The meaning of Mohe Dance Hall
The meaning of Mohe Dance Hall, in mid-November, the weather in Mohe, Daxinganling Mountains has dropped to -20℃. But at this time of year, the heat in Mohe continues to ferment. The origin is a song "Mohe Dance Hall" that became popular on the Internet. The following is about the meaning of Mohe Dance Hall. The meaning of Mohe Dance Hall 1
The dance hall is still there, but not many people go there
“I have never seen a village where the aurora appears, nor have I seen anyone setting off fireworks late at night. The stars are like your eyes that kill people and set fire, you don’t have to say anything, the wild wind disturbs me."
When the song "Mohe Dance Hall" quietly became popular on Douyin, Liu Shuang was going to participate in Heze. Poster Music Festival has just been canceled due to the epidemic. On the way back to Beijing early, Liu Shuang received a private message on Weibo telling him that the live broadcast of "Mohe Ballroom" had been uploaded to Douyin, but Liu Shuang didn't take it seriously.
But what is unexpected is that in just two days, the number of views of the topic #Mohe Dance Hall reached 730 million times. As of press time, the number of views has reached 1.04 billion times. Currently, the song ranks second on NetEase Cloud’s hot song list, ranks first on QQ Music’s most popular searches, and the Weibo topic #Mohe Dance Hall has been read 14.78 million times.
Along with this song, there is also a poignant love story in the Northeast that became popular.
This kind of love is too difficult, so it is precious
In 1987, the prototype of "Mohe Ballroom" Zhang Dequan (pseudonym with the same pronunciation) lost his beloved wife Kang in a fire, and in the future During his more than thirty years, Zhang Dequan did not remarry. Instead, he continued his wife's hobby of dancing and wandered alone in the "Mohe Ballroom".
Although there are not many details about the old man's story, Liu Shuang's previous "letter to his wife" that imitated Zhang Dequan's tone - "Goodbye Evening Star" was regarded as his real letter. It was reposted a lot and sparked countless imaginations.
"What haunts me in my dreams is often you running in a building filled with flames, the flames jumping up to your skirt and fainting on your chest, you running anxiously, calling out to me. My name, but I am not with you. For 30 years, I have been lingering and cutting it.”
“The last time we went to the warehouse was the day before we learned that it was going to be renovated and expanded. . We took advantage of the darkness and crept into the low door beam. There were piles of food here, and there was only room for two of us. The orange lights swayed overhead, Cricket played the piano, Begonia dressed up, and the tape recorder "Belated Summer", don't leave if you are late, Wanxing is closed, just for one night."
A Douban netizen said, “I couldn’t help but cry again.” “Looking back at this era of rampant ambiguity, very few people dare to truly fall in love, and most are just fast food love. But time, and other things. Loving one person and protecting one person for a lifetime is so difficult, so it seems so precious."
The media also added more mysterious details to this story. Some media said that based on the content of the song, the locals vaguely guessed the location of the "Mohe Dance Hall". A boss told reporters that he had seen an old man dancing solo in the store and had been coming for many days in a row, but he didn't know his story.
Taking advantage of the rising popularity of "Mohe Ballroom" on Douyin, the Mohe Culture, Sports and Tourism Bureau also took advantage of the opportunity to follow up. On October 25, the Culture, Sports, Radio, Television and Tourism Bureau of Mohe City, Heilongjiang Province released a content introduction video about "Mohe Ballroom" on its officially certified short video platform account.
According to the video, on May 6, 1987, a huge forest fire broke out in the Daxinganling area of ??Heilongjiang Province. The raging fire lasted for 28 days and nights before it was extinguished. 211 people were killed in the flames. This is Among them, Mr. Zhang Dequan’s wife, Mr. Kang.
On October 26, the account of the Mohe City Culture, Sports, Radio, Television and Tourism Bureau released another video about "Mohe Ballroom". The video was interspersed with many video clips about Mohe City.
Feng Guangqing, director of the Mohe City Culture, Sports, Radio, Television and Tourism Bureau, told the media that the song "Mohe Ballroom", like the song "Chengdu", can be said to have become a local cultural symbol. And we plan to find a suitable location to restore the old dance hall to its original state, so that this symbol can continue to expand.
