Chapter IV To investigate the history of “Liao Songs” in Ping Guo ,Guang Xi , China
4. Highly developed period (1950 - 1980)
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38 The family is a form of social life organization based on marriage and blood relationship.
Due to the role of traditional Chinese concepts, the role of the family in cultural transmission is enormous. The Zhuang family in the distribution area of "Liao songs" is no exception. The family's role in the transmission and dissemination of "Liao songs" is also great.
First of all, the Zhuang family has always had the custom of singing the folk songs by the father teaching his son and his mother to teach his daughter.
Secondly, in the traditional concept of the Zhuang people, "good singers can win the respect of the general public in the whole society" "can win the favor of women, can reach the most beautiful love." In modern times, this concept still exists in some families and has an impact on the education of their children.
Third, some families still sing "Liao songs" as a way to teach their children and learn to be human. As the Zhuang people in the Pingo area of the "Liao songs" said, singing "Liao songs"
can make people grow their knowledge; singing "Liao songs" can make people learn to make a living; singing "Liao songs" can make people pursue a happy marriage; Singing "Liao songs" can make people feel refreshed and happy.
Therefore, parents who know how to sing "Liao songs" generally want to pass "Liao songs" to their children.
4.2 Folk Song Fair Transmission
The religious festivals of the Zhuang tribes are an important condition for the Folk Song Fair. It can be said that the Folk Song Fair of the Zhuang people originated from religious activities and developed. Because religious festivals hold grand ceremonies, then a clan tribe or a group of clan tribes gather and sing and dance, which gives young men and women the opportunity to choose a spouse. When the religion and the collective song and dance tend to separate, the original Folk Song Fair is produced. Young men and women usually go through the song to examine each other's knowledge and wisdom, talents and character, and then decide whether they can live together. (Bai X, 2009a)
For example, "road songs" in "Liao songs" has one song, which is to attend the Folk Song Fair:
Male: The bridges is going to be broken by it. We will build a new bridge. We have to build a winding bridge. Go to the Moxu Folk Song Fair.
39 Female: The bridges is going to break it, We will build a new bridge. We have to build a beautiful bridge. Go to the Laixu Folk Song Fair.
Then the content to sing is to attend the Shanxin Folk Song Fair, Leixu Folk Song Fair, etc., and also said that these Folk Song Fairs "one better than one." This shows that Pingguo County's Folk Song Fair is very prosperous. The following is the main of the Folk Song Fair in Pingguo County and its evolution is shown in the following table 1:
Table 1 The Folk Song Fair in Pingguo County Folk Song Fair
name
Date Ground point people Age of
occurrence
Activity situation
Mu niangshan Folk Song Fair
January 1, 2, 3 ; July 14, 15, 16, 17, 18
About 3 km north of the pingguo county
3000 - 8000
Un known
Ended after 1966.
Laixu Folk Song Fair
April 8 Yalong Village, Chengguan Township
3000 - 4000
Un known
Ended after 1927.
Leihen Folk Song Fair
January 1, 2, 3;
July 14, 15,16, 17, 18
Junction of Nalong Village and Yalong Village
1000 - 4000
1966 From 1966
to now.
Denglong Folk Song Fair
February 2 Xilan Village 3000 -
4000
Un known
From 1978 to now.
40 Table 1 : Continued
Folk Song Fair name
Date Ground point people Age of
occurrence
Activity situation
Leihen Folk Song Fair
January 1, 2, 3;
July 14, 15,16, 17, 18
Junction of Nalong Village and Yalong Village
1000 - 4000
1966 From 1966
to now.
Huansi Nada Folk Song Fair
July 15 Xilan Village 3000 -
4000
Unknown End after 1966 Boli Folk Song
Fair
February 19 Boli Street 5000 -
12,000
Unknown Set up before 1950, the period was banned.
resumed in 1980.
Dusong Folk Song Fair
January 1,3 Near Boli Street 3000 - 12,000
Unknown Set up before 1966. it is now cancelled.
Taiping Folk Song Fair
February 19 Taiping Street 5000 - 15,000
1822 Set up before 1949, the period stopped.
Restored in 1979.
Guzhai Folk Song Fair
March 3 Guzhai Village 1000 -
3000
Unknown It ended after 1949.
41 Table 1 : Continued
Folk Song Fair name
Date Ground point people Age of
occurrence
Activity situation
Moxu Folk Song Fair
March 4 Longzhu Village 8,000 -
25,00
Song Dynasty
Stopped in 1966.
Restored in 1978 Tingchang Folk
Song Fair
March 15 Zhuanglie Village 3000 - 8000
1944-1964 Set up before 1949, the period were stopped.
Restored in 1979.
Yanxian Folk Song Fair
January 1, 2, 3;
July 14, 15, 16
Old town 2000 -
6000
Unknown Set up before 1966, after banned.
Resumed in 1978.
Sanxin Folk Song Fair
January 7 Shanxin Street 4000 -
10,000
In 1953 Still keep Ghost Head Folk
Song Fair
January 1, 2, 3;
July 13, 14
Pingmeng Village 2000 - 4000
Unknown Still keep
Anwu Folk Song Fair
January, 1, 2, 3 July 13, 14
Pingmeng Village 2000 - 4000
Unknown Still keep
42 Table 1 : Continued
Folk Song Fair name
Date Ground point people Age of occurrence
Activity situation
Kaiyan Folk Song Fair
March 28 Laotong township 2000 - 4000
Unknown Still keep Horse head
Folk Song Fair
Free time Inside the Martyrs Cemetery
1000 - 10,000
In 2000 Still keep
Table : The “Folk Song Fair” in Pingguo County
(Source: Office of the Leading Group of Liao songs Cultural Brand Work in Pingguo County, April 12, 2004)
As can be seen from the above table, in recent decades, there are 18 song Folk Song Fairs in Pingguo County that can be tested at a certain scale. After various vandalism and natural elimination, there are currently 11 activities and activities. Fundamentally speaking, the transmission and dissemination of Liao songs relies on a group of singers who have the ability to create and sing folk songs. Most of these people are cultivated through the annual Folk Song Fair and passed down from generation to generation.
5. Retrogradation and transmission period ( early 20st century – now,After1980)