Representatives of local operas in Guangxi - Guangxi drama, a lot of people are aware of. Its long history, wide spread area, with the majority of theater-goers. However, in addition to Guilin Gui opera, there are many types of popular folk opera, it is probably for the young people in general are not aware of.

In addition to Gui opera, folk art to be the most important types of Guilin "Guilin Wen Field." Guilin Wen Field in Lu Qing Dynasty Emperor Qianlong in the southern area of ​​the local folk songs, folk songs and northern Guangxi, and Guilin minor local language combining fused together. Daoguangnianjian to the Qing Dynasty, Guilin there are blind singing "civil and military child play." Wu child is playing with Gui opera singing opera gongs and drums, Jinghu, three-stringed lute accompaniment, is sub-text to play with when concert dulcimer, flute, flute, Sheng accompaniment Guilin Wen Field. Since the Republic of China, Guilin Wen field with greater development and prosperity, there have been some civil society organizations Guilin Wen field, such as Jin Zichen, and Wang Ren, Li Xing, who composed the play's civil and military sub-classes. Performance art field repertoire of "Chen Kou chase boat", "Yingying Tingqin", "Farewell" and so on.

After the liberation, Guilin Wen Yi Mu field have greater development in the People's Government strongly support. In 1951, the establishment of Guilin, Guilin folk art folk will improve the nature of folk art in the form of Guilin Wen field were studied reform. In 1959, Guilin established the first teaching and opera performances of professional body text field text field drama courses (formerly Guilin Troupe), 1961, performance art field play "Ceon grab an umbrella)), to entertain our visit President of the democratic Republic of Vietnam Hu Zhiming; the same year, for the hospitality state leaders Zhu De, Xu Teli, staged a scene text "chase boat."

Since ancient times, Guilin Wen Field are sitting fields that do not wear costumes, no makeup stage singing by myself and some of the text field for amateur singing. Qing Dynasty, Guilin Wen Field playing at home was followed Phan, Zhang magic garden, Hu Hong coverage and others, to the text field repertoire, tunes, tunes based emulate Gui opera role, line of business, to one corner of the makeup, wear costumes on the stage. At that time people call this form of performance art field hanging for the text field.

Guilin Yu Gu of a very long history. Stories in the Ming Dynasty drama "Pearl Tower" will have to fight with champion Fang Chin Yu Gu Taoist Chanting way to ridicule his aunt Xianpinaifu plot. Guilin, Guilin Yu Gu is based dialect singing duet kinds of folk say. Its popularity second only to Guilin Wen Field. By the end of the Qing Hunan successor Guilin. When the concert, the actor left arm holding (bamboo tube about two feet long, with one end of Mongolia snakeskin) Yu Gu, left hand about a foot-long bamboo, singing and knocking the rhythm, music interlude when, right hand rhythmic beat hit Yu Gu. It is a set of four tunes, the lyrics for the seven words, double sentence structure, every two-sentence rhyme, a rhyme in the end. Yu Gu traditional concert by a person more than one role, after the liberation, Guilin Yu Gu improved through research and development to two or more persons rap, singing and other forms of table. Sing tracks are generally medium-length long story, singing again Xinrenxinshi based, such as "Lei Feng army", "Wang Han culture".

"Dated down" people are descended from Guilin favorite "lotus fall" evolved. In the old days, the female is a minor by a number of blind street musicians. Lead singer singing by one person and another person at the end of the sentence in sentence access cavity, and sing "null sub-scattered zero" on the end of a sentence, the end of the next sentence and sing "dated off, long line down." Melody melody is very simple, and without musical accompaniment, according to the rhythm of playing board only concert with a bamboo. There are seven dated off singing: Twentysomething dated off, cross dated off, ten fingers yin and yang flower, peony flower, bitter dated, embroidered sachets and soldiers songs. In the form of a concert by the singer who turned into two or more people singing. Many dated fall of traditional music, which "short aunt", "Butterfly Lovers", "downtown garden" and other tracks of the most popular.

There is no "drum" this opera, liberation, by the blind artist Wang Ren and innovations on the history of Guilin. He draw Suzhou storytelling, north drums and storytelling, combined with Guilin original storytelling art form has created a Guilin local characteristics "Guilin drum." During the performance mainly to sing, since both say. Tune musical structure which is bonded to a multisection, as required plot, form a corresponding plurality of upper and lower sentence repeated concert. Libretto ten sentence structure, with a three-stringed lute accompaniment, singing only playing board, with flat drum and the rhythm of the music playing board by board and drumming when interlude. And singing form Jingyuntaigu basically the same. Blind artist Wang Ren and innovations of the few tracks, known as "special gifts", "car robbery punishment" and so on.

"Storytelling" folk art popular in the southern provinces of our country, including storytelling, Suzhou, Yangzhou storytelling, storytelling, etc. Changsha. After the liberation of Guilin storytelling is blind artist Wang Ren and storytelling around the subject and compose revealed by him to sing a new song types. Multi-purpose small three-stringed lute accompaniment of musical instruments, is also useful lute accompaniment. Tunes substantially vertical structure. Singing, the sound on the slide and slipped a lot. Libretto has seven words, ten words or Short Sentence mixed use. Sentence inserted white freedom, with Guilin dialect singing. Wang Ren and had sung the track has a lot of storytelling, of which the "torture Matchmaker", "war hero Huang Jiguang" modern subjects such as history and the most famous.

Guilin addition to the several folk, as well as "Allegro book", "San Juban" and also very mass base. After the liberation in various political campaigns, people use these forms of publicity and education of the masses, it has received very good results.