Guangxi has been known as the "sea of song" reputation, is the Zhuang song fairy Liu Sanjie's hometown, people of all ethnic groups in Guangxi has always had the custom of singing folk songs.
Liu Sanjie is the Zhuang people in the heart of beauty and love, wisdom and talent incarnation. Every holiday and major festivals are singing songs to communicate with each other, pass the love. The third day of the third month of the lunar calendar is the traditional song dike of the Zhuang people, in which many Zhuang girls, boys and even older people sing songs to each other in the fields and on the slopes of the hills, so as to set their love with songs and make friends with songs. They bring the five-color glutinous rice and colored eggs that have been made before the festival, and first sacrifice to the statue of Liu Sanjie, the Song Immortal, praying for her to bestow the talent of singing. In order to carry forward the folk songs, Guangxi started to organize the Folk Song Festival since 1993. People in the folk song festival to song to pass on love, song will be friends, *** with the lyrics of the yearning for a better life and love. Folk songs have become a rainbow between the ethnic groups of Guangxi and the brotherly ethnic groups of the country and the world.
In order to make the festival more unique, from 1999 the people's government of the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region decided to change the name of the "Guangxi International Folk Song Festival" to "Nanning International Folk Song Festival", and is scheduled to be held in September or October or November every year in Nanning, by the Nanning Municipal People's Government, and is organized by the Nanning Municipal People's Government. Nanning, the Nanning Municipal People's Government to invite the Ministry of Culture, the Department of Cultural Libraries, the State People's Committee of the Department of Cultural Propaganda jointly organized.
In November 1999, the first Nanning International Folk Song Art Festival successfully held a series of cultural activities such as the large square cultural evening "Flying Songs of the Earth", the '99 China (Nanning) Ethnic Costume Expo, and the Guangxi Ethnic Style Exhibition. Nanning International Folk Song Festival is therefore a hit. It won the praise of people from all walks of life for its rich ethnic flavor, open international vision and strong modern flavor. Opening Gala
On the evening of October 19, 2005, the opening gala of the Earth Flying Song - 2005 - China - ASEAN Expo and Nanning International Folk Song Festival was held in Nanning Folk Song Square. The party was hosted by the Nanning Municipal Government, then Mayor Lin Guoqiang presided over the opening ceremony, Ma Biao, Secretary of the Municipal Party Committee, delivered an opening speech, and Li Jiheng, Deputy Secretary of the Party Committee of the Autonomous Region, declared the opening. The gala was directed by CCTV's Lang Kun as chief director and Luo Wei as executive director, and co-hosted by TV program hosts Ding Yuping, Zhang Zheng and Liu Fangfei.
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The evening party to "four seasons song Wei" as the theme, by the preface, spring, summer, autumn, winter, the epilogue of the six sections, with "green" and "sentimental "Show Guangxi charming and colorful landscape scenery. "Green, red, gold, white" four seasons of angels in each scene in turn "from the sky", to bring good luck and blessings to the earth. All the Chinese and foreign stars and participants are in the Zhuangxiang this big song dike, indulge in song. The stage landscape was dominated by silver leafy banyan, steep rocks, cliffs, banyan trees and phoenix-tailed bamboos, showing the strong characteristics of the Zhuangxiang village. Famous actress Ning Jing opened the "Song Wei" celebration with the song "Mountain Song is Better than Spring River Water". Vienna Children's Choir, the Russian Red Army Song and Dance Troupe, "Piano Prince" Robert, Swedish singer Sandra made a wonderful performance; Liang Qiudong, Chen Chunyan, Yan Dangdang and other actors from Guangxi successively took the stage, with the identity of the host to thank guests from all directions; Rongshui Miao Autonomous County Lusheng team and Nandan County Baiguyao bronze drum team performance The performance of Rongshui Miao Autonomous County Lusheng Team and Nandan County Baiku Yao Bronze Drum Team demonstrated the colorful style scroll of the big family in Zhuangxiang; the singing of Sha Baoliang, Yao Beina, and Park Shu gave the style scroll a colorful touch; Jolin Tsai, Jay Chou, JJ Lin, Alan Tam and other popular singers from Hong Kong, Taiwan, and Singapore took turns to play, and continuously stirred up warm applause in the arena. China's first in the international gold medal-winning American singer Huang Ying and the Russian Red Army Song and Dance Troupe meritorious actor Aleg Gukoda in the field of 260 ethnic native singers in the backing vocals, sang the "international cooperation version" of the Folk Song Festival Songs "Flying Songs of the Earth". Finally, accompanied by Huang Ying sang "sleepless tonight", in the colorful fireworks, confetti fluttering in the festive atmosphere.
