Activity form of Zhuang Gewei

During the Song Wei Festival, several points near Fusui and Ningming counties took turns to "re-slope", that is, the activity form of singing Wei was held again. The local name is "lying on the slope", which means going out to the hillside to sing and have fun. In the past, there were nine traditional song concerts in Fusui County, namely Nawai, Tongdou, Paidou, Laiheng, Poqu, Nadao, Banhan and Gongan, which were distributed on both sides of Minjiang River and Gongan River and extended downstream to Qin Yue, Tongmian and Porui in Ningming County, forming 12 song concerts. The annual "Wopo" started from the crooked place on March 4th and was held once a day. It was not the first round until March15th. Then, from March 16, "slope repair" will be carried out in the original order until March 27. The significance of this "slope restoration" is related to the local production season. When busy spring ploughing comes, people enjoy themselves, young people step up social activities and have more opportunities to enhance friendship; At the same time, people also express their strong desire to pray for abundance through "slope restoration" This kind of concert is a form that people can sing in certain gathering opportunities and occasions. Such as collective labor, wedding celebrations, market gatherings and other rewards. Although there is no specific date and venue, and the scale is smaller than the traditional festival market, live singing has become a custom in many places, which can be said to be a generalized market.

Labor Song Club Zhuang people have the custom of singing the right song in productive labor. "Although you plow, you must enjoy it" (Zhou Qufei: "Answer from outside the ridge; ; Pingnan Music "). At the same time, due to the slow social and historical process and economic and cultural development in Zhuang areas, especially in western Guangxi, it was still in a primitive and closed state of life by the middle of Qing Dynasty. ..... This kind of cooperative labor among relatives, neighbors and villages is commonly known as "paid labor" (also known as "job-hopping") to supplement the shortage of labor, and also to have parties and sing for fun.

In modern times, with the development of social economy, Zhuang farmers in Zuojiang and Youjiang areas often hire young laborers from other places as temporary helpers during busy farming. There are as few as 6 to 8 people in a household, as many as 30 to 50 people, and there are more than 100 people in wealthy families. Because of the great difference in climate in mountainous areas, farming and harvesting uprisings vary from place to place. Therefore, young men and women are willing to find jobs in their spare time and take this opportunity to socialize or display their talents. They don't care about the pay. Generally speaking, women transplant rice seedlings and men pick seedlings; Women cut rice and men pick grain. When they are working, they just chat and sing. In the evening, I continued to sing in the village. The women gathered in the main house, and the men stopped outside in groups of three and five, singing through the window. ..... This kind of labor songs, especially spring songs, have their own unique forms. For example, in Qinmi Township, Debao County, the spring planting in each natural village was completed on the agreed day or one and a half days. At that time, a grand transplant ceremony will be held. ..... This seems to be a relic of the labor and production prayer ceremony of clans and tribal groups. And the local rice transplanter also has a deadline, the scene is warm, and the invited female singers are also concentrated, thus attracting many young people from other towns and counties (Jingxi, Tianjing, etc.). The transplanting period of fans has turned into a grand concert with 20,000 to 30,000 people.

What is more unique is that in the past, there was a custom of hiring girls to transplant rice seedlings and sing songs at night in Bao Xu Township, daxin county. ..... In Xixiang Village, Guangxi, people often take pride in hiring a hardworking and good singer, and take the enthusiastic singing in the fields and villages as a symbol of good luck and celebration. Therefore, in the labor songs in Spring and Autumn, there is often a continuous phenomenon of village after village.

Singing in the temple fair is an activity form in which men and women invite each other to sing during the temple fair. "The natives of western Guangdong ... open a market to sing every spring, with men and women sitting on one side, and their songs are pleasing to both men and women. There are also songs that refuse to agree, such as' You love me, I don't love you' and so on. If two people fall in love, Gobi will join hands in the wine shed, sit and drink, give gifts to each other, make promises, and meet each other "(Zhao Yi:" Exposing Miscellanies "); ; Border County Customs "). This kind of polder singing is still popular in Hechi City, Debao, Jingxi, Bama and other counties. However, it is not necessary to sing at every market, only after the festival or in the off-season, or at night. Some are at newsstands, others are on the street or in the suburbs. Participants are not only young people, but also a considerable number of middle-aged and elderly people with beautiful songs. They often find a place name singer to catch the fair, and then invite them to play this song together temporarily. Its situation is also very different from the ancient "singing spring moon while taking advantage of the market", and its scale is also small. Zhuang people who can sing in marriage not only "answer wedding songs", but also celebrate their marriage with songs. ..... In modern times, this custom is still prevalent in rural areas. In Liucheng county, "in case of marriage, relatives and friends try to pick songs at home all night." In Hengxian, when the bride goes out, the male guest lang and the female bride's aunt sing folk songs to each other and sing along with them until they reach the village. ""In the evening, the prospective aunt over there and the guest lang here will open the hall to sing folk songs, some until midnight, and some until dawn. "

This kind of wedding singing is not only an integral part of the wedding ceremony, but also a way for relatives and friends to celebrate. On the evening of the ceremony, people sang against the bride's wedding and sent their aunts, thus forming holiday songs. On the wedding night, people sing all night, which is closely related to the marriage custom of "waiting to be married" of the old Zhuang nationality. Send the bride to stay with her for one night and go back to her parents' home together the next morning. The male singer will accompany her to sing goodbye. The fifth chapter discusses the relationship between Xu Ge and Zhuang marriage culture. This kind of concert is a traditional folk song competition between villages or singer groups. Time is usually held in festivals or special song concerts, and activities are carried out in a prepared and organized manner according to certain customary procedures. There are mainly the following forms:

The "ball release" and "ball return" song meeting is a folk song competition between villages with a special colored ball as the medium. It is mainly popular in Xinjiang, Baekje, Liangqing, Wuxu, Chen Na, Xiaonan and other Zhuang villages in Yongning County, Guangxi. ……

A singing contest at a temple fair. This singing contest is held during a specific temple fair. It is characterized by organization, but no appointment is required. At that time, singers will directly go on stage or cross the river to improvise duets, including male and female duets and country duets. One of the most representative is the Fushan Temple Fair in Hexian County, Guangxi Province, which will be held on May 19th of the lunar calendar, commonly known as the Lantern Festival. ……

Singing "grass song" is a form of Zhuang women's competition song, which is mainly popular in Chengxiang, Xincheng County, Guangxi. On the night of the Mid-Autumn Festival on August 15th, people sat in the yard and organized duets in the moonlight. The so-called "grass song" is named because both sides take a straw as a symbol of the victory or defeat of the song.