When a personal romantic story satisfies the collective love fantasy
In a large number of videos and articles related to this song, there are words similar to "the story behind", and It is paired with a video clip of an old man dancing alone in a ballroom, especially the scene of Liao Fan dancing alone in the literary film "Fireworks in the Day".
In the winter in the North, a middle-aged man wears a long scarf and a leather jacket. Among the people in pairs, he is alone, hunched over, with his eyes closed, holding a cigarette in his mouth, and staggering along to the music. Catching something in the air, jumping to the point of forgetfulness, spinning alone like a top. Best actor Liao Fan probably didn't expect that his performance would become an annotation for another lonely love story a few years later.
The fantasy continues to ferment. Liu Shuang, the creator of "Mohe Ballroom", published an article "Editor on the run from "Wanxing"" on October 27, which mentioned: As of that day, all platforms have responded to "Goodbye Wanxing" There are about 23 infringing articles in the article "Star", and there are more than three videos in which a clip of a strange old man dancing solo on the roadside was mistaken for the prototype protagonist of "Mohe Ballroom" and "over-interpreted".
In the article "Editor on the Run "Evening Star"", Liu Shuang said: The creation of the song was based on a simple conversation with the old man that lasted less than five minutes, and only the time was known , places, people, events (May 6 fire). "With my consent, I returned to Beijing to write an article and lyrics. The article is based on the factual background of the less than five-minute conversation, with a lot of self-filling and literary imagination."
The romantic and cruel love legend is sung with a catchy melody and poetic words. Without careful planning or deliberate operation, this song, which was released a year and a half ago, was suddenly selected by the algorithm. , became famous overnight.
There are countless songs like this that praise romantic love, from "Xiao Fang" and "Lilac Flower" to recent "Love Song of the West Sea" and "The Shepherd of the Cocotuo Sea", all of which have won awards. Unexpected success.
Among them, the song "The Shepherd of the Cocotuo Sea", which both parents are familiar with, has been played over one billion times online, and has also made the tourism industry in Altay, the setting of the story, boom. In the "List of Typical Cases of Domestic Tourism Promotion in 2020" released by the Ministry of Culture and Tourism, "The Shepherd of Cocotuo Sea" is also listed, becoming one of the 24 cases.
This love story of a Kazakh shepherd waiting for the Alatai beekeeper who has married far away has moved many people, but the creator Wang Qi has confessed to the media many times that this story is fictional. I have never even been to Cocotuo Sea, and it is Wang Qi's habit to outline a love story before writing a song.
For example, another masterpiece of Wang Qi's "Sending a Marriage" tells the story of a girl who is in urgent need of money because of her current illness. A restaurant owner solves the girl's urgent need, but requires the girl to marry his high-level paraplegic. Brother, the boy has to watch the girl get married.
Wang Qi also created "Standing and Waiting for You for Three Thousand Years", which tells the story of a girl who does not want to drag down a boy and gets married, while the boy sits on the hillside silently watching the girl get married and continues to wait.
Some netizens joked, "I know it's not easy for Wang Qi. He found three girlfriends, one married to Yili, another sent her away, and the third one has been waiting for three thousand years and has not yet come. ".
Wang Qi also told the media, "Nowadays, some young people do not believe in love. I want to sing the praises of unswerving love through the love songs I compose. I believe that there is true love in this world." I also hope that everyone will know how to cherish it when they have it, and not become the person in the story."
Different from light songs such as "Learning to Meow", the second-generation videos of "Mohe Ballroom" on Douyin are mainly simple covers, or handsome men and women dancing alone, walking by, Cover your eyes, etc. to fit the sad mood of the song.
The sorrow of a love turned into a collective carnival. Liu Shuang also called on Weibo, "Stop pushing, it's okay, if you brush again it will change the taste. It's good to walk slower."
Some people say that true love is like a ghost story. Many people have heard it, but few have met it. It is this scarcity that makes romantic love stories easily touch people's hearts. From another perspective, this just proves that good content has the ability to break through all circles. The popularity of a good song is to hit a certain collective emotional memory in an era. The meaning of Mohe Dance Hall 2
In mid-November, the weather in Mohe, Daxinganling Mountains, has dropped to -20°C. But at this time of year, the heat in Mohe continues to ferment. The origin is a song "Mohe Dance Hall" that became popular on the Internet.
