Zhao Dan, chief reporter of Mammoth News Oriental Today, provided a picture by the interviewee
"The evening star is like your eyes, killing and setting fires." Overnight, the song "Mohe Ballroom" was set on fire with the eponymous ballroom in the northeastern border town of Mohe. This surprised the 55-year-old operator Li Mo (pseudonym).
According to the creators, behind the song is the story of an old man who used a solo dance to remember his wife who was killed in the "five or six major fire accidents" in Daxing'anling.
Li Mo said that he had indeed seen the old man who danced solo, "Usually the people who come here are ballroom dancers in pairs, and only he dances solo." "He hadn't seen the old man for two years, and recently he went to look for it but didn't find it.
The song of the Mohe Ballroom is bursting with fire, and the story behind it is moving
The Mohe Ballroom has attracted attention and is related to the song "Mohe Ballroom".
The song was composed by musician Liu Shuang. Almost overnight, when you open the short video platform, you will hear the moving melody of the song and the lyrics of the gripping song: "I have never seen the village where the aurora appears, nor have I seen anyone set off fireworks in the middle of the night, the evening star is like your eyes killing people and setting fires, you didn't say anything, the wild wind disturbed me." ”
Regarding this song, according to Liu Shuang's public statement posted on his personal platform, the prototype character in the background story of "Mohe Ballroom" is an old man named Zhang Dequan.
In May 1987, a huge forest fire broke out in the Daxinganling area of Heilongjiang, killing many people, including the wife of the elderly Zhang Dequan. For more than 30 years, the old man did not remarry, and the two did not have children before they were born. The old man's wife loved to dance when she was alive, and they often lit a lamp in the old warehouse to learn dance together.
Liu Shuang accidentally learned the synopsis of this story, and after obtaining the consent of the old man, he composed the song "Mohe Ballroom", which he "dedicated to all lives that died because of misfortune".
Liu Shuang posted the gif of the old man's solo dance on the Internet, and said with an article that this old man Zhang Dequan was the prototype character of "Mohe Ballroom".
For a time, the connotation of this song touched countless netizens. But there were also doubts.
Mammoth News reporter contacted Liu Shuang in a private letter to interview but did not get a response. The reporter noted that on October 27, Liu Shuang @ called me Mr. Lyon posted "Wanted fugitive "Evening Star"" in response, saying that he did not leave the contact information of the old man, "Zhang Dequan" is a pseudonym, in the simple discussion of less than five minutes of content synopsis, he only learned the time, place, people, events, after obtaining the consent of the old man to create lyrics.
"The article is based on the factual background of this less than five-minute conversation, and a lot of self-filling and literary imagination is carried out." In his response, Liu Shuang also mentioned the various "discomforts" brought to him by the sudden popularity of the work, and called on everyone not to disturb the old man.
The dance hall owner spoke: I have an impression of the old man, but I haven't found it recently
After the song "Mohe Ballroom" became popular, the Mohe Municipal Bureau of Culture, Sports, Radio, Television and Tourism of Heilongjiang Province released relevant videos about "Mohe Dance Hall" on its officially certified short video platform account.
A staff member said in an interview with the media that the elderly thing is real.
With the popularity of this song, the dance hall of the same name in the northeastern border town of Mohe has also become the focus.
On November 4, Mammoth News reporter interviewed Li Mo, the operator of the dance hall. Li Mo said that through the GIF of the old man dancing alone released by the musician Liu Shuang, he found that the dance hall inside was the same as his own dance hall.
Li Mo said that the entire Mohe dance hall was opened in early 2019. The location is in a basement, about 600 square meters, and all the people who come to the forest farm are retired elderly people.
He did meet the old man, "about 60 years old." Usually the people who come here to dance are ballroom dancers in pairs, and he (the old man) dances solo. But I didn't know him well, and I hadn't seen him again in two years. ”
About a month ago, Li Mo heard the song "Mohe Ballroom" and learned the story behind the song through the relevant information on the Internet, and only then did he understand why the old man danced solo. "I am quite touched, the old man is loyal to love." Li Mo said that recently many people want to look for the old man through him, and he has also gone to look for inquiries, "It seems that the old man is no longer in Mohe." ”
Li Mo was a witness to the huge forest fire in 1987.
He came to Mohe from Jilin in March 1987 with his aunt, brother, sister, brother-in-law and other relatives, when he was very young and working in the construction team. On May 6, the day after a huge forest fire broke out in the Daxinganling area, he went with his brother-in-law and construction team to extinguish the fire. "My brother-in-law was missing for five or six days, and more than a dozen workers who were involved in the fire fighting at that time came back, only he could not be contacted, we looked for him everywhere, fortunately, he himself came back later." Therefore, Li Mo felt empathy after learning the story behind this song.
Li Mo revealed that because of the epidemic, the dance hall is now in a state of closure, but after knowing the story of the old man, he is very touched and will continue to open in the future.