How did Mohe Dance Hall become so popular?

How did Mohe Dance Hall become popular?

How did Mohe Dance Hall become popular? Recently, an old song "Mohe Dance Hall" that was released a year ago suddenly became popular on the Internet. Somewhat inexplicably, what made this song popular was the touching love story behind it. How did Mohe Dance Hall become so popular? How did the Mohe Dance Hall become popular 1

"I have never seen a village where the aurora appears, nor have I seen anyone setting off fireworks late at night..."

A picture of an old man dancing with his hands in the center of the dance hall The dancing gif paired with this song went viral.

Recently, the song "Mohe Dance Hall" by musician Liu Shuang, which describes the story behind an old man dancing solo in a dance hall, has been widely circulated on short video platforms. Currently, the topic of "Mohe Ballroom" has been viewed 1.3 billion times on a short video platform, and the love story of Zhang Dequan revealed by Liu Shuang also moved many netizens.

Behind the popularity of "Mohe Ballroom" is netizens' yearning for beautiful relationships

According to the Beijing News, on October 25, the Culture, Sports, Radio, Television and Tourism Bureau of Mohe City, Heilongjiang Province Its officially certified short video platform account released a content introduction video about "Mohe Dance Hall", which introduced the story behind Zhang Dequan's solo dance.

In May 1987, a huge forest fire broke out in the Daxinganling area of ??Heilongjiang, killing more than 200 people, including Zhang Dequan’s wife Kang. Kang loved to dance during his lifetime. When they were in love, they often sneaked into the warehouse filled with debris, lit a lamp, and practiced dancing in the small open space.

Before the tragedy, the two had no children. More than 30 years after Kang left, Zhang Dequan did not remarry. Later, someone opened a dance hall not far from the warehouse. Whenever night fell, Zhang Dequan would always go to the dance hall to dance alone.

This story was also keenly captured by musician Liu Shuang. After obtaining the consent of the old man, he composed the song "Mohe Dance Hall", dedicating this song to all the lives lost due to misfortune.

▲"Mohe Dance Hall" received more than 42,000 comments on a certain music platform. Picture/Screenshot of the comment area of ??a certain music platform

At present, the only thing that can be determined is that the old man dancing in the ballroom is real, and his wife did die in the fire. The dance hall owner Li Han (pseudonym) mentioned in the song said that the dance hall Liu Shuang posted about the old man dancing solo was the same as his own, and he had some impressions of the old man. The old man went there five or six times, and every time he danced alone.

Although the old man has not yet been found, and it is not certain whether the old man chose to miss his wife in this romantic way because of his wife's death, netizens who heard this story are willing to believe the love story of Zhang Dequan. is real.

In the comment area of ??this song, many netizens who believe in this love story left messages. Some netizens used this to express their longing for their past lovers; some netizens lamented that it turns out that some people can live only by missing and remembering; some netizens looked at themselves in the mirror and lamented about their loyal love... In short, many netizens are interested in this story. ***Affection.

Memories of beauty can be so simple

If the story described by Liu Shuang is true, such a story would be more like a love fairy tale. Everyone was moved by the song "Mohe Ballroom", which also revealed netizens' yearning for beautiful and pure feelings.

What’s interesting is that the emotional atmosphere of this short and vague solo dance posted online is very similar to the heroine’s solo dance after the end of the movie “Old Friends in Mountains and Rivers”.

There are many images of dancing in the movie, some are dancing for others, and some are dancing for oneself. It is also a solo dance, although the emotions expressed are different, they are all the condensation and sublimation of one person's long-term emotions.

▲The heroine of "Old Friends in Mountains and Rivers" dances alone in the snow. Picture/Official stills of "Old Friends in Mountains and Rivers"

In this "love fairy tale" that netizens choose to believe, Zhang Dequan danced for happiness in the first half of his life, and danced for himself in the second half of his life. For most of Zhang Dequan's life, he met, got to know, and fell in love with his wife through dancing. After his wife passed away, he danced solo to remember his deceased wife. Zhang Dequan will never be able to see his wife again in this life. Even though time flies and heaven and earth are separated forever, this longing has been given more meaning over time.

In this love story, the charm of old man Zhang Dequan is not the great suffering and great sorrow, nor the sweet love, but shows that persistence in love and longing for beauty can be so simple - when there is an aurora In Mohe, old man Zhang Dequan danced solo to remember his wife who had been dead for more than thirty years in an extremely romantic way.

This sentiment also fits netizens’ imagination of beautiful relationships. Life has joy and happiness, but also triviality and frustration. Outside of the video, Zhang Dequan's life is blank. Netizens don't know his story after the death of his wife. Whether his life is good or not, it may be happy or unsatisfactory.

