Liuzhou folk songs belong to folk songs, and their essence lies in the lyrics. Therefore, we declare them as oral literature. The basic contents of Liuzhou folk songs are as follows: Liuzhou folk songs have solo, duet and chorus forms. Among them, duet is the most commonly used and distinctive form of Liuzhou traditional folk songs. Duet singing, commonly known as duet, is a form of competition in which singers or song teams compete for talents. Therefore, it is also called "pigeon racing" and "Five Luns", which is highly antagonistic and competitive, and is generally held at the Song Fair. Xu Ge is a traditional song festival where Zhuang people meet regularly. Also known as the song club, the song club. The place where the song will be held is called the song field, which is mostly held on the hillside, by the river or at the place agreed by the singer. Its scale ranges from tens to thousands. Time from morning till night, even all night, lasts for several days. On the festive days such as "March 3rd" and Mid-Autumn Festival, mountain singers and fans from all directions gather together to hold a grand duet, which is called "Song Catch-up". Before the concert, the singers invited each other to form a singing team. Generally speaking, they are old partners who often sing together, and they are familiar with each other, ranging from three to five people in each team. Singing Liuzhou folk songs is improvisation, improvisation, and there is usually a singer in the song team who is responsible for making up words and composing songs on the spot. There are also a group of singers who are responsible for singing. Sometimes, singers also participate in the dialogue. When entering the song fair, teams choose their opponents from each other, set their positions, or stand or sit, and the masses look around to form a song fair.

Formal singing competitions have prescribed procedures. At the beginning, we should sing the opening song, which refers to the folk songs sung by singers before the singing competition begins. Every time singers get together to sing, they always sing a few polite songs before the opening to show their friendship. Therefore, the opening song is also called "guest song". The content of the opening song is mainly based on the joy of the singer when he met each other late and his love for folk songs. The atmosphere is harmonious, the feelings are sincere, and there is no lack of humor. When encountering duets between old and new singers, new singers often take this opportunity to ask for advice from old singers, and old singers always do their part and teach their singing skills to each other without reservation. In the opening songs, singers often praise each other's talents, and the language is lively. From time to time, there are some spicy metaphors, which are wonderful and interesting and make the audience laugh.

After the opening of the song, it entered the formal stage of the song contest. Traditional competition songs generally have no fixed format for content, timbre and so on. As soon as the competition song started, the atmosphere at the venue immediately became tense and warm. The two sides of the song are sharp-edged, uncompromising, humorous in speech, quick and sharp in singing, and try their best to overwhelm each other. This also shows that Liuzhou people are unwilling to lag behind and dare to fight for the first place. Throughout the song competition stage, songs came and went, and the onlookers became on-site judges. At every wonderful place, the crowd applauded and cheered, shouting for help, and the atmosphere of the concert was warm and cheerful.

At the end of the competition song, the two sides will automatically sing the "breakup song". In general, at this time, both sides have their own opinions on winning or losing the song. In a few minutes, the two sides will come to an end. Most of the content is to wish each other good luck, see you next time, and be friendly to Song Ping. In the case of equal strength between the two teams, both sides refused to miss this last chance, but used the limited time left to fully express themselves. In this way, you come and go, do your best, and often climax again and again in this ending part, which makes the audience full of joy.

There is also a unique form of antithesis song called disc song, which has a rigorous format. The lyrics are mostly seven words and four sentences, and antithesis is neat, generally using parallelism. The content is all-encompassing, mostly focusing on familiar landscapes, flowers, birds, fish and insects, common sense of life and agricultural knowledge, as well as praising historical figures, events and stories. Traditional Liuzhou folk songs mainly sing Zhuang language and Liuzhou dialect, which are divided into "Huan" and "Jia".

1, "Huan" is a popular folk song in Zhuang area, usually called "Zhuang Huan", which is sung in Zhuang language. Its basic form is "four sentences of happiness", and each song has five words and four sentences. Lyrics have a unique rhyme, which is "waist and foot rhyme". The rhyme of one or three sentences is opposite to the rhyme of two or four sentences. A tune is a repetition of a simple paragraph, which is divided into two parts. When singing, the timbre is simple, rich, high-pitched and bright, with the characteristics of one word and one sound. There are many variants of "Huan", mainly including "Huan in embedded sentences", "Huan in feet" and "Huan in long and short sentences".

