Songs fill the sky and laughter can be heard everywhere. Every year on March 3rd, Wuming, Zhuang Township, Guangxi will stage a grand event where more than 100,000 people perform together. There are melodious Zhuang folk songs, intoxicating Zhuang folk customs, and grand business events. On this day, Wuming, Guangxi, has become a lively and enduring Zhuang singing stage.
Wuming County is located in the south-central part of Guangxi and is a county under the jurisdiction of Nanning City, the capital city. The county has a land area of ??3,378 square kilometers and a total population of 660,000, of which the Zhuang population accounts for 86%. It has the history of being "the best county" "It is one of the more developed counties in politics, economy, culture and education in Guangxi, and is also one of the birthplaces of Zhuang civilization.
In the ancient Zhuang dialect of Guangxi, "婩" means market, and "Gèng Wei" refers to the market where people gather to sing folk songs. On the day of the Song Fair, tens of thousands of Zhuang people will spontaneously gather together to express their love, make friends with songs, and compete in harmony with each other. Wuming Song Fair has been popular since ancient times. On both sides of the Liao River, there was one of the most famous Zhuang Song Fairs in the history of Guangxi - Liaojiang Song Fair. The "Wuyuan County Picture Book" recorded in the Guangxu period of the Qing Dynasty records: "The practice of answering songs can be found in Wuyuan Fairy Lake and Liaojiang River. From the first to the tenth of every third month, up and down the river, within a few miles, there are like clouds of ladies and gentlemen. "Wu Ming Qing Dynasty poet Wei Fenghua once praised in a poem: "Look out to the Huanglin Forest, there are many beautiful flowers on a beautiful day." This shows the grandeur of the ancient song fair of the Wuming Zhuang people.
Gewei, a treasure of Zhuang culture, has not been drowned by the torrent of history. Generations of Zhuang people have passed down the ancient folk songs orally from generation to generation, and the ancient folk songs have been passed down to this day. Currently, there are 28 song fairs in Wuming County, most of which are held in the third month of the lunar calendar. For example, there are Ganwei and Nayang on the third day of the lunar month, Lu O and Qin Li on the ninth day of the lunar month, Qin Nei on the Qingming day, and Qin Nei on the 13th day of the third lunar month. Luo Bo et al. On every festival day, the Zhuang family will prepare a banquet with local delicacies and open the door to welcome guests. Regardless of whether they are near or far, the hosts will treat them warmly. After they have had enough wine and food, the host and guests sing folk songs to each other on the grass beside the village, on the hillside, or by the river. The folk songs sung have distinctive national characteristics, including life songs, historical songs, love songs, labor songs, ritual songs, nursery rhymes and long poems, etc. The melodious folk songs linger among the green mountains and waters, day and night.
"Use songs as a medium to promote martial arts, promote tourism, and develop the economy." With the continuous updating of development concepts, the ancient song fair has been given more meanings. In order to deeply explore the cultural heritage of Zhuang Township, strengthen external publicity, enhance Wuming's popularity, and expand Wuming's openness, Wuming County has held 18 consecutive "March 3" Zhuang Song Festival since 1985. By 2003, Wuming County officially renamed the "Song Festival" as "Song Fair". Through the method of "cultural stage and economic singing", it launched the "Folk Song Competition", "Thousand People's Singing Array", etc. In addition to the activities with Zhuangxiang characteristics, economic and trade activities such as investment promotion meetings and real estate exhibitions are integrated into the overall activities of the song fair, making the song fair a popular scene of "the performance activities are packed with people and the economic and trade activities are unprecedentedly grand." Many central, district, city and other news media have carried out a large number of publicity reports on the grand occasion of the song fair, making the song fair famous far and wide, and establishing a city image with profound cultural heritage and distinctive national characteristics for Wuming County. With the help of the "March 3" Song Fair, Wuming County's rich tourism resources, unique customs and superior investment environment can be fully displayed in front of the world, in order to build Wuming into an emerging modern industrial city with a beautiful environment. goals provide more opportunities and motivation.
