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What are the famous folk festivals in China?

Abstract: Folk songs are mainly distributed in plateau, inland, mountain villages, fishing villages and ethnic minority areas. It is widely distributed and rich in reserves. Folk songs are one of the basic genres of China folk songs. Folk songs with free rhythm and long melody that people entertain themselves when walking, cutting firewood, grazing and mowing grass. So what are the famous folk festivals in China? Besides the famous Meizhou Folk Art Festival, what other traditional folk art festivals are there? Then take a look at the famous folk song art festival in China, which is listed in this article. People of all ethnic groups in Chengbu Miao Township have loved to sing folk songs since ancient times, forming a custom. As far as I know, there are many kinds of folk songs, including four songs, arrangement songs, vegetable songs, flower songs, love songs, wine songs, songs about productive labor, historical legends, swing songs, pipa songs, hymns, filial piety songs, anti-songs, curse songs, thorn songs, exhortation songs and Acura songs. They want to sing on holidays, when they are working in Shan Ye, when young men and girls are in love, when they are married, when they are free at home, especially on the sixth day of the sixth lunar month, which is the fixed day for them to sing folk songs. As the saying goes, "A mountain thunders and Miao village sings".

Time: the sixth day of the sixth lunar month.

Venue: Chengbu Miao Autonomous County, Hunan Province

Meizhou International Hakka Folk Song Culture Festival Nearly 5 million people sang folk songs in Hakka dialects, which spread in Hakka areas in northeast Guangdong and spread to overseas Hakka settlements. Meizhou Hakka folk songs spread and multiplied with the formation of Hakka clans in Song and Ming Dynasties, which is the product of the integration of Central Plains culture and Meizhou local culture. Its lyrics are poetic, similar to Zhi Zhu's Ci, with the aftertaste of "national style" and "Wu Ge". Meizhou Hakka folk songs have nearly a hundred tones, high and long, smooth and smooth, with little fluctuation; The range is high and narrow; Step more, jump less; Free rhythm, diverse beats, often mixed with multiple beats. There are tens of thousands of lyrics of Meizhou Hakka folk songs, including labor songs, current political songs, ritual songs, folk songs, love songs, other life songs and children's songs, which cover all aspects of Meizhou Hakka life, among which love songs have the largest number, the most exciting content and the highest literary value. In order to promote Hakka culture, Meizhou holds a folk festival every Mid-Autumn Festival, which is very lively.

Time: 65438+ February every year (the specific time is subject to the current holding time)

Venue: Meizhou City, Guangdong Province

Sichuan Houshan Song Festival Houshan Song Festival is a holiday custom of Han nationality. Popular in Pixian area. The annual festival is held. At that time, people from all directions will go to the Wang Cong Temple to burn incense, offer sacrifices to the good people of Wang Di and Congdi, and wish the crops a bumper harvest. Pixian was once the capital of ancient Shu. Legend has it that after Wang Di ascended the throne, he lived in seclusion in the mountains and became a cuckoo. Every February, when the azaleas are in full bloom, he flies back to Chengdu Plain, crowing day and night, urging farmers to hurry up with spring ploughing until they vomit blood and dye the azaleas on the mountain red. The soul that Shu people thought is back. This is the story of "the cuckoo cries for blood" in folklore. Pixian City is therefore called "Cuckoo City".

In order to commemorate Wang Di, later generations hold Juan Song Ming Tall Competition around the 15th day of the fifth lunar month every year, and the venue of the singing competition is Wang Cong Temple. The singers who participated in the singing competition were all local farmers, mainly singing folk songs. Singing folk songs is also called "roaring folk songs" in Sichuan, and most of them are written and sung by themselves, with a strong local flavor. During the Song Festival, various cultural, recreational and sports activities and exhibitions of local products were held in the county.

Time: Every year around May 15th of the lunar calendar.