Most netizens tend to believe that Zhang Dequan’s helplessness and loneliness in his long life, and the beauty of one person behind him.

Love is the ultimate proposition of mankind. There are many literary and artistic works that interpret love in different ways, but they may not be as powerful as true stories. Even though the old man has not been found, everyone is willing to believe that Zhang Dequan and his love story are real.

In the movie "Coco" that explores love, dreams and death, the meaning expressed in the movie also fits the emotion of Zhang Dequan: a person dies twice, and the first time he stops When he breathes, he is biologically dead; the second time is when the last person who remembers him forgets him, and at that time he really dies, which is the "ultimate death" conveyed in the movie.

To some extent, everyone desires to be "remembered" in another form. How Mohe Dance Hall became popular 2

Recently, an old song "Mohe Dance Hall" that was released a year ago suddenly became popular on the Internet. What made this song popular was the touching love story behind it.

Its creator and singer Liu Shuang then entered the public eye. Just when everyone was curious about this new "Internet celebrity singer", he turned around and refused to be an Internet celebrity.

The sudden hit "Mohe Ballroom"

I have never seen a village where the aurora appears

I have never seen anyone setting off fireworks late at night

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The evening star is like your eyes that kill people and set fire

You said nothing and the wild wind disturbed me

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"Mohe Dance Hall" is somewhat inexplicably popular. The melody is not catchy at first listen, and the lyrics are not clear enough. If you don't do some homework first, you won't even know the intention of the person who composed this song. However, just such a song that is not Internet-famous enough has become an instant hit. Not only has it become popular on major short video platforms and music platforms, but the protagonist and songwriter in the lyrics, the fire that happened more than thirty years ago, The small border town of Mohe has become the focus of news, and the popularity of this song has also become a unique Internet phenomenon. On May 6, 1987, a fire in Daxinganling lasted for 28 days and nights, taking away 211 lives and affecting more than 50,000 people. This fire not only made national news, but also became the heart of Mohe people. Eternal pain. There is an old man named Zhang Dequan (pseudonym) who lost his beloved wife Kang in the fire more than 30 years ago. Since then, he has been alone and often danced his wife's favorite dance in dance halls and streets. Waltz. Thirty years later, a folk musician named Liu Shuang came to Mohe and met Zhang Dequan. In five minutes, he obtained the time, place, people, and events. With the permission of the person involved, he created the song "Mohe Dance Hall" 》. After the song was released in 2020, it was only sung in a small circle. Until late October this year, a netizen who was familiar with the song met Zhang Dequan, a solo dancer, on the street and recorded a video and posted it online, along with the story behind "Mohe Dance Hall". The fire in 1987 evoked countless people’s memories of the 1980s. Over the past thirty years, the world has undergone earth-shaking changes, but from youth to old age, Zhang Dequan’s missing for his wife has remained unchanged. In the lyrics full of loneliness and nostalgia, people all feel for Zhang Dequan from one to the other, life and death. Moved by undying love, for a while, everyone had a "Mohe Ballroom" in their hearts.

After the video was forwarded by the big V, it also set off a wave of "second creation". Some netizens combined "Mohe Ballroom" with Liao Fan's solo dance passage in the movie "Fireworks in the Day". The lyrics, melody and Liao Fan's performance combined to release just the right sense of loneliness. An article "Goodbye Evening Star" written by Liu Shuang in March 2020 was also rediscovered and reposted by netizens. Liu Shuang's letter written to Kang in the first person became another factor in the popularity of "Mohe Ballroom" Chai, "We will fall in love, I have no doubt about it." "Kang, my duty in this life is to transcend the little-known romantic moments in nature with you." Many people were moved by his delicate brushwork. , in addition to songs, another "treasure singer" was discovered. Although Liu Shuang has repeatedly reiterated that "the article is based on the factual background of the conversation that lasted less than five minutes, with a lot of self-filling and literary imagination", this does not prevent his love words from penetrating into the hearts of netizens and arousing greater emotions. ***Ming. Subsequently, the song became a hot search on Weibo and topped the hot search list on QQ Music, NetEase Cloud Music, Kugou Music, Kuwo Music and other music platforms. "Liao Fan Dancing BGM" was on the Douyin hot list. After the song became popular, multiple adapted versions soon appeared. Liu Shuang's alma mater, China Public Security University, uploaded the "Public Security Version of Mohe Dance Hall" and the "Firefighting Version of Mohe Dance Hall", both of which gained great attention. The local culture and tourism bureau of Mohe also took advantage of the popularity of the song to promote Mohe to everyone.