March 3rd in Guangxi is the Song Fair Festival of Zhuang nationality. Gewei Festival, also known as "Gewei Festival" or "March Gewei Festival", is a traditional song festival of Zhuang nationality. There are several fixed folk song gatherings of Zhuang nationality every year, such as the 15th day of the first month, Gewei Festival, April 8th and August 15th. But the Gewei Festival on the third day of the third lunar month is the biggest.
On Ge Wei Festival, every household will cook colorful glutinous rice and dye eggs to celebrate this festival. Songs usually last for two or three days at a time and are located in an open space not far from the village. Bamboo and cloth were used to build a singing studio to receive singers from other villages. The duet is mainly composed of unmarried young men and women, but old people and children come to watch and entertain. There are one or two thousand people in the small song fair and tens of thousands in the big one.
Gewei Festival is divided into daytime Gewei and night Gewei. The Japanese song club is in the wild, with song selection as the main content; The night songs in the village mainly sing production songs, seasonal songs, vegetable songs and historical songs. In addition to the third day of the third lunar month, the Spring Festival, the eighth day of April, the Mid-Autumn Festival, weddings, children's full moons, housewarming and other seasons can all form song parties. Even if you meet an opponent on the road to catch up with the fair, you can form a temporary fair.
Gewei Festival is a stage for traditional folk cultural activities of Zhuang nationality, and also a place for young men and women to socialize. In Zhuang language, it is called "Wharton" and "Woyan", which means "playing in the wild". Because this kind of activity sings for each other, the ancients called it "Dunwei".