April 3rd, the third day of the third month of the lunar calendar! Only Guangxi people in the country are on holiday days. In half a month, if you come to Guangxi, there will be songs everywhere.
Bagui Zhuang Township is known as the "Sea of Songs", and the custom of the people of Zhuang Township who love singing and exporting songs has a long history. In the Youjiang River Basin of Guangxi, there is a melodious and gentle song, known as the Song of Qi. When these songs sung from the field entered the stage of the Grand Theater of Guangxi Culture and Arts Center, it presented a broader space for the expression of the song.
The Zhuang folk song is a very distinctive folk song in Guangxi, which has been selected into the list of national intangible cultural heritage. Its origins can be traced back thousands of years, and it is widely spread in the vast Zhuang area centered on Pingguo. The song is set against the background of the production and life of the Zhuang people, and is sung by feeling, sung by the mouth, and collected in the form of a five-sentence mountain song. Its tunes are diverse, including Ha Ha, Na Hai, Di Ge, Yo, Si Ge, Long Ha, etc., with beautiful melodies and great characteristics.
Rooted in Bagui Zhuang Township and carrying forward the culture of folk songs, "Twelve Days of Folk Songs" digs deep into the literary content and melody of the traditional song of the song, creates on the basis of the original ecology, and gives the ancient folk songs a new spirit of the times. "Twelve Days of Songs of the Zhuang Nationality" is divided into chapters such as "Prologue to invite the mountain song", "The flowers on the mountain are blooming again", "The song is stirred to the small river", "The village is so lively", and "When you are happy, you will sing the song".
The ancient song tune sings the opening chapter of this activity, an old song book from ancient times to modern times, the old man who sings the song gives it to the children, and in the original ecological song, the inheritors of the song lead the younger generation to sing the ancient melody, and the Zhuang folk song is passed on.
"Thrush in the Mountains" uses beautiful melodies and metaphors to express the love of zhuang children. The song begins with the "Hello" that has been handed down for thousands of years, presented with modern musical elements, and under the unique voice of the singer, people can hear the modern flavor of the song.
The lyrics of "Li Hua Bai Lian Lian" are derived from the "Song of March", which puts forward the lyrics in the rich literary content of the song, and presents the mutual admiration of Zhuang men and women in the rhyme singing of "Li Hua Bai and Peach Blossom Red". The classic lyrics and sentences are integrated with the creation of modern music, presenting a different "Li Hua Bai Lian Lian".
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