The county has Jinshan Cultural Square, Lianshan Cultural Square, libraries, cultural centers, museums, youth palaces and other venues, as well as national song and dance troupes. Villages and towns have cultural stations and cultural rooms (farmer's bookstores). Square culture, sending plays to the countryside, sending movies to the countryside, sending books to the countryside and other activities have been carried out in depth, and the cultural life of the masses has been rich and colorful. The development of folk art and the protection of cultural heritage were carried out in an orderly manner. Books such as Collection of Folk Songs, Selected Works of Folk Literature and Collection of Folk Literary Works have been published successively, and Xiao Changgu, firecrackers and fried lions have been declared as provincial and municipal intangible cultural heritage. Four Neolithic sites, such as Yoshida Guibei Mountain, were found, with more than 700 pieces of cultural relics 10, and county-level cultural relics protection units, such as Taibao Ximen Building, Matoushan Cliff Stone Carving and Castle Site and Yingyangguan Revolutionary Site, were identified as10. China is the hometown of folk culture and art (fireworks). The transformation of radio and television networks has been fully rolled out and the coverage has been gradually expanded. Song of New Year's Eve is a mass singing competition in Shangshuai Township, Zhuangqu, Lianshan County. The meaning of "New Year's Eve Song", as its name implies, is to sing by the stream or riverbank every year from the eve of the Spring Festival to the night of Lantern Festival. People from all villages, regardless of sex, age and age, can participate. There is an agreed time, and it also happens to coincide. Generally, one village is one party, and several villages are United as one party. Not to be outdone, all parties invited experienced and knowledgeable "singers" to give lectures or give suggestions. Singers are usually a couple, but they can be a man and a woman, or two men and two women, and their voices are required to be in tune. When singing, two people stand side by side, each with a finger on his ear, and sing loudly so that people across the river can hear clearly. Singing New Year's Eve songs does not stipulate which side sings the questions first. If the other person can't answer, the questioner will sing the answer and tell the other person. However, because both sides refused to admit defeat, they often sang late into the night, even all night, and some sang for days and nights. The more singers there are, the larger the scale, and the singers from neighboring towns will also take part in the competition.
The duet of New Year's Eve songs is mainly composed of knowledge songs (such as spelling, guessing, riddles, counting and so on). ), and a large part of them are random songs. Most of the New Year's Eve songs are high-profile singing, with a certain format and rhythm, neat text structure, more, high-pitched and pleasant voice, melodious and unique. For example, "Song of New Year's Eve": "On New Year's Eve, Confucius is studying and Liu is singing." Spring Festival; the Spring Festival; Chinese New Year
The Spring Festival is the biggest festival of the year. During the first to fifteenth day of the first month, Zhuang people visit relatives and friends during the day and hold cultural activities at night. There was a "singing night" where men and women took their places, singing songs around the fire and drumming drums, and walked around the village.
the Lantern Festival
Every year on the fifteenth day of the first month of the Lantern Festival, every township has a "fire lion" activity. In the sound of firecrackers, lion dancers took turns to go into battle and the scene was spectacular.
Farming festival
The second day of February is the ploughing festival of the Zhuang nationality, and every household cooks soup for the festival, which indicates smooth sailing and a bumper harvest in the coming year. Zhuang parents wear hemp fiber and Dai Li hat, roll up their trouser legs, bare feet and carry a bowl of soup, wishing the fields "a calm and fruitful year round". In this festival, tourists usually eat something and don't stay overnight. It means staying in a hotel, and the crops on the mountain will be ruined by animals. Yao people take rice cakes to the ground and put them on bamboo poles for birds to eat, hoping that birds will not eat the seeds in the field when sowing in spring.
April 8(th)
In ancient times, it was called "Longhuahui", commonly known as Niuwang's birthday, which was a big festival for Zhuang people. On this day, Ye Feng branches were planted at the gate of Zhuangjiahe cowshed, and the cattle were exempted from service. The banquet was very lively. And boiled yellow and black glutinous rice to feed the yellow buffalo respectively, and people also caught food. If there is a sick child at home, take him to the cowshed to eat, so that the child can eat like a cow and grow fast and strong.
Yaojie
The fifth day of the fifth lunar month is the Dragon Boat Festival. The Yao people in Lianshan Mountain are not called Dragon Boat Festival, but Yao Festival. On this day, Yao Bao not only killed chickens and ducks, but also ate zongzi and hung kudzu vine at the gate to ward off evil spirits.
