If you are a two-dimensional enthusiast, or occasionally hang out the house dance circle, then you will definitely know that there is a house dance called "Pure Land of Bliss", which is sweeping the domestic subculture video website dominated by AB station with incredible popularity. Since the original version of the house dance was uploaded to the b station house dance area (the domestic mainstream subculture bullet screen video website) on April 25 this year, as of September, it has had a high hit rate of more than 3 million, and its derivative imitation video (flipping), mmd video (open 3D animation character modeling dance editor), ghost animal video is countless, of which the number of clicks above one million level alone has 12 songs. What is even more terrifying is that the flipping video of the domestic dance (maihime, referring to the amateur dance enthusiasts who mainly flip in the video website) has lasted for nearly five months on the top ten lists of the B-war dance area without any decay, and the successors are even more numerous, which seems to convey that the "Pure Land of Bliss" that has been on fire for nearly half a year is likely to accompany everyone through the Spring Festival.
So who exactly is it? Or why? Only to make a house dance have such a great charm, along with "Pure Land of Bliss" to become a phenomenon-level house dance IP, this problem has also become the puzzle of many people. In the limited information, we can only find that "Pure Land of Bliss" is composed by the Japanese mainstream and subcultural music music group Garnidelia in toku, the group's dance see Maria filler, the Japanese bullet screen website nico famous dance - silver-haired girl miume choreography. Maria, the silver-haired lady, and another nico famous maimi tsumi-umaki ライアー217 performed together. Speaking of Maria, the silver-haired lady and Nina (仮面ライアー217 domestic nickname), if you have some understanding of the otaku dance circle, you will know that the three of them themselves represent the top level of the Chinese and Japanese dances, and the original otaku dance lamb, girls, pink cat and other songs that they have previously cooperated with, once uploaded, quickly caused a commotion on the Chinese and Japanese subcultural bullet screen websites, various flips, mmd videos were uploaded by other contributors. Cheerful music and light choreography have made many young people who love avant-garde subcultural house dance play in front of the screen again and again, indicating that they are completely unable to jump out (subcultural expression, meaning immersed in it, unable to extricate themselves).
Although the trio is already a god-like status in the Sino-Japanese otaku dance circle, "Pure Land of Bliss" is not at all the same order of magnitude hot compared to the previous repertoire, and even becomes a phenomenon-level IP that has never been seen before in the otaku dance circle, behind it, if we dig deeper, the history and culture contained in the songwriting and choreography of "Pure Land of Bliss" has become a quite convincing reason. Why? Those who have watched the video may know that in the choreography of the song, there are two dance segments that are the most difficult to learn for the amateur dance that flips, one is the footwork of the boxer Ali in the boxing ring, and then gradually adapted in another dance- the ghost dance step, also known as ali slide step; and the other is derived from the traditional Japanese culture of the flower kui road in the flower kui street. Compared with the former, a qualified butterfly step is actually relatively easy to learn as long as it has the foundation of ghost dance steps; the latter is not the case, even in the Edo period of Japan Yoshihara Hanakuei, to learn a truly perfect flower kui step, at least two to three years, let alone just an amateur flip dance, which also makes the comment area on whether many flip dances can dance well has become an important criterion for measuring the quality of flips. But why is it said that the cultural connotation behind "Pure Land of Bliss" represented by "Huakui Youjie" has made it the biggest reason for the bloodbath of the dance area of the Sino-Japanese bullet screen website, we have to start from the Japanese geisha culture.
Although China and Japan have formed an eternal enmity in modern history, it is undeniable that the current world has the highest degree of compatibility with Chinese culture, and the most similar is Japanese culture. Therefore, even those who do not know much about Japanese history should not be too unfamiliar with the three names of the famous Japanese sengoku Mieiei - Oda Nobunaga, Toyotomi Hideyoshi and Tokugawa Ieyasu. As the most famous coup in Japanese history, the Battle of Honnoji rewrote Japanese history, With Toyotomi Hideyoshi replacing Oda Nobunaga as the leader of the Oda regime, and then Tokugawa Ieyasu rose through the Sekigahara War and gradually dismantled the Toyotomi clan, culminating in the establishment of the Tokugawa shogunate (Edo shogunate) in 1603, and the Sengoku period of Japan came to an end and entered a period of temporary peace.
From chaos to tranquility, from shrouds in the sand to fireworks and songs, Tokugawa Ieyasu ended not the Sengoku period, but the punishment of the people in an era. But with the advent of the era of peace, a wave of ugliness that originated in the deepest recesses of patriarchal society began to spread gradually, Edo, the most prosperous economic and political center in Japan at that time. It was in this context that a businessman named Shoji Shinuchi saw the potential for the flourishing development of the pornography industry in Japan, so he consulted with the Tokugawa shogunate at that time to set up a government-recognized public brothel area, Yoshihara, mainly for eavesdropping and collecting espionage, in the town of Edo Nihonbashi Kaoya.
