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What are the customs of Zhuang nationality? Brief introduction of Zhuang nationality's customs.

March Sanhe Gewei, Gan Lan, Niu Wedding Festival, Zhuang's summer clothes, Zhuang's wedding customs, etc.

1, March Sanhe Song Fair: Traditional Song Festival of Zhuang Nationality. Also known as March 3, Jiehe, Zhuang language is Wobupo and Shuanglong Cave. Refers to songs sung outside fields or caves, which can be divided into day songs and night songs. In the wild, Japanese song clubs mainly rely on songs to match. The night songs in the village mainly sing production songs, seasonal songs, vegetable songs and historical songs.

2. Gan Lan: Also called Mulou and Diaojiaolou. Zhuang, Dong, Yao, Miao and Han all have it. Most of them are two floors. Upstairs is usually 3 days or 5 people. The lower floor is the wooden building column foot, which is composed of bamboo pieces and wooden boards. It can be used as a stable for livestock, and can also be used for stacking farm tools, firewood and sundries. Some also have attics and annex buildings. Generally, dry fences are surrounded by mountains and rivers, facing the fields, with broad prospects and good lighting. A stockade and a community, on the whole, are magnificent. In some villages, families are connected and integrated, just like a big family.

3. Cow Soul Festival: On the eighth day of the fourth lunar month. Also known as the Off-yoke Festival, it is popular in Zhuang mountain villages in Longsheng area of northern Guangxi. Legend has it that this day is the birthday of Niu Wang. Take off the yoke of the cow, scrub the body and graze in a place with rich water and grass. Cowshed should be cleaned and covered with dry straw. There is no labor, let alone flogging, but also singing folk songs to cattle and feeding black rice. In the past, Niuwangmo Temple was built in some livestock farms. On the festival day, pigs were sacrificed and villagers gathered in the temple for dinner.

4. Zhuang Gu Summer Dress: The traditional summer dress of Zhuang girls in Longji area of Longsheng County, with white on the top and green on the bottom, mostly made of fine cotton cloth, and now there are also silk and nylon.

5. Marriage custom of Zhuang nationality: Zhuang nationality in Longji area of Longsheng county in Guilin area has unique marriage customs such as carrying the bride, cutting ladders, tearing down bridges and singing.