Qiyuexiang
Every year, the seventh day of the seventh lunar month is the traditional festival of the Zhuang nationality in Lianshan. On this festival, Zhuang family members do not invite guests to add vegetables, but go swimming and bathing in the river. Legend has it that on this day, the milky way water in the sky meets the river water on earth, and all the rivers flow with holy water, which is very beneficial to mankind. After bathing, people can diminish inflammation, detoxify, drive away evil spirits, moisturize the skin, make them beautiful, avoid prickly heat, get less sick and live longer. On this day, girls and young women of Zhuang nationality are used to jumping into the river at noon to wash their hair, take a bath and play with their hands. According to legend, water is taken as vinegar on this day, and the vinegar smells lasting, so it is called "July fragrance" (also known as "Dragon Festival"). On September 23rd, 2006, the first Zhuang Jia "July Fragrance" Water Festival was successfully held in Guangdong (Lianshan).
September
Zhuang people call it the Fire Prohibition Festival, and hold the activity of "sending fire gods". On this day, farmers build huts in the wilderness with straw or thatch. At night, families will burn their houses with torches, and then shout home in the dark, which means sending Vulcan to heaven to avoid fire.
In addition to the above-mentioned large-scale festivals, at the annual flavor festival on June 6, Zhuang people will wrap up two or three kilograms of Ai Qing Brown and go to Tiantou to worship the gods. In the Zhuang language, it is called "Bai Jiu Na", praying for the God of Tiantou to bless the harvest. July 14 is the visiting relatives festival of Zhuang nationality, August 15 is the Mid-Autumn Festival, and 10/6 is the karaoke hall of Yao nationality, etc. The traditional folk sports in Lianshan include children's sports games such as martial arts, fireworks, chasing lanterns and "hen hatching eggs".
Grab fireworks
Fireworks grabbing, commonly known as firecrackers, is a traditional sports activity of the Zhuang people when they hold temple fairs. Each team has 8 to 10 people. During the competition, the iron wreath with a diameter of 8 cm is put into a shovel filled with gunpowder, and then the wreath is ignited and sent to the sky. When the wreath fell, the players from both sides either grabbed or hid or threw it violently, and the atmosphere was tense and warm. Within the specified time, when the referee blows gong or whistle to announce the end of the game, the side with the wreath wins. The wreath belongs to the winner, and it will be returned to the gun club to play the game, and the name is "return the gun".
Chasing sky lanterns
Chasing sky lanterns is also a traditional sport of Zhuang nationality, and the activity time is mostly carried out on sunny days during the Spring Festival. Sky lanterns, also known as "Kongming lanterns", are first woven with bamboo poles into a cylindrical or conical frame with a bottom diameter of 0.33- 1 m and a height of 1-2 m, and then tightly pasted with paper, which looks like a rocket, and Karan made of iron wire is hung inside to relax the burning of firewood. To make a sky lantern, it is required to be symmetrical up and down, balanced left and right, and light, so that the sky lantern can rise steadily, and the conical sky lantern should also be equipped with a rudder. When flying, the pine in the burning blue was ignited, people beat gongs and drums to play suona, and the crowd was excited. The sky lantern gradually rose to the sky. When firecrackers sounded at the bottom, people began to chase them. No matter where the sky lantern floats and how far it swims, go after it. Grab the sky lantern first and win. When they came back with lanterns, people also beat gongs and drums and played suona to welcome them.
Hens hatch eggs.
Hen hatching eggs is called "it's time to let go" in Zhuang language, which is a kind of sports activity for Zhuang children. The number of people participating in the game is generally 6 to 8. Before the game starts, draw a circle with a diameter of about 0.5- 1 m on the ground as a "chicken nest", and put 7-8 fist-sized stones as "eggs" in the "chicken nest". Then, draw lots to choose a person who plays the role of "hen" at the beginning of the game. The person who plays the role of "hen" first stays on all fours in the "chicken nest" and looks like "hen incubating eggs". The task is to protect the egg from others. The rest are all around the "chicken nest" and "grabbing eggs". For those who come to "grab eggs", if the "hen" kicks any part of the body, they can't come to "grab eggs" again. When playing "hen", don't leave the ground when you stretch your feet and kick people, and you are not allowed to kick people outside the "chicken nest". At the end of a round of games, the person who plays "hen" won't let the "egg" be robbed, which means victory, and robbing it means failure.