Participants
Myanmar Prime Minister Soe Win, Vietnam's Executive Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung, Secretary General of the ASEAN Secretariat Ong Keng Rong, officials from relevant agencies of the 10 ASEAN countries and the ASEAN Secretariat, ambassadors of the ASEAN countries in China, representatives of the Ministry of Commerce, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and other party and state organs, people's organizations, as well as the China Development Bank and other institutions, delegations from provinces (autonomous regions), municipalities directly under the central government, and The relevant persons in charge of the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps; Cao Bochun, Secretary of the Party Committee of the Autonomous Region, Lu Bing, Chairman of the Autonomous Region, Ma Qingsheng, Chairman of the Political Consultative Conference of the Autonomous Region, and some of the leaders of the Four Families, the persons in charge of the troops stationed in Yongning and the Guangxi Armed Police Corps; the leaders of relevant ministries and commissions and Chinese ambassadors in foreign countries who participated in the 2nd China-ASEAN Expo and the 2nd China-ASEAN Business and Investment Summit Leaders of ministries and commissions and Chinese envoys abroad, representatives of domestic and foreign enterprises, representatives of domestic and foreign friendly cities, celebrities from all over the world, as well as Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan compatriots, overseas compatriots, representatives of overseas Chinese, and other guests and nearly 40,000 spectators watched the performance.
Closing party
On the evening of October 23, 2005, the Night of the True Dragon - Southeast Asia - Gathering in Nanning 2005 - China - ASEAN Expo and Nanning International Folk Song Festival closing party, held in the regional stadium. Evening party organized by the Nanning Municipal Government, Guangxi International Expo Affairs Bureau, China Song and Dance Troupe deputy director Chen Weiwei as director, the Oriental Song and Dance Troupe of famous choreographer Zhao Liping as executive director, CCTV host Ren Luyu, Hong Kong Phoenix TV host Song Yingyi host. The evening party focuses on mining China and the 10 ASEAN countries in the most representative cultural themes, depicting a "China - ASEAN" customs and people's picture, so that the heavy national "earth wind" and the modern trend of fashion mingled to show that The exhibition will showcase the ethnic art of China and Southeast Asia as a whole, which is "keeping pace with the times". Content
On the evening of September 3, 2013, the Nanning International Folk Song Festival, known as one of China's three major international music festivals, was sung again at the Guangxi Sports Center. Friends from five continents were invited to the Zhuangxiang capital to catch the song dike, pass on their love with songs, and conclude new friendships with songs.
This year's folk song festival cultural performances return to the essence of the folk song, focusing on mining the connotation of folk songs, local singers instead of big-name stars, to eliminate the luxury of taking the thrifty pro-people route. The whole show through four song Wei scene to run through, respectively, "earth song Zhuangxiang love", "a river of spring water, even the clouds, Guizhou, Hunan and Guangdong", "half hanging cloud sail, up to Hong Kong, Macao and ASEAN" and "Chinese folk song world wind".
That night, Indonesia, Myanmar, the Philippines and Malaysia and other ASEAN countries singers on stage to celebrate the tenth anniversary of the China-ASEAN strategic partnership with songs.