When embedding sentences, three words and two sentences are embedded in five words and four sentences, forming a "five-three-five" format. For example, "every March, the weather is sunny and the mountains are beautiful; Flowers are blooming, tender and delicate, and everyone praises them. " Among them, "sunny" and "gentle and slight" are embedded in a few words. "Music is called Huan" means that the first paragraph of the two "four sentences of Huan" is divided into two couplets, A and B, and then "music" is behind the second paragraph of C and D (that is, at the foot), thus forming three paragraphs. (See the picture "Le Jiaohuan")

This is a unique repetition of the lyrics, and the tune is a three-part variation.

The lyrics format of long and short sentences is seven-character two sentences plus five-character two sentences, but the melody is that seven-character lyrics have only two bars (2/4 beat) and five-character lyrics have three bars.

Zhuang language is popular in rural areas where Zhuang language is used, such as Liujiang County, Liucheng County, Luzhai County and Suncun, a former suburb. Because there are not many people in the city who can speak Zhuang language, folk songs in the city are rarely sung with Zhuang Huan.

2. The other kind is Liuzhou folk songs, which are popular in urban areas where strong men and other ethnic groups live together for a long time and are called "Jia". This is the product of the cross-integration of national cultures. When singing "Home", it is customary for the singer to answer the singing in Liuzhou Chinese dialect, and the intonation is close to the spoken language, which is very attractive for the masses to know at once. The basic form of the lyrics of Home is seven words and four sentences, with one, two or four sentences rhyming or two or four sentences rhyming. For example, "there are vines on the top of the mountain, and vines have twelve layers of small flowers; We are determined to climb up, ignoring vines and rocks and ignoring landslides. " Sometimes, in order to strengthen the tone, it begins with three sentences, such as "Sister is in a hurry, I think my brother is too ill and has become tuberculosis;" If you don't believe me, look at the sister door. This pile of scum is three feet high. In this way, the "three-word priority" format of 3777 structure is formed. There are also various words added to the lyrics because of different singing emotions. When singing folk songs that tend to express emotions, such as love songs, a specific rhyme (sentiment) word is often added at the beginning of the song, such as "hey", which is euphemistic and lingering from high to low. There are words I feel in the middle of the lyrics, such as "pomegranate green": "Stone (this) pomegranate (wow) green (couple), calling your sister to get married (good) is to recruit relatives (couple); Sister, if you recruit a relative, (this one) will recruit me (a couple), and people can (where) achieve (where) (wow) infatuation. "When some people sing some humorous folk songs, they will add local slang to each phrase to show their appreciation. For example, Deng Deng Diao: "The stars in the sky are bright and sparse (take a break). Don't laugh at the poor (love my sister) wearing rags (Maha), the ten hands (Deng Deng) are long and short (take a break), and the trees in the mountains (love my sister). These changes make Jia's singing more vivid and interesting, full of charm and wealth.

In addition to Zhuang and Han folk songs, Liuzhou also has three languages of Dong, Miao and Yao folk songs, where the cultures of all ethnic groups exchange and blend with each other, making Liuzhou folk songs richer in content, more diverse in forms and presenting a colorful situation. Liuzhou folk songs, as oral literature, have extremely high literary value. The purpose of his recitation is to convey the meaning through expression, that is, to elaborate his expressed thoughts through vivid language and reach a highly consistent resonance with the object of appreciation.

Such as sighing bitter water: "difficult, a bucket of white rice cooks nine meals;" Long-necked gourd is wrapped in glutinous rice, which is easy to pour in but difficult to pour out. "

Another example is to fall in love and make friends: "carp will swing when it sees water, and my brother will open his heart when he sees his sister today;" Bees see flowers turn and flowers see bees blossom. "

Liuzhou folk songs include all the manifestations of China folk songs, among which Xing is the most prominent feature, which can be seen everywhere in Liuzhou folk songs:

Such as fu, that is, to express his chest: "don't sing yet, Third Sister is not available today;" Wait until the Mid-Autumn Festival next year, and then come to sing with you for three days. "

Such as comparison is metaphor, in which there are similes and metaphors. Simile: "I miss my sister so much that my brother is worried. I miss my sister so much that she became ill and became tuberculosis." Go to Gemen if you don't believe me. This pile of scum is three feet high. " Metaphor: "There are only vines around trees in the mountains, and there are no vines around trees in the world;" "If the ivy leaves don't wrap around trees, it will waste spring year after year."

