In March, the sky is full of songs, and the singing girls go to the fair to compete with sweet honey; when you sing to me, the singing girls hold hands and feel lingering..." April 11 is the third day of the third month of the lunar calendar. China's Zhuang Township - Wuming "March 3rd" Song Fair in Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. Zhuang compatriots dressed in bright national costumes sang and danced to celebrate the "March 3rd" Song Festival. Like Wuming Song Fair, it falls on the third day of the third month of the lunar calendar. The land of Bagui is full of singing, whether it is the green spaces on the streets of the city or the fields on the hillsides of the villages. The Zhuang ethnic group has a current population of about 19 million and is the most populous ethnic group in China. They mainly live in Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region and Yunnan. Wenshan Zhuang and Miao Autonomous Prefecture, with a small number distributed in Guangdong, Hunan, Guizhou, Sichuan and other provinces
The "March 3rd" Song Fair is a traditional singing festival of the Zhuang ethnic group that has lasted for thousands of years, showing its tenacity. According to a survey, there are now 640 singing fairs in Guangxi.
The Zhuang people love to sing, and Zhuang Township is known as the "Sea of ??Songs" and is known as the "Song Fairy". "Liu Sanjie" is a typical representative of Zhuang folk singers. Every year during farm breaks, holidays or weddings and funerals, antiphonal singing activities are held in various regions of the Zhuang people, which the Zhuang people call "Song Fair". Especially on the third day of March every year, Young men and women from hundreds of miles away, all dressed in festive costumes, gathered together to sing folk songs, ranging from a few hundred people to tens of thousands, making the beautiful Zhuang Township a sea of ??songs.
"Songs. "Wei" not only has songs, but also has various activities. It is also a place for entertainment and socializing and love for young men and women. At the "March 3" Song Festival, the Zhuang people hold colorful tents, set up singing stands, throw hydrangeas, and Activities with national characteristics such as banging red eggs, choosing a good match, and setting off fireworks. With the progress of the times, many modern elements have been added to the "March 3rd" Song Fair. Wuming County is a county under the jurisdiction of Nanning City, the capital of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. The county is 37 kilometers away from the urban area of ??Nanning, covering an area of ??3,366 square kilometers and a population of 648,000, of which Zhuang people account for about 87%. It is an important birthplace of Zhuang culture. Since 1985, Wuming County has been the capital of the county on the third day of the third lunar month every year. The "March 3" Song Fair event will be held.
According to the handwritten "Folk Song Collection" written by Mr. Su Dingchong, a singer from Ma Tou Town, Wuming County, the types of folk songs popular in Wuming have a beginning. Songs, antiphonal songs, courtship songs, farewell songs, comparison songs, story songs (also called long songs) "The World of Man" songs (i.e. songs about the creation of Pangu), Kanyu songs, communication songs, Diaoguan songs, Erqingbanshan There are more than ten kinds of songs. In addition, there are also migratory songs, satirical songs, songs in praise of house weddings, full moon wine, etc. that are popular in various places.