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Guangxi Gewei
Guangxi ethnic people's traditional form of entertainment
Guangxi is known as the "Sea of songs", because there is no song in the land of Baigui, no one can not sing, singing has become the life of Guangxi people must. And "Song Wei" is the most typical and concentrated form of expression of Gehai. According to incomplete statistics, more than 50 counties in the region have popular songs. Although the name is different, but in form are based on collective duet singing folk songs, combined with a variety of recreational and sports activities. Song Wei is a place of entertainment for the masses of all ethnic groups, is a way for young people to talk about love and solve marriage problems, and is also a position for propagating the Party's line, guidelines, policies and the best way to mobilize the enthusiasm of the people for labor and production
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Guangxi
Song Wei is a traditional form of entertainment favored by people of all ethnic groups in Guangxi. But due to the widespread prevalence of areas, as well as each
National tradition
Customs are not the same, therefore, both in content and form are different. Some local song Wei activities for a long time, some shorter time, some large scale, some small scale and so on, there are differences. However, as a regional and national cultural phenomenon in Guangxi, Guangxi Song festivals have their common characteristics: first, the song festivals of all ethnic groups have obvious spontaneity, are spontaneous activities of the masses, there is no special organization, and all kinds of activities are collective mass activities; Second, the songs of all ethnic groups are very rich in entertainment. In addition to antithetical singing of folk songs, they also carry out recreational and sports activities with unique characteristics that are popular with the masses. Third, the songs of all ethnic groups have a strong applicability, are based on song, friendship with song, and love with song. Most of the participants are young men and women of all ethnic groups, and young people can talk about love through the way of song, and even get married; Fourth, the songs of all ethnic groups have a strong seasonality, no matter which ethnic group, which place's songs are held in the season of idle farming and warm climate. Mostly in early spring and Mid-Autumn, and all in the wild mountains; Fifth, the song has a long history. According to historical records, Guangxi Song Wei began in the Song Dynasty and formed the heyday of Guangxi Song Wei in the Yuan Dynasty, and the legend of Liu Sanjie should have appeared in that period. The biggest common point of Guangxi song Wei is that everything is expressed in song, most songs are written and sung, and all singers have a high touch of the scene, that is, the ability to write and sing, and the skills of answering.
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Guangxi Gewei
About the origin of Guangxi song Wei, various ethnic legends, summed up there are four kinds: one legend is that a long time ago, a year of drought, the masses sing music God, as expected, the world heavy rain, people happy harvest. Since then, he has been singing music every year, seeking good weather, developed into a song; There is also a legend that in ancient times, someone had three very beautiful daughters, and there were many people coming to the door to propose, but their parents looked up and refused to accept. Later, the father thought of an idea - let the proposer sing on the spot, who sings the best, the beautiful daughter will marry who. As a result, through singing, all three daughters found a suitable husband. Since then, singing has become a form of male courtship, and developed into a song; Another legend is that a pair of lovers were very good together, but were opposed and obstructed by their families, and finally both died in love. After the young people in the stockade knew this, they came to sing and mourn. The fourth legend is that the song fairy Liu Sanjie came down from the sky and spread the song to the world, everyone came to learn singing, more and more people learned, they gathered Chengwei, there is a song Wei.
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The history of Guangxi Gewei is recorded in Lingwai Dai Da, Huan Zi, Sun Xun Hand Mirror, Yuequ Cong Zai and some local Chronicles. "Lingwai Dai Answer" even clearly recorded that "Jingjiang people rely on Su curtain for sound, Chin people rely on people full moon", and praised the talent of the singers at that time as "all made up their own time, refused to follow, and there are excellent ones among them." The book also describes how young men and women fall in love and get married in antithetical songs. Longzhou County records that every April, rural men and women refer to the ground as the field, the song for the play, known as the song Wei, even near the neighboring county is also packed with food, rushed to the Wei, each crowd set no less than 1,000 people.