"I have never seen a village where the aurora appears, nor have I seen anyone setting off fireworks late at night. The evening stars are like your eyes that kill people and set fire. You don't need to say anything. The wild wind disturbs me... …" When you open the short video platform recently, I believe you will always come across this song. In front of me, it seems that there is an old man who misses his deceased wife, dancing alone in a ballroom in a small northeastern town, just because of the huge fire more than 30 years ago.
Unlike other "divine songs" that have become popular on the Internet, behind this song "Mohe Ballroom" is a poignant love story. Recently, reporters from Dazhong.com and Poster News talked with the owner of the Mohe Dance Hall, the staff of the Mohe City Culture, Sports, Radio, Television and Tourism Bureau, as well as the survivors who participated in fighting the fire, and restored the story behind the song's popularity.
A "sky fire" that enveloped more than 200 lives
"I would like to dedicate this song to all the lives that have been lost due to misfortune." This These are the last words in a letter written in the first person by the musician Liu Shuang, based on an old man Zhang Dequan (same pronunciation) who danced alone in the middle of the Mohe Dance Hall.
Liu Shuang said in this article titled "Goodbye, Evening Star" that in the "May 6th" Mohe fire in 1987, Zhang Dequan's beloved wife unfortunately died in the flames. In the remaining years, the old man did not remarry, and they had no children during their lifetime. At that time, Liu Shuang met the old man who was dancing alone next to him in the dance hall. With his consent, he composed the song "Mohe Dance Hall" and wrote "Goodbye, Evening Star" in the first person. .
So, how tragic was the fire that caused Zhang Dequan to lose his beloved wife in May 34 years ago?
In 1987, Lei Haitao, the extinguisher of the "May 6th" fire in Daxinganling and the hero of the oil depot defense battle, recalled in an exclusive interview with a reporter from Dazhong.com·Poster News that in May 1987, a fire swept through Mohe . "Fires roared over Mohe County. More than 200 lives were lost in the flames, and more than 50,000 people were affected." Lei Haitao said that when locals talk about the fire, they still use the term "sky fire" to describe it.
On May 6, 1987, Gulian Forest Farm caught fire. The next day, the fire reached Mohe. "Fires like that happen many times every year, and people are almost used to it." Until the evening of the 7th, the wind became stronger and stronger, the fire became more and more severe, and Mohe County turned into a sea of ??flames.
At that time, Lei Haitao worked in the Materials Department of Xilin Jiqiao. "Our department is called the Materials and Energy Department. I am usually responsible for materials. After the fire broke out, the materials were all spare parts, but the energy was There is oil in 30 of the oil tanks in the oil depot. The fire is so fierce that once it explodes, the entire Moxian County will definitely be blown up!" Hearing the local radio calling people to put out the fire, Zhang Zhikui, manager and party member of the Materials and Energy Company, deputy manager, Party member Zhang Qingtian, oil depot director and party member Zhang Lianfa, and party members Zhang Shixin and Lei Haitao rushed to the Xilin Jiqiao North Oil Depot spontaneously and formed a 13-person fire-fighting team, vowing to fight for the life or death of the oil depot.
In this way, Lei Haitao and other volunteers worked all night. Some of them poured water from oil tanks to try to put out the fire, and some used leather strips to beat the fire... Until about 2 o'clock in the morning the next day, The houses near the tank farm were burned down, the wood in the lumber yard was burned out, and the threat of the fire to the oil depot was removed. All 13 of them collapsed on the ground.
"At 9 o'clock the next morning, I saw ruins everywhere, and the once warm home of so many people was completely changed beyond recognition," Lei Haitao said.
Since he did not return home all night, the whole family was worried about his safety. Seeing that the fire was extinguished, Lei Haitao's father put on a leather jacket and went out on the morning of the 8th, leaning on a walking stick. Seeing their son who managed to escape from the flames, the father and son hugged each other and cried.