If you are happy, send your message with something else, ending with a question: "A hundred birds fly over Qian Shan, calling it difficult;" Stew pig bile in a copper pot, and endure after suffering. "

In addition, Liuzhou folk songs have many inherent advantages.

1, the language is vivid. The language in folk songs is very different from the written language of intellectuals. The language in Liuzhou folk songs is that the singer is handy, but vivid and appropriate, just right. The language of Liuzhou folk songs often relies on flowers and trees in the natural environment, rivers and mountains and artifacts in labor. Such as: "millet can see rice under the cone, and rush can see the girl's heart when peeled;" Talk to your brother with a smile and look at others sideways. "

2. Make full use of exaggeration to express the rich imagination and romantic spirit of working people. For example, "I had to see my sister that day, which made my soul fly all over the sky;" I invited three Taoist priests and shouted for nine days. "

3. Various forms. Liuzhou folk songs are generally composed of seven words and four sentences, but there are also flexible changes, such as the three-character prefix, that is, the three-seven-seven sentence pattern. Rhyme usually rhymes with one or two or four sentences, and there are also two or four rhymes. Zhuang Huan rhymes with waist and feet.

4. Make full use of reduplicated sentences and puns. Such as: "Twenty-seven dollars put three notes, nine articles and nine articles (long heard); Spiders weave webs in Sanjiangkou, and water is always silk. "

5. Metrization is very strict. Although Liuzhou folk songs are folk oral literature, the singers are all from folk backgrounds, and most of them don't know a word. However, due to the relationship between teachers and students, the strict language requirements have been passed down from generation to generation, among which the flat language of Liuzhou folk songs is very standardized. Liuzhou folk songs are closely related to people's lives, and their social value is mainly reflected in their functions:

1, make friends and choose a spouse:

Liuzhou folk songs have a harmonious relationship with local traditional ways of marriage and love, and it is also one of its most obvious social traditional functions. In ancient Liuzhou, there was a custom of falling in love and choosing a spouse with folk songs. For thousands of years, the people of Liuzhou have been handed down from generation to generation, expressing their pursuit of a happy marriage and a happy life with folk songs, and creating a unique and popular Liuzhou love song. Love songs include meeting songs, hymns, sounding songs, gift songs, dating songs, lovesickness songs, parting songs and so on, among which there are many jaw-dropping wonderful sentences. For example, young men and women are shy when they meet for the first time. "The new sickle is hard to turn, and the girl was killed at the beginning: her heart is like a drum, and her face is like Yamakaji." Praise each other that "sisters are as white as lotus roots and ten fingertips are like cotton balls;" Walking in the street coughing, the younger generation heard drooling, "testing each other's feelings", the stars should be bright or not, and the moon should not fall; I don't want to talk about feelings, you can't get rid of chicken feathers in cold water. "pour out the love of acacia", hide red beans with broken arms, and feel the pain of acacia; "I want my brother to think of a disease, and his face is bluer than bamboo leaves." Expressing the pain of parting "I sent my brother to Zhushan, and my heart was sour when I grabbed bamboo;" Tears flow on the bamboo pole, and the sun will not dry in June. Where will you go, "Pledge of eternal love": When we were born, we had a bowl of rice, and when we died, we shared a grave. "... these folk songs are ingenious in metaphor, bold in exaggeration, simple in language and rich in emotion, simple in content and profound in meaning, calm and witty in answers, full of rich flavor of life and romanticism, and have strong artistic appeal.