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After the Ming Dynasty, the feudal economic power and cultural influence on behalf of the Ming Dynasty went deep into the Lingnan area, and the custom of song and song to each other and heart Xu marriage conflicted with the morality and ethics of the feudal society, and there was a ban on song and song in the Chiefti area, but it could not be banned in the end. According to records, Li Yanzhang, governor of Sien, failed to ban songs, and people made poems to laugh at the "Lanqing Taishou really many things, indicating that the forbidden flower songs waste God." At that time, there was also a folk song that spread against the ban: "The big stars in the sky are small stars, the marshal on the ground is in charge of the general army, only the governor is in charge of the county, who dares to control my singing people."
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The procedure of song to song is much the same everywhere. On the day of the song, young men and women dressed up beautifully and walked in groups. Men and women meet generally is the man to the song first put forward the song request, the woman to the song answer. Then introduce each other, ask each other where they are from, what their family is like, what they are good at and so on. The most commonly used opening song is "sing first, do not do time to throw aside, do not do a thousand years in time, not a few years of love", "Zhu Yingtai, sister want to sing, come over, sister want to sing, to sing addiction to separate." In the process of singing, both men and women gradually establish emotions, they sing love songs. Sing the attitude of love, the relationship of love, the communication of love and the idea of the future life, etc., sing to the love of each other, they exchange the promise of things - "sister to come, brother to send hand towel sister to send shoes, brother to send hand towel money to buy, sister to send shoes hands and feet."
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At the beginning of the singing, the men and women were relatively far apart, and then slowly approached until they faced each other. When the feeling is hot, the pair of pairs are scattered to talk individually, and the song stops. When parting at last, a farewell song should be sung, and the time and place of the next meeting should be arranged. Some of these songs are composed and some are sung along with the compilation, including "Meet song", "First Love song", "Gift giving song", "other love song" and "date song". The content is rich and colorful, the language is popular and humorous, and the metaphors are vivid and relevant, reflecting the talent of the singers in composing and singing folk songs.
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Song Wei is a unique cultural brand in Guangxi, is a rare
Intangible cultural heritage
. Songwei and Guangxi folk songs are the focus of Guangxi Guangxi study. On the basis of extensive field investigation, it is necessary to systematically and completely study Guangxi Songwei and its folk songs to carry it forward. Nature creates flowers; it is art that weaves them into garlands. We should carry forward through inheritance and develop through innovation, so that the vast and surging sea of songs will bloom into more beautiful melodies and moving styles, and make new contributions to the great development and prosperity of advanced socialist culture!
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UNESCO
Edmond Mukala, an official who visited Bama County in Guangxi in 2001 to investigate the local traditional folk songs, believed that Guangxi song Wei was conducive to the inheritance of folk cultural heritage.
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Song Wei is a form of activity for people of all ethnic groups in Guangxi to gather and sing folk songs. People of all ethnic groups in Guangxi have the custom of gathering songs and singing folk songs. Young people to the song is to convey love to choose a spouse, the elderly song is to show wisdom. The content of these songs includes astronomy and geography, myths and legends, farming, ethics, love and marriage, etc. However, the traditional folk songs are facing the danger of being lost.
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As part of an action plan signed between the Ministry of Culture and UNESCO for the protection of China's folk cultural heritage, Mukala and his delegation visited Bama County in Guangxi for three days to study the inheritance and spread of local traditional folk songs. They had spent three years collecting and collating Chinese folk tales. According to the plan, they will complete the investigation of Chinese folk songs from 2000 to 2002.
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"The Panyang River Song Wei in Bama County is the largest of the existing more than 640 song Wei in Guangxi, with a large number of 30,000 to 40,000 people and a small number of thousands. "Bama is also known for its longevity, and there are many elderly mountain singers over 70 years old, so it is the best place to study the inheritance and spread of traditional folk songs."
Guangxi Folk literature and Art Association
Chairman Vesuwen said.
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Chinese Folk Literature and Art Association
Vice Chairman Liu Chunxiang believes that the expedition is of great significance to the protection of traditional folk songs, a folk cultural heritage. She also revealed that after the comprehensive inspection, they will cooperate with UNESCO to record and burn CDS of traditional folk songs in order to protect this precious folk cultural heritage.
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