“Why did you take the initiative to guard the oil depot in the first place?” Faced with the question from a reporter from Dazhong.com·Poster News, Lei Haitao recalled the moment 34 years ago, and his answer was still resounding: “At that time, the oil depot was stored The 1,300 tons of gasoline and diesel are at risk of explosion. If I don’t go, what will happen to the other people in Moxian? What will happen if we don’t fix it?
"Mohe Ballroom" blessed by emotion
Such a fire also claimed the life of Zhang Dequan's lover. Before the fire, they often met in the old warehouse and learned to dance by the dim light. We don’t know how Zhang Dequan lived after the fire. It wasn't until two years ago that Liu Shuang met him by chance at this Mohe Ballroom, where the ticket was only 5 yuan. The love story that had been buried for more than 30 years came into public view: For more than 30 years, Zhang Dequan has not remarried and has no children. I would go to the ballroom to dance without a partner. Perhaps in the heart of Zhang Dequan, he is also embracing his lover when he dances solo.
After only chatting with the old man for 5 minutes, Liu Shuang learned about the time, place, people, and events. After obtaining the old man's consent, Liu Shuang composed the song "Mohe Dance Hall."
An underground dance hall in a border town, an old man dancing alone in memory of his deceased wife... For a time, "Mohe Dance Hall", blessed by emotions, became popular on the Internet, and the entire Internet began to inquire about Zhang Dequan and Mohe Dance Hall.
"I'm not familiar with him. Zhang Dequan is not a frequent visitor to our dance hall. I only remembered him after I saw his video online." Brother Bao, the owner of Mohe Dance Hall, told Dazhong.com· In an interview, a Poster News reporter said that he met this old man when the ballroom opened in early 2019. The old man looked to be about 60 years old. He danced there by himself and left after dancing for more than an hour. He went there five or six times. But the old man has not appeared in the dance hall in the past two years.
“In this small town of ours, there are no places for entertainment and fitness.” Brother Bao said that because he likes to dance, he opened this dance hall on New Year’s Day in 2019. The ticket price is 5 yuan, and the monthly subscription is 50 yuan. However, due to the epidemic, the dance hall’s business has been unsatisfactory. “Since the epidemic, we have been losing money. Fortunately, the community and the cultural tourism bureau often come to care for the dance hall and always send masks and disinfectants. As the only dance hall in Mohe, they are very supportive of me. "It will continue to open." Brother Bao said that even if he loses money, he still likes to open this dance hall, because the people who go to dance are all around 60 years old, and the youngest ones are in their 40s and 50s, and everyone has become friends. For example, dance halls have been suspended during the epidemic. In their group, many elderly people are asking when the dance halls will open for business. Sometimes Brother Bao arrives late at the dance hall, and the old dancers will spontaneously clean up for him.
Talking about the future, Brother Bao said that he wants to continue operating this dance hall. "This is a place for local elderly people to have entertainment and fitness, and it is also a place where many people rely on their emotions. If it continues to operate, even if it loses money..."
Dance with the past, there are always deep lovers in the world
Because of the song "Mohe Dance Hall", Brother Bao's Mohe Dance Hall became popular, Mohe Also popular. Countless people have become interested in Mohe, a small city located in the northernmost part of China. Data shows that since October 24, more than 680,000 netizens have watched the scenery of Mohe through Douyin live broadcast; from October 24 to November 6, the Douyin search volume of "Mohe" increased by 621 on a bi-weekly basis.
On October 27 this year, Liu Shuang responded again by posting "Wanted Wanxing", saying that he did not leave the old man's contact information and "Zhang Dequan" was a pseudonym.
After continuing to ferment for a period of time, many people still want to find Zhang Dequan, but there is no news.
"We also tried to find him, but the name 'Zhang Dequan' was a pseudonym. Later we felt that even if we found the old man, it seemed inappropriate for him to stand up and face the media and the public. So. , I still don’t want to disturb the old man. “Mohe Dance Hall” is just a song, just listen to the song and enjoy the story. We respect the idea of ??the songwriter and don’t over consume this emotion,” said the director of the Mohe City Culture, Sports, Radio, Television and Tourism Bureau. Feng Guangqing said in an interview with a reporter from Dazhong.com·Poster News that dance halls are a product of an era. The reason why everyone wants to find "Zhang Dequan" is actually to find the past of that erotic dance and that loyal love.
