胶东大鼓是一种产生于胶东半岛沿海各县的说唱鼓书艺术。因其早期由盲人所创,演唱者也均系盲人,因此又称“盲人调”或“瞎腔”。据1990年版《栖霞县志》记载:“(胶东大鼓)在县内已流传数百年。早前音调较呆板,多为盲艺人演唱……”。建国后很长一段时间,农村文化生活贫乏,政府便把盲人们组织在一起,成立盲人曲艺宣传队,以三弦、坠琴、书鼓、日月板等为主要伴奏乐器,在街头巷尾进行演出。宣传队通过寓教于乐、喜闻乐见的胶东大鼓表演形式,为基层宣 Jiaodong drum is a kind of rap drum art produced in counties in the coastal areas of Jiaodong Peninsula. Because of its early creation by the blind, singers are also blind, so called “blind man ” or “blind cavity ”. According to the 1990 edition of “Qixia County” records: "(Jiaodong bass drum) has been circulating in the county for hundreds of years earlier tones more rigid, mostly for the blind artists singing. For a long time after the founding of the People’s Republic of China, the rural cultural life was poor. The government organized the blind people together and set up a propaganda team for the blind folk music. Three stringed instruments, syllabary, book drum, sun and moon boards were the main accompaniment instruments and performed in the streets and lanes. Propaganda team through entertaining, loved by the Jiaodong drum performance form, as grass-roots publicity