Venue: Pixian County, Chengdu, Sichuan Province

Song Zhuang Festival (March 3rd Song Festival) Zhuang people have always been famous for their ability to sing and dance. It was written by Zhuang people in Guangxi, and the Zhuang people in Wuming District of Nanning are famous all over the world. On may 27th, 20 16, "wuming county" was officially renamed as "wuming district", which was formally incorporated into the urban area of Nanning, bringing "wuming Zhuang township" into another realm. Every year on the third day of the third lunar month, also known as "March 3 Song Festival" or "March Song Festival", it is an annual traditional song festival of Zhuang people. Every time there is a song meeting, the girls and boys of Zhuang nationality form a party, and the singers stand on the stage and sing folk songs to each other according to certain procedures and singing methods. Most folk songs are based on speculation and doubt. Now they are composed and sung, and finally they will be sung alone. On this day of Song Festival, every household cooks colorful glutinous rice and dyes eggs to celebrate the festival. Songs usually last for two or three days at a time and are located in an open space not far from the village. Bamboo and cloth were used to build a singing studio to receive singers from other villages. The duet is mainly composed of unmarried young men and women, but old people and children come to watch and entertain. There are one or two thousand people in small festivals and tens of thousands in big festivals. Next to the Song Festival, vendors gathered and people traded actively. People nearby provide accommodation for people who come to catch the concert, and they are warmly received whether they know them or not.

Time: every year on the third day of the third lunar month.

Venue: Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region

The Jing people in Guangxi sing "ha" or "sing ha" at Ha Festival. Beijing means "singing" and "singing Ha Festival" means "singing festival". The exact date of Haji Festival varies from place to place. Wan Wei and Wutou Island are on the 10th day of the sixth lunar month, Shanxin Island is on the 10th day of August, and Hongkan Village is on the 15th day of the first month. There are "Hating Pavilion" all over the country, which is used to sing Harbin. In the main hall of Hating, there are island protectors such as Zhenhai King and ancestral tablets of Jing nationality. The activities of singing Ha Festival are divided into four parts: welcoming God, offering sacrifices to God, singing Ha at the table and sending God away. The main activity of the whole festival is singing. The main roles of singing Ha are "Ha Ge" and "Ha Mei". When singing, Ha Mei, the lead singer, stood in the middle of hatred, holding two small bamboo pieces in his hand, knocking while singing: Ha Mei, who was singing, sat on the ground next to him, banging bamboo coconuts with his hands. After Ha Mei finished singing, Hager played the lyre according to the tune. Accompanied by mutual echo, singing, piano and bamboo stick are integrated into one, which is very pleasing to the ear. There are more than 30 kinds of tunes.

Time: Wanwei Island and Wutou Island are on the tenth day of the sixth lunar month, Shanxin Island is on the tenth day of August, and Hongkan Village is on the fifteenth day of the first month.

Venue: Wan Wei Island, Wutou Island, Shanxin Island and Hongkan Village, dongxing city, Fangchenggang City, Guangxi.

Bajiaoshan Song Club Bajiaoshan area belongs to the Dajiuding Mountain area, and it is also the only way for Qiang people to migrate to the inland Han cultural area, so there are still many related place names and customs, among which Qiang and Han folk songs belong to this category. According to local people, folk songs commemorating the two kings have existed since ancient times. In the Bajiao mountain area, farmers like to sing folk songs and dance duets in their work. 1986, under the guidance of the folk literature and art integration office, collected a folk song of this town. Collected11folk songs, 30 folk stories and 93 folk proverbs. Since the establishment of 198 1 Town Cultural Station, the town folk song singing competition has been held every year. The first scene was held on September 27th, 1983, and 22 singers took the stage. In the past twenty years, 15 singers have won awards in the city. According to the statistics of 2005, there are 402 folk song singers in this town.