Yes, let us just like Liu Shuang called for, we don’t have to go looking for it. Perhaps, the old man is somewhere in the city, silently missing his deceased wife.
As I get older, I become more forgetful, but I never forget my lovesickness. "There are always deep lovers in the world, and beautiful love deserves to be praised forever." Feng Guangqing said that "Mohe Ballroom" has become a local cultural symbol, but Mohe does not intend to hype this topic, and he also maintains the popularity of the song "Mohe Ballroom" Let nature take its course. "Although the song is now very popular on the Internet, we are also a little helpless. Affected by the epidemic, the popular "Mohe Dance Hall" did not bring more customers." He said that Mohe has actually never lacked traffic, and one song is not enough to drive local interest. "The key to the tourism industry is to rely on good tourism products, good tourism services, and good tourism reputation. Everyone is welcome to come to Mohe to have a look."
If you have the opportunity to go to Mohe in the future, go to Daxinganling , I hope you can remember this story and love each other well. The meaning of Mohe Dance Hall 3
"Mohe Dance Hall" is a song written, composed and sung by Liu Shuang. It was released on June 15, 2020 and is included in the album "1st. Planet".
Creative background
The prototype character in the background story of "Mohe Ballroom" is an old man named Zhang Dequan, whose wife died in the "May 6" Extraordinary Forest in Daxinganling in 1987 He died in a fire accident. After more than 30 years, the old man never remarried and had no children. He often went to the "Mohe Ballroom" to dance alone in memory of his wife who loved to dance during his lifetime.
Liu Shuang met this old man by chance while collecting folk songs in Mohe. In just five minutes of conversation, he learned about the time, place, people, and events. After obtaining the consent of the old man, he composed a song. "Mohe Ballroom".
Just as the "music senior" mentioned by Liu Shuang in "Wanted at Fugitive "Evening Star"" said: When you can influence 10,000 people, you are already exporting a simple values. This is no lie. After opening the music software and leaving the short video scene, if people can still clearly hear the theme of a song, then the song will naturally stand out in the vast music library.
Recently, an old song "Mohe Dance Hall" released a year and a half ago became popular on the short video platform.
As of 20:00 on November 2, this song has been played 1.17 billion times on the Douyin platform. The song takes people back to the fire that shocked the country 34 years ago, and tells the audience a poignant love story that spans a lifetime.
Faced with the ensuing questions about the song itself and the story behind it, on October 27, the original singer of the song Liu Shuang posted an article "Wanted "Wanted Star" on the run. Responded one by one. In addition, in the article, he also mentioned the various "discomforts" caused to him by the sudden popularity of his work.
Perhaps it also shows that in this short and fast era, not everyone is eager to follow the traffic rules, but after being selected by the algorithm, no one can escape the helplessness of being misinterpreted and misunderstood.
How did "Mohe Ballroom" become unexpectedly popular?
"Mr. Kang, what haunts me in my dreams is often you running between buildings filled with flames, the flames jumping up to your skirt and fainting on your chest, you running anxiously, Calling my name, but I am not by your side for 30 years, lingering and cutting.
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In 1987, a fire swept away 211 lives in Daxinganling, leaving only ashes and despair. In the story told by Liu Shuang, the wife of old man Zhang Dequan (pseudonym) unfortunately also died. After being exposed to the fire, the old man did not remarry for more than 30 years, but often danced alone in dance halls or on the street, remembering the time when he and his wife danced together in a small warehouse when they were young.
Thirty years later, Liu Shuang, a folk singer who came to Mohe to collect music, met the old man by chance. In a brief conversation that lasted less than five minutes, Liu Shuang only learned about the time, place, people, and events he was passing through. After agreeing, he returned to Beijing to write articles and lyrics, and carried out "a lot of self-filling and literary imagination", and released the song "Mohe Ballroom" on March 18, 2020.
