literary performance circulated by people in Xupu for more than 100 years. The old “Xupu Boat Drum” performance venues mostly fishing grounds open space, the number of performances can be more or less, as many as dozens, as few as 78 people, from the leader