Weibaoshan Chaoshan Song Festival is held every year from the first day to the fifteenth day of the second lunar month. At that time, people of all ethnic groups in Weishan and surrounding cities and counties such as Dali, Eryuan, Midu, Nanjian, Yangbi, Fengqing and Yunxian will wear their own national costumes and rush to Weibaoshan. Weishan Folk Cave Classics Association plays simple and elegant music in temples, and vendors from all over the country set up stalls in Weibaoshan, dealing in food, mountain products, local products and small commodities to meet the needs of Chaoshan people. Among them, February 13 to 14 of the lunar calendar is the Weibaoshan Song Festival, which is held at the Peihelou Song Hall in Weibaoshan. The Yi people in the surrounding villages will wear gorgeous national costumes and hold Sasaki and other musical instruments, and gather in the singing field to hold singing activities in a circle. Chaoshan people first watched songs and dances, and later joined the ranks of singing. The number of singing teams can be as many as several laps. Today's Weibaoshan Song Festival is also a mass entertainment singing activity and a grand national singing competition.

Time: the first to fifteenth day of the second lunar month.

Venue: Dali Bai Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan Province

Nanning International Folk Song Art Festival The predecessor of Nanning International Folk Song Art Festival is Guangxi International Folk Song Art Festival, which was founded in 1993. It was officially renamed on 1999. It is jointly sponsored by the Social and Cultural Library Department of the Ministry of Culture, the Cultural Publicity Department of the State Ethnic Affairs Commission and the Nanning Municipal People's Government. It is a comprehensive large-scale festival integrating culture, tourism and economy. The festival is held once a year in Nanning, the capital of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. Since 2004, Nanning International Folk Song Art Festival has successfully opened a new chapter of cultural cooperation between China and ASEAN in the practice of serving the 9th China-ASEAN Expo, and has also become an important platform for cultural exchanges between Guangxi and the whole country and other parts of the world.

Time: September every year or 65438+ 10 (the specific time is subject to the current holding time).

Venue: Nanning, Guangxi

Shi Baoshan Song Club Bai Jianchuan Shi Baoshan Song Club is held every year from July 27th to 29th of the lunar calendar for three days. At this time, tens of thousands of young Bai men, women and singers from Jianchuan and surrounding counties such as Dali, Eryuan, Yunlong, Lanping, Heqing and Lijiang gathered in the mountains and plains such as Shizhong Temple, Baoxiang Temple, Haiyuju Temple and Jinding Temple in Shi Baoshan, and even played and sang Bai love songs in front of solemn idols. The lyrics are euphemistic, beautiful and pleasant to listen to, to commemorate a young and beautiful female singer in the legend two thousand years ago, and also to make new friends and even find a lifelong partner. As some singers have described: "On the Shi Baoshan, songs keep taking root like spiritual springs;" Songs are like fallen leaves all over the mountain, and the sound warms people's hearts. " . Baoxiang Temple is the main venue of Shi Baoshan Song Festival. Baoxiang Temple is called "Yunnan Hanging Temple", where there are rugged rocks and winding mountain springs, and many precious temples are built on cliffs. At the foot of the mountain, there is a platform opposite to Little Square. During the song festival, it became a market dedicated to the song festival. There are many vendors and a wide variety of small commodities, especially snacks and local specialties, which provide great convenience for people's leisure and entertainment, and also set off a strong festive atmosphere.

Time: July 27th to July 29th of the lunar calendar every year.

Venue: Jianchuan County, Yunnan Province

Forty-eight Villages Song Club Forty-eight Villages Song Club is a northern Dong dialect song club which mainly takes place in Tianzhu County, Guizhou Province, China. It is a traditional national festival in which ethnic minorities, mainly Dong and Miao, get together, sing and make friends, and fall in love with young people. Forty-eight villages, known as the "National Ecological Museum", are the most representative. Their original ecology and long history have research value in the fields of nationality, folk customs and music. In 2007, it was listed as the second batch of intangible cultural heritage in Guizhou Province. There are "four major karaoke bars" in the history of forty-eight villages, and Apo 'ao in Xiutian Village, Zhu Lin Township is one of the four major karaoke bars. Every year on the fifteenth day of the seventh lunar month, the hillside here is crowded with people, singing one after another, echoing each other from afar, and the scene is spectacular.

Time: July 15th of the lunar calendar every year.

Venue: Tianzhu County, Guizhou Province