2. Inherit history:

Liuzhou people have the custom of speaking with songs, and singers use historical songs to inherit history. Among them, ancient songs are called ancient songs, which are mostly related to historical stories and folk myths and legends. For example, the ancient Zhuang songs "Where did everything come from in the world" and "... Bunong planted rice, and rice scattered all over the world; Yves came to make man, and his life was full of six countries. The foundation is in the ridge, and the grasshopper leads him; Everyone in the world is a family, and we are all strong people ... "(Bunun: Zhuang language, namely Shennong. Yi Fu: Zhuang language. It is said that ancient floods flooded the world. Because Fu Yi's brother and sister got a tooth from Chloe Wang, they planted a gourd, and the two brothers and sisters sat in the gourd and survived. Later, they got married and had children. This ancient song, in the form of Zhuang songs, tells the strange creation theory of "planting rice" and "Yves creating man" in Zhuang mythology. The ancient song Migration Song of Rongshui Miao recorded the history of Rongshui Miao people's long-distance migration to Rongshui in the form of folk songs. The song sings: "People come from all over the sea (all over the sea: Dongting Lake) ... citizens go to Leigong Mountain (Leigong Mountain: Guizhou Leishan Mountain) ... citizens go down to Qingjiang River ... citizens go to Gumeiping (Gumeiping: Congjiang area) ... and rush out to play Shanshan (Shanshan reported: Beijiang area) ... scattered in Yuanbao and Jiuwan Mountain ... It is worth noting that At present, similar ancient songs are rare, and more are folk songs that praise the revolutionary history. At the Liuzhou Mid-Autumn Festival Yufeng Song Fair held on 200 1, Liucheng singer Zhu sang a folk song: "The long river of history twists and turns, and the waves roll forward; China has * * *, crossing reefs and shoals. //Developed in KLOC-0/927, Mao Zedong led Hunan; Nanchang Bayi Uprising, Zhu Mao and Jinggangshan joined forces. /Dong Ze led the workers, peasants and soldiers, with Jinggangshan as the center; Jiangxi Uprising Fang Zhimin, the baise uprising Deng Xiaoping. /The revolution of the predecessors is much harder, climbing mountains and wading; How much blood and sweat, just have today's new China. /1October 16 Long March, 80,000 Red Army won the first place; Break through four blockade lines and bravely kill the enemy. /Long March is difficult, after thousands of waters in Qian Shan; The Red Army bravely crossed the river, and there are countless stories to tell. /Climb over the snowy grassland, one foot of water and one foot of mud; The long March is 25,000 Li, and the victory will be stationed in Shaanxi. /1948, during the Liaoshen campaign in April; Destroy the enemy by 400 thousand, and the two sides will fight for fifteen days. /The Huaihai Campaign gave orders, and Chen Yibo succeeded Deng Xiaoping; Destroy 500,000 enemies and capture Commander Du Yiming alive ... "The lyrics of this folk song are concise and clear, and the sentences are smooth and natural, which has to make people admire the singer's profound understanding of history and profound folk songs.

3, imparting knowledge:

Liuzhou folk songs are also widely used by Liuzhou people to impart knowledge of production and life, among which panqu and riddle songs are the most obvious. Singing is not only a way to compete with each other in traditional folk song duet, but also an important way for rural areas to impart knowledge about production and life to future generations. Direct questions are usually used, such as: "When will the field rake seeds?" When will the flowers in the valley bloom? When are you going to cut the grain and dry it? When can I wait for my sister to come back? "A:" Rake the fields in March, plant them in April, and wait for flowers to bloom in June; "I will finish cutting the grain in July, and my sister will come on August 15." Most songs are anthropomorphic, which makes them very vivid and full of life. Such as: "Who was born without a mother? Who was born without a home? Which house is upside down? Which trick is upside down? " A: "Ducks are born without mothers, and monkeys are born homeless; The wasp built the house upside down and the ants moved it upside down. " Another example is the "Song of Panshi" circulating in Rongshui, asking: "Eighteen people, when will Pangu open the sky? Which is the Xia Dynasty? What was the name of Wang Di in Shang Dynasty? What was the surname of the emperor of the Western Zhou Dynasty? Who founded the Eastern Zhou Dynasty? Who was in charge in the Spring and Autumn Period? Who are the Seven Heroes of the Warring States Period? Who wrote The Book of Songs? Who will unify this country? Who took the lead in the uprising at the end of Qin Dynasty? When was the Great Wall of Wan Li built? Who founded the Western Han Dynasty? Who is the other Eastern Han Dynasty? What countries are there in the world? Whose idea is this? Which is the seven-step poem? Which established the Eastern Jin Dynasty? Which court is in the north and south? What was the surname of the Emperor of Sui Dynasty? What's Don Juan's name? Which is the immortal poem of the Tang Dynasty? Who led the uprising in the late Tang Dynasty? How long did the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms last? Who was the emperor of the Song Dynasty? Which emperor was in the Southern Song Dynasty? Which hero is against the Golden Army? How many years has Liao and Jin been? Who was the emperor of the Yuan Dynasty? Which is the base of Ming Dynasty? Who led the uprising in the late Ming Dynasty? How many emperors were there in the Qing Dynasty? Who is the head of jintian uprising? " A: "Eighteen people, the Yellow Emperor is an ancient man. Wang Di in Xia Dynasty was Yu Xia, and Wang Di in Shang Dynasty was Shang Tang. Ji Fa was the emperor of the Western Zhou Dynasty and Wang Ping was the founder of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty. Qi, Chu, Yan, Qin, Zhao, Hanwei, five tyrants in the Spring and Autumn Period. The Book of Songs was originally compiled by Kong Qiu and later unified by many emperors. Chen Sheng and Guangwu conquered the world, and the Great Wall of Wan Li was the king of Qin. Liu Jian established the Eastern Han Dynasty and Liu Bang established the Western Han Dynasty. There are three points in the world, Wu, Wei and Shu, and the trick is Kong Ming. The seven-step poem is Cao Zhi, and the Three Kingdoms return to Sima Yan. Yuan Di established the Eastern Jin Dynasty from the very beginning, and the northern and southern rivers and mountains were returned to the Sui Dynasty. The Emperor of Sui Dynasty was Emperor Wen of Sui Dynasty, and the Emperor Kai Ji was Li Yuan. Li Bai was a poet in the Tang Dynasty, and Huang Chao was an uprising in the late Tang Dynasty. Five Dynasties, Ten Kingdoms and Fifty Years, Emperor Zhao Kuangyin of the Song Dynasty. Zhao Gou was the emperor of the Southern Song Dynasty, and Yue Fei was the hero who resisted the Nomads. In Liao and Jin Dynasties, Genghis Khan positioned Yuan. Zhu Yuanzhang started in the Ming Dynasty, and Li Baicheng started in the late Ming Dynasty. The twelfth emperor of Qin, jintian uprising HongXiuQuan. " Kings and princes, stories and legends, anecdotes are all in the song, just like an encyclopedia of history. This song can be regarded as today's knowledge contest. Therefore, singers are required to have the qualities that ordinary singers should have, such as alertness and humor, as well as considerable experience and rich knowledge.

"Enigma Song" is a guessing song. Singers always grasp the most prominent features of things and weave riddles to ask and answer each other, thus imparting all kinds of knowledge to future generations. Some people guess the common sense of life, such as asking: "There are two in-laws, who always touch them every night;" Touch it before going to bed, and you can't sleep without touching it at night. "A:" The singer is really talented, and the door panel is compared to two in-laws; Who wants to open the door and sleep? Touch the door every night. "Some people guess the common sense of production, such as asking:" One thing happened very coincidentally, the male and female hold arrows: the female has a pointed mouth and her tail is upturned, so it is not necessarily right to knock the male. " Answer: "this riddle is meaningful, that is, the plow used by farmers;" "No matter how deep or shallow, differences will always knock on the door." Some people speculate on historical stories, such as asking, "You can't see, you can't draw a picture of painters skillfully: The Three Kingdoms helped for a while, leaving a good name from ancient times to the present." A: "The east wind worships Confucius and Mingtai, and the red cliff is full of rivers; The fire took advantage of the wind and forced Cao Cao to be heroic. " If there is a crossword puzzle, for example, ask: "Yi Yi is not afraid of ugliness, and men and women are also the first, and the first is to hold hands with their feet hooked below." What word? I want to invite my sister to spend the ball. " A: "Love is not shy, because men and women are the first, first of all, we must hold hands. Qi Xin's hooking his feet together is a good thing. Try to be a good person, even if it is shameful? " ..... riddle songs are deeply loved by the masses because of their clever riddles, clever puzzles and songs, rich knowledge, vivid images and easy to understand and remember.

