The Inheritance Significance of Zhuang Nationality's Liao Songs

Since the Republic of China, Liao songs of Zhuang nationality have been banned for "singing love songs" and "immorality". After the founding of New China, Liao songs of Zhuang people flourished for a period of time, but were banned after the mid-1950s. During the Cultural Revolution, the Zhuang nationality's Liao songs disappeared. After 1980s, with the state's attention to traditional folk culture, the Liao songs of Zhuang nationality have been restored and developed, but the number of participants has been greatly reduced. After entering the 1990s, with the acceleration of modernization, the traditional folk culture has been severely impacted, and the venues and scenic spots for singing Zhuang's Liao songs have decreased. Even fewer people participate in the singing of Zhuang nationality's Liao songs, and young people rarely participate in the singing activities of Zhuang nationality's Liao songs; The Liao ballads of Zhuang nationality were burned in large quantities, and the number of preserved ballads was greatly reduced. The number of folk singers has decreased, and karaoke bars no longer exist; Some old singers are unable to engage in the activities of spreading songs because of their old age and infirmity, and the Liao songs of Zhuang nationality have the trend of accelerated decline and are in danger of disappearing. Liao Song of Zhuang nationality is a traditional classic folk song of Zhuang nationality and an important part of the splendid national culture of Zhuang nationality. In the long history of the Chinese nation, the Zhuang people have created a large number of folk songs and passed them down from generation to generation. They are a portrayal of the thought, life, national survival and development history of the ancestors of the Zhuang nationality, the crystallization of the wisdom of the Zhuang people, the testimony of the long history of the Zhuang people and an indispensable part of the splendid culture of the great motherland. In 2002, the Fourth Team of Pingguo County, after realizing that the Liao songs of Zhuang nationality are unique and precious local folk cultural heritage, put forward: "The Liao songs of Zhuang nationality are the fist brand of Pingguo culture, so we must lay a good foundation for this brand!" Since then, the excavation, protection, publication and performance development of Zhuang nationality's Liao songs have been carried out in an orderly manner.

After in-depth excavation and sorting, the series "Pingguozhuang Liao Song" was published, with 23,000 songs and 92,000 lines. In 2005, a three-day "Pingguo Song Liao-Guangxi King of Songs Invitational Tournament" was held, with 9/kloc-0 singers and more than 30,000 spectators. In 2006, the Song Liao King Trial was held in the County People's Cultural Park. * * * A total of 82 singers 164 people participated, and finally 60 outstanding singers, 9 singers and 9 singers were selected. Zhuang Geisha (hand) actively participated in national performances and competitions, including the 2005 New Year Series Music Show and the Third National North-South Folk Song Competition held in Beijing Zhongshan Concert Hall, and held the "Geisha Flying"-Pingguo Zhuang Geisha Exhibition. While maintaining the traditional singing style of "Song Liao", with the enthusiastic guidance and help of artists from inside and outside the region, the Song Liao Troupe and the Haliao Band, which were carefully created in Pingguo County, entered the CCTV studio four times to record music programs such as Folk Song China, participated in the National Folk Song Competition three times and participated in the opening and closing ceremonies of the Nanning International Folk Song Art Festival twice.

With the deepening of the protection and inheritance of the Zhuang nationality's Liao songs, the level and speed of the Zhuang nationality's Liao songs singers (hands) have been continuously improved, and the Zhuang nationality's Liao songs singers (hands) have won awards frequently in national performance competitions. In 2008, the Zhuang nationality's Liao songs were selected into the national intangible cultural heritage list published by the State Council and became a national intangible cultural heritage.