Like Liu Shuang's. For most other works, since the song was released, the attention of "Mohe Dance Hall" has only been in a small circle. The first sign of its popularity appeared on the short video platform in late October, when a netizen uploaded it. A video of an old man dancing solo on the street, with the story behind "Mohe Dance Hall" attached. This video was forwarded by many big Vs. Netizens later expressed their opinions about "Mohe Dance Hall" and Liao Fan in the movie "Fireworks in the Day". The combination of "textbook-like" solo dance also ignited the popularity of this song. In the chorus of the song's climax and Liao Fan's unstructured dance steps, the loneliness they simultaneously released triggered many netizens to scream.
On October 27, "Mohe Dance Hall" became a hot search on Weibo; at the same time, "Liao Fan Dancing BGM" also appeared on Douyin's hot list. The popularity continues to rise. Since October 28, related topics have been ranked TOP1 on Douyin’s hot list 5 times.
On Douyin, Mohe Local Culture and Tourism Bureau and Liu Shuang’s alma mater have also “shared” this topic. The popularity of the song. According to statistics, Mohe Culture, Sports and Tourism Bureau has released 4 works related to "Mohe Ballroom". After taking advantage of the situation, the popularity of its 3 top short videos has increased significantly compared with before, and a single video has the highest number of likes. The number reached 82,000; as of 9:00 on November 2, the "Public Security Version of Mohe Dance Hall" uploaded by the China Public Security University also received 91,000 likes.
The popularity of the short video has also increased. It has fed back the data of the music platform. On November 2, "Mohe Dance Hall" simultaneously topped the list of hot searches on QQ Music, NetEase Cloud Music, Kugou Music, and KuWo Music, and was also on the NetEase Cloud Hot Song List and QQ Music. It has ranked TOP2 on both the Music Popularity Index and the Kugou Music TOP500 list.
In the era of short videos, it is not uncommon for old songs to become popular again. The song "Mohe Dance Hall" itself is. It has some "hit" potential.
Judging from the song itself, "Mohe Dance Hall" is basically a pop song that absorbs folk elements, continuing the narrative style of folk lyrics, and has a strong sense of style. Literary. Among them, the most popular lyric "Evening stars are like your eyes that kill people and set fire", although it is controversial, it has also become a quotation for many literary youths and pseudo-literary youths.
In addition to its narrative, "Mohe Dance Hall" is also very melodic. The arrangement has a full sense of rhythm and space, making the audience feel like they are in a dance hall in the 1980s. Under Liu Shuang's gentle voice, he slowly told the old man's love story. It is precisely because of this that "Mohe Ballroom" can perfectly match the loneliness displayed by Liao Fan in "Fireworks in the Day".
On the short video platform, there are countless barrages asking about the source of BGM and songs that have become popular as the BGM of popular videos. However, few of these songs have the lasting popularity of "Mohe Ballroom". The key is that "Mohe Ballroom" tells a story for the audience.
After the song became popular, the letter "Goodbye Evening Star" written by Liu Shuang to his "wife" Kang in the tone of old man Zhang Dequan was also published, and many people were obsessed with "Evening Star" I was moved by the delicate writing of "Ye Yu, who has no one, refuses to tell the reason for visiting the planet".
This poignant love story, narrated both by music and text, also triggered a frenzy among the public to search for Zhang Dequan and Mohe Dance Hall.
Liu Shuang wrote in "Wanted "Evening Star"" that as of October 27, 11 media outlets had tried to find Zhang Dequan through his team; photos of a small local dance hall in Mohe because it was speculated to be the dance hall in the song It's also going viral online.
Similar to "Mohe Dance Hall", "Lilac", "We Are Different", "Kill That Shijiazhuang Man" and other highly popular songs have the same thing in that they all have universal appeal. Some of the emotional core of the world tell a good story, while others evoke memories of a generation. The collective love fantasy fulfilled by the story of "Mohe Ballroom" is the key to the song's continued popularity.
From "Liao Fan's solo dance BGM in "Fireworks in the Day"" to "Original song of Mohe Dance Hall", and then to "What does Mohe Dance Hall look like in reality", from the changes in the hot list entries on Douyin platform , we can also see the change in the public’s focus on this song.
Discovered from the short video platform, and then diverted to the music platform, it finally became popular across the entire network through topic output and user creation. The unexpected emergence of "Mohe Ballroom" once again confirmed the short video The typical path for period songs to become popular.