4, customs and etiquette:

In Liuzhou folk, many customs and etiquette are displayed in the form of folk songs, such as "wedding song", "wedding song" and "wedding song". Funeral has "elegy"; There are "guest songs" when meeting and greeting; There is a "toast song" for the guests ... the songs of manners and manners are also very humorous. For example, there is a popular custom in Liuzhou area. When the man goes to the woman's house to pick up relatives, the woman often asks questions with songs in the form of "swearing songs", and the man also responds humorously. This kind of "swearing at relatives" fully shows the cheerful and generous character of Liuzhou people. A young man named Dasong and a girl named Gillian met and fell in love at the concert and decided to be together for life. On the wedding day, relatives and friends of Dasong came all the way to Shangdong Village. As soon as I entered Gillian's house and sat down, a group of younger girls gathered around me. They are all good sisters in the same village invited by Gillian, who specially come to pick up their loved ones to sing. One of the heroines began to sing "The Song of Picking Up the Family": "Stones blossom and play ball, and a bunch of cows come to the man's house; Whether the cow didn't see the cowhide stirrup or the horse didn't see the bridle. " Not to be outdone, the man immediately sang back: "The girls in the house are not fierce, and it makes no sense to hurt people." If you say you're welcome to your face, you'll blush the next time you meet. "At this time, the host handed the cigarettes and tea to the person who came to pick up relatives, and my sister took the opportunity to sing again:" The person who sent relatives didn't care about face and came to my house to smoke yellow cigarettes; My home is not a tobacco shop, and the tobacco leaves are still on the ridge. "The man replied," The girls in the room are very young, so they eat some yellow cigarettes and talk for a long time. ":Eat some yellow smoke and you scold. How much is it worth?" My sister didn't let go, and sang, "The person who took the wedding has a thick skin and a shell, and came to my house for tea;" My home is not a tea shop, and the tea is still on the hillside. " The man quickly replied, "The girls in the room are too thin. Take a sip of green tea and talk a lot.": If you come to my house, you can drink whatever you want. " The humorous duet won the house applause. The girls in the village took advantage of the situation to chase and attack: "Brother Qin Jie, I heard that Qin Jie ran away; "Wearing a rotten straw hat on your head is like a rotten bird's nest on a tree." Brother Housheng, who took over the marriage, also unhurriedly returned a song: "Brother Xiao Mo, the new couple is harmonious; When you get married, my brother will run for you. " Sister Wang still wouldn't let go: "The bride borrowed her new clothes; Take it off halfway, like? The cow was skinned. " The epigenetic smiled and replied: "I don't blame my sister, I don't blame my sister for squinting; Brother Strange's hard-earned purse is on the rise, and there are a lot of new clothes in New Pants. "... you asked me and answered, which was very interesting. Everyone present laughed and the scene was very lively. Because of the man's quick response, the song passed smoothly. If the man didn't answer well, he kept singing until the matchmaker made peace. In ethnic minority areas, customs and etiquette songs have penetrated into every corner of people's lives. For example, Miao's Interrogation Song, Dong's Songmen Song, Zhuang's Bandage Song and so on.

5. Publicize current politics:

Liuzhou folk songs are also light weapons to publicize current affairs and politics, and people call them current politics songs. Political songs are folk songs that reflect social current affairs and politics, and reflect the views and attitudes of singers at that time. Strictly speaking, political songs have long existed. For example, Sanjie Liu said, "The hateful rich people are heartless, urging rent and forcing debts to harm the poor; Seeing the hatred in her heart, Third Sister sang folk songs and complained about injustice. " "Don't boast that the rich man's family is rich, and the rich man's heart is stronger than snake venom; The fish washing their hands by the pond also died, and the trees passing by Qingshan withered. " The eighth plan of the colorful drama "Liu Sanjie" vividly exposed the cruel oppression of the landlord class on the peasants economically and politically, and expressed the people's dissatisfaction with the society at that time. Before liberation, the famous singer Huang San's brother saw injustice, saved the imprisoned civilians, and questioned the county magistrate: "All the people in the city are talking about Ge Wei's grievances; The mirror of the county magistrate hangs high in the hall, why not take care of others? "Dare to fight local strongmen and argue with officials:" I tell a group of Qiu myna that wearing a hat costs 12 cents; "Yangguan Avenue robbed women and blatantly did evil." (Biography of the King of Songs) and so on were also reflections of the people's voices at that time. These folk songs can all fall into the category of current political songs. With the development and change of society, the influence of politics in people's lives is more and more extensive and in-depth, and the current political songs are gradually developing, forming a unique category in Liuzhou folk songs. After liberation, especially since the reform and opening up, the Party and the government have given full play to the characteristics of Liuzhou folk songs, which are lively and interesting, loved by the masses and entertaining, and mobilized and guided folk singers to publicize the Party's principles and policies with folk songs, and achieved remarkable results.