As we can imagine, the flowers are blooming, the rouge is thick, and countless geisha are picked up in a grid for only two people to stretch, and they need money and they need to live. These little girls who were trafficked to here from childhood have different reasons before stepping into Yoshihara, but after stepping into Yoshihara, they are already almost the same, unable to run away, even more unable to hide, becoming the lowest and most humble breastfeeders in the patriarchal society.
A feast of hundreds of flowers, fragrant powder, naturally there are the best flowers among flowers (also known as Taifu). In a group of little girls to select a person with excellent potential, from the small text, books, tea, chess, art to teach each other, to get the water hibiscus, sinking fish and falling geese, naturally become the best in the flower, the boss's treasure of wealth. In order to highlight the special status and noble status of Hua Kui, Hua Kui does not need to be directly picked up in the grid like other wandering women. The boss will set up a "Yang House" elsewhere, and if guests want to kiss Fangze, they need to sprinkle a lot of money in the "Yang House" to find the opportunity. Thousands of gold came, the boss was smiling happily, and a piece of "Yang Wu Bad Paper" summoned Hua Kui Shanshan to go (some courtyards will have multiple Flower Kui, some will only have one, and there is also a hierarchy among the Hua Kui).
At this time, it is what we said before the "Hua Kui Dance Step" officially staged, the road from Hua Kui to Yang Wu is called "Hua Kui Dao Zhong", at the front of the line is a man carrying an exclusive pattern lantern printed with the identity of the Hua Kui, followed by a personal servant holding Hua Kui's daily necessities (around the age of ten), also known as "bald". Then there is the flower kui who steps on the five or six inches tall wooden sandals, wears 20 kilograms of clothing, and steps on a specific "inner eight characters" or "outer eight characters" footwork, which is also known as the most difficult "flower kui step" in "Pure Land of Bliss". Finally, he was followed by several "new craftsmen" who were more than ten years old but remained virgins, and several bodyguards.
In Japan, there was originally a proverb that "Hanakui walks slower than an ox cart", and it is said that it takes at least two or three years of Hanakumi dance, and its strong national characteristics and Japanese Yoshihara culture have now become one of the representatives of Edo period culture and is listed as a performance item by the Tokyo Cultural Festival. In the event of a change of time, hua kui is no longer there, but the inheritance of the history and culture of that era has been renewed. In the otaku dance "Pure Land of Bliss", Maria, who dances the Flower Kui dance steps, has a distinct trace of the change of the Kimono of the Flower Queen. Of course, the vast ukiyo-e about Hanaku and Yoshihara is not something that can be exhausted by just a few thousand words of articles, but the bustling day and night darkness are enough to write the entire Edo Chaos, and this article only deals with bits and pieces to analyze the final cultural history of "Pure Land of Bliss".
Of course, if you think that just one "Flower Queen' Road" is enough to make its blood wash the subcultural dance circle, let's take a look at its lyrics.
Seduce the delicate butterfly out (seemingly innocent eyes), and once deeply immersed in it, you can't get out (since you want to have fun). Welcome to the Pure Land of Bliss, singing with joy and obeying your heart. Let me listen to your voice, forget the time, and dance. Tonight we bloom together feverishly, even if it is a delicate flower, one day withering, it is better to grasp this passionate night, and give your love more fiercely - "Pure Land of Bliss"
As mentioned earlier, as one of the cultural representatives of the Edo period, Japan has never lacked film and television songs depicting the theme of Hanakuei geisha, but similar to "Lamentations of Yoshihara" and "Evil Girl Hanakuei", etc., are based on negative pity. The brisk and pleasant "Pure Land of Bliss" obviously abandons those old emotional chicken soups, and in the name of the "Pure Land of Bliss" world of Amitabha Buddha, this restless era and subcultural music are more straightforwardly presented in the current two-dimensional culture, perhaps, this is the reason why the real "Pure Land of Bliss" can continue to be popular.
The silver-haired lady's choreography skills are needless to say, but in terms of the brisk rhythm arrangement and filling words with the connotation of "Pure Land of Bliss", which is the connotation of the integration of contemporary dimensional culture and national history, that is, what we call the two-dimensional song, it has become a phenomenon-level adaptation of "Nine-Nine Eighty-One Difficulties", "Thousand Books of Cherry Blossoms" and "Quan Yu Tianxia", which are different from the three-dimensional real music, from the emotional chicken soup filler words of Hong Kong and Taiwan to the so-called songs that present ancient styles in the chaos of the mainland, their rhythm grasp of the historical and cultural connotations. For the integration of culture between the contemporary and the ancient, it obviously has its own unique views and self-system, and it is more in line with the young people under the influence of the "house" culture. This, or maybe it's one of the reasons.