Field dancer. Photo by reporter Li Huiting
Nanning Yun- Nanning News Network News (reporter Li Huiting) On November 5, Jiangnan District launched a centralized interview activity of "Inventory of Jiangnan Stories", and the media focused on the "Douyin Internet celebrity" in Nanning Jiangnan District - "Wei Mumu". In the field, she put down the scythe that cut the grass and danced casually, like a shocked; in the kitchen, she took off the apron around her waist and showed everyone the beauty of dance with a soft and powerful dance posture... The country field is her stage, the rain shoes and straw hat are her props, and "Wei Mumu" dances out of the elegance of rural women, dances out of the yearning for a better life, and dances out of the beautiful picture of rural revitalization.
The countryside is the stage for Wei Manchun. Photo by reporter Li Huiting
Wei Manchun danced in the field. Photo by reporter Li Huiting
The rustic "Soul Dancer" was praised by fans
"Wei Mumu", whose real name is Wei Manchun, is a peasant woman in Jinjiang