Research On The Inheritance And Reproduction Of Longzhou Zhuang Folk Song Culture In The WeChat Group

As an oral music,Longzhou Zhuang folk song is a special way for local people to express their emotions.With the hollowing out of countryside,people in traditional village were deeply dispersed,the living inheritance of Longzhou Zhuang folk song culture in the real filed was already in trouble.However,the frequent folk song interactions in the We Chat group have brought new opportunities to its inheritance and development.Drawing on the theory of Cultural Reproduction and using in the way of In-depth Interview and Virtual Ethnography,this paper aims to explore the specific aspects of the inheritance and reproduction of Longzhou Zhuang folk song culture in the We Chat group,and think about the meaning of it.The research found that,the We Chat group has become a virtual field for the inheritance of Longzhou Zhuang folk song and provided a new practice space for its cultural reproduction by reconstructing the cultural space and rebuilding the social network of inheritors.In the We Chat group,Longzhou Zhuang folk song retains the contents in expressing emotions and the national discourse has embed the content of it.Elements,red packets and the withdrawal of information makes the way of song interaction more diverse.In the We Chat group,the teaching way of folk song is delocalized,the social communication is virtual,and the autonomy of interaction is enhanced,the inheritors have generated new behavioral habits.Government workers,cultural others,local people and official inheritors constitute the community of Longzhou Zhuang folk song cultural reproduction in the We Chat group.The local people are the leading force,the scholars are temporarily silenced,and the official inheritors played a guiding and correcting role in the process of Longzhou Zhuang folk song’s cultural reproduction.The cultural reproduction in the We Chat group helps the Longzhou Zhuang folk song return to people’s daily life and promote the communication with neighboring countries.But there also have some problems in it,such as the homogenized and vulgarized content,fragmented communication hard to achieve real inheritance and so on.In order to solve these problems,the government and the unofficial groups should work together to make the Longzhou Zhuang folk song continuously develop.