Zhuang's SingingFair

The Song Fair has a long history, extending from the Qing Dynasty, and is a popular traditional cultural of the Zhuang Ethnic Group. It also acts as a major social interaction the Zhuang youth. The fair held in March (lunar calendar, similarly hereinafter) is the most important one, drawing the most participants. The fair held in September ranks second, and there are also some other fairs in Jan., July or October. In order to carry on and promote the traditional culture of the nation, the local governments keep holding the “March the Third” Singing Fairs in each county every year. On that day, thousands of people can be found singing all over the banks of Lingshui Lake, along the Wuming River, in Mingxiu Park and beside many highways and on many hillsides. At many locations, you can hear a variety of different kinds of folk songs merging into a vast musical sea. Nowadays, the folk song singers and experts of from the US, Japan, Thailand, Britain and France travel great distances to take part in the Fairs every year.

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