GUANGXI Zhuang Autonomous Region ethnic minority au- in China. Located in Yizhou City is home to different ethnieities, the majority Zhuang group and hometown of the Zhuang "Melody Queen" Liu San- jie. A renowned figure in Zhuang culture, Liu Sanjie and her tales and folk songs are widely recounted. Locals believe that gexu- a Zhuang minority open folk song contest- has recently been revived thanks to Liu Sanjie's popularity. Every year on the third day of the third lunar month, festivities are held across Guangxi to celebrate the gexu tradition and the memory of Liu Sanjie. And Yizhou City is regard- ed as the most representative region of Liu Sanjie's folk song art.