Zhuang folk songs, Zhuang folk customs. "Xu Ge" is a festival gathering and singing activity held by the Zhuang people at a specific time and place. Sacrificial singing and dancing activities originated from clan and tribe times. It is mainly held in spring and autumn.
Haruka will be the most prosperous in March and April, and it will be held most frequently on the third day of the third lunar month. Qiu Ge will focus on August and September of the lunar calendar, especially the Mid-Autumn Festival. It takes the friendship between young men and women as the core content, that is, relying on songs to choose songs and enjoy songs. At the same time, there are also cultural and recreational activities such as drama, folk art and sports. In 2006, it was included in the first batch of national intangible cultural heritage list.
2, Zhuang bronze drum custom
The bronze drum is a percussion instrument created by ordinary people and Yue people in southern China. Up to now, it has a history of more than 2700 years, with the largest number and the widest distribution in Guangxi.
Hongshui River Basin, which borders on the northwest of Guangxi and the south of Guizhou, is the region with the richest bronze drum culture. The ethnic groups that still use bronze drums today mainly include Zhuang, Buyi, Dai, Dong, Shui, Miao and Yao, belonging to Miao and Yao languages, and Yi belongs to Tibeto-Burman languages. These ethnic minorities always beat bronze drums at festivals, funerals and sacrifices to express their celebration or mourning.
3. Liu Sanjie's ballads
Liu Sanjie is a folk "singing fairy" in Guangxi, and Yizhou, Liu Sanjie's hometown, is the most representative area of Liu Sanjie's song dissemination. Liu Sanjie's ballads are rich and colorful, including life songs, production songs, love songs, ritual songs, riddle songs, story songs, ancient creation songs and so on. It is endorsed by songs, which has poetic characteristics and distinctive nationality. The inheritance is complete and widely spread.
Liu Sanjie's ballads show the living cultural charm of China's traditional folk art, which has not only the research value of witnessing national history and emotional expression, but also the research value of aesthetics.
4. Tone
Caidiao is a local opera in Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. Popular in most areas of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. Originally, the names of different places were different. The original place was called Cai Daliao, Liuzhou, Hechi and parts of Wuzhou were called Tiaoliao, the south of Yangshuo was called Tea-picking Opera and Lantern, and the left and right rivers were called Big Tea-picking Opera and Hehe Opera.
1955 is collectively referred to as "hue". Music aria belongs to couplets, which are divided into three categories: board, cavity and tune. The same tune can be modified in the board and cavity according to the needs of the content. The theatrical performances are full of local characteristics, especially dancing fans, towels and ribbons. In 2006, it was included in the first batch of national intangible cultural heritage list.
5. Zhuang folk story "Hundred Birds Clothing"
"Hundred Birds Clothing" is a folk story circulating in Zhuang area. It tells the story that Ai Yi, the wife of poor farmer Guka, was robbed by the toast. According to her instructions, Guka made bows and arrows, killed hundreds of birds, and made holy garments out of feathers. They met in the state capital for a hundred days. Guka went through all kinds of hardships, made a bird coat and arrived at the state capital on time. Guka made a toast by offering clothes, and both husband and wife returned to their hometown.
This story profoundly reflects the strong will of the Zhuang people to fight for freedom. In 2007, the folk story "Hundred Birds Clothing" was included in the first batch of intangible cultural heritage list in Guangxi.