In the process of continuous maturing operation, the "March 3rd" Song Fair has acquired increasingly higher cultural brand value. After being selected into the first batch of Nanning City's Intangible Cultural Heritage List in November 2007, In November 2008, it was selected into the second batch of the autonomous region's intangible cultural heritage list, which has greatly promoted the development of commerce, hotels, transportation, catering, commerce and other related industries in the county, and has become an effective carrier for the mutual promotion of culture and economy. In the 2008 "March 3" Song Fair in Wuming, Zhuang Township, China, we undertook 15 contracted projects at the eastern industrial transfer investment promotion conference, with a total project investment of 2.006 billion yuan; Commodity Exhibition and Trade Fair*** 160 merchants participated, with a total sales volume of 7.87 million yuan; 16 automobile sales companies from inside and outside the region participated in the automobile and agricultural machinery exhibition, with a total transaction amount of more than 1.3 million yuan; 80 merchants participated in the food festival, with a total consumption of delicious food The amount reached 3.85 million yuan; the large-scale labor export job fair attracted 80 companies to recruit, providing 5,100 jobs, and 3,052 people reached employment intentions; 19 units participated in the real estate trade fair, and 92 housing contracts were signed. The total transaction amount was 17.31 million yuan, and 215 housing intention contracts were signed; the county's service industry achieved a total turnover of 10 million yuan, truly achieving the purpose of "setting up a stage for song fairs and performing economic and trade performances".
This year’s song fair, as always, aims to showcase the local customs and customs of the Zhuang countryside, showcase the exquisite Zhuang culture, and carry forward the spirit of the Zhuang nation. From March 27th to April 4th, there were 16 events in total. Performances and activities, these activities are: (1) Opening Ceremony of the Song Fair, (2) Thousand-person bamboo pole performance and competition, (3) Guangxi’s 3rd Singing King Competition, (4) National Sports Competition Performance (Fireworks and Fireworks Competition) Competitions, 30-person sneaker racing, Hydrangea throwing competition, "carrying food" relay, "pig driving" relay, collective figure skipping, hoop rolling mixed relay, martial arts Sanda ring competition), (5) Square theatrical performances ( "Zhuang Township Joyful Songs" literary evening, the "663" project to build a new socialist countryside Zhuang dialect sketch competition, special performances by art groups from outside the county), (6) 2009 China Zhuang Township? Wuming "March 3" Song Fair Guangxi Starch (modified starch), alcohol products and new technology trade fair, (7) 2009 China Zhuang Township? Wuming "March 3" Song Fair Investment and Trade Negotiation Event, (8) 2009 China Zhuang Township? Wuming "March 3rd" Song Fair Investment and Trade Fair "March 3" Song Fair Product Exhibition and Trade Fair, (9) 2009 China Zhuang Township? Wuming "March 3" Song Fair Tourism and Food Festival, (10) 2009 China Zhuang Township? Wuming "March 3" Song Fair Automobile and agricultural machinery exhibitions, (11) 2009 China Zhuang Township?Wuming "March 3rd" Gewei Wood Product Processing, Development Trends and Forest Products Ordering and Sales Fair, (12) 2009 China Zhuangxiang?Wuming "March 3" Gewei "March 3" Gewei Real Estate Trade Fair, (13) 2009 China Zhuang Township? Wuming "March 3" Gewei Labor Export Job Fair, (14) Folk traditional dog fighting, cockfighting, bird fighting, and bullfighting competitions, (15 ) 2009 China Zhuang Township? Wuming "March 3" Song Fair Literature Pen Club, (16) Exhibition of calligraphy, painting and photography works in three counties (districts) of Nanning City.
Compared with previous years, this year’s song fair activities are more extensive and mass-oriented, more focused on highlighting the characteristics of Zhuang Township, focusing on the integration of economy, trade and culture, and on the basis of retaining the fine traditions of previous song fairs. This year's song fair will present the following four highlights: more prominent ethnic elements; innovative activities; expanded scope of personnel participation; and longer song fair activities. March 29th falls on Sunday, and the opening ceremony and most of the performances are scheduled on this day, which will provide time convenience for those who come to the song fair activities and attract more tourists.