Research On The Inheritance Of The Zhuang Singers In Liucheng

Folk-song is a comprehensive and holistic native folk art, and meanwhile with such a variety of patterns as literature, music and performance. But the singer is the core of the folk-song performance. Among the previous researches, most have focused on folk art itself, and seldom on the singers, especially those of outstanding talent, which is why an overall grasp has been impossible of the reason of the heritage of folk-songs generation after generation before. In fact, the humanities as subjects of human and its culture should start from the singers as the creators, inheritors, owners, and bearers of the folk-song culture, so I will focus on were focused on the"others". Inheritance is the social natural attribute of singers. In the top division of the singer is the excellent talent for singing, while in their background is, consciously or unconsciously, the potential durable inheritance. In countryside society singers is not just singing for singing, instead their role as the inheritors of social culture is more important.The Zhuang people are a singing nation, and folk- songs have always been an important point to understand and study the Zhuang culture. It is more important that the Zhuang singers are the creators and heirs of the Zhuang culture. In Liucheng,there have been generations of known singers throughout the centuries ,such as Huang Sandi, Fang Shoude. A better way into this sea of songs is field work which is available to intimate contact of the Zhuang singers,their emotions and understanding their heritage experience. To describe, explain, understand and study the Zhuang singers in Liucheng from the perspective of inheritance has to begin from the following aspects: (1) singers and the cultural heritage, major role and function of the Zhuang singers in Liucheng as cultural inheritors; (2)singers and their identy as inheritors self-orientation role identification of the Zhuang singers in Liucheng ,and the people's comprehension and expression; (3)singers and the inheritance occasions, the relationship between the singing occasions and the transmission of the folk-songs, and the specific inheritance patterns in such occasions as song fair song hall; (4)singers and society. An analysis of the interaction between the Zhuang singers in Liucheng and the community as the mother of inheritance to highlight between the social cultural meanings of the Zhuang singers in Liucheng in the countryside; (5) singers and history, about what is between the singer's individual history and the"great history"of the times and what kind of inheritance pattern and situation the singers may face in different historical eras.The Zhuang singers in Liucheng have formed a continued inheritance lineage between the master and apprentice for generations over a few hundred years. Huang Sandi and Fang Shoude are just the two singers of the two continuous generations in the lineage. The history of their personal life is those of their inheritance and singing. Great changes in the Zhuang folk-song cultural inheritance in Liucheng in the 20th century can be seen by the researches on their personal life history. In the background of the rise of modern life, the inheritance lineage of folk-singers in Liucheng face a trend to break. Therefore, the effective protection of the singers'heritage is so urgent that there is a need to enhance the cultural adaptability of the singers and the people to construct the protection mechanisms for the inheritance of folk-singers and meanwhile remedy the government's administrative practice in culture to adopt a policy of cultural protection of departmentalism.