Liu Sanjie is a Zhuang figure in folklore, an ancient folk singer, and has the reputation of "singing fairy". There are many stories and records about her, and March 3 is a festival to commemorate her every year.
In 2006, The Ballad of Liu Sanjie, declared by Yizhou City, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, was selected into the first batch of national intangible cultural heritage lists, with 23 categories of folk literature projects. According to national research, Yizhou is the hometown of Sanjie Liu.
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The legend of Liu Sanjie
The legend of Liu Sanjie is widely circulated in Zhuang areas of Guangxi, and there are works in many languages. Legend of Yishan in western Guangxi: In the village near Xiajian River in Yishan, there was a woman named Liu, who ranked third because of her name. Third Sister likes to sing folk songs. Young people from far and near all sing against Third Sister, but there is no winner. Li, a young man who keeps the rice mill in Jiancun, is hardworking and simple, and learns songs from Third Sister. Mo Renhuai, the rich man of Mo Village, saw Third Sister's beautiful and beautiful song and wanted to be his concubine. Three Guangdong sailors were found singing a song with Third Sister, who defeated them.
At this time, Li has learned a good song and often sings it with Third Sister. Mo Renhuai used foul language, made things difficult everywhere, and finally cut off the vines, causing Third Sister to fall into the river. Third Sister drifted to Liuzhou, sang a song with Li at Carp Peak, and after three days and three nights, she drifted away. Later, they sang a duet for seven days and seven nights in Qixingyan, Guilin, and became a pair of orioles.
Scholars of past dynasties, such as Wang Shizhen, Lu Ciyun, Min Xu, etc. In the Qing Dynasty, the folk legend of Sanjie Liu was recorded and attached to their works, and they were written in relatively fixed words. There are many records about the legend of Sanjie Liu in Zhou Xun, Yishan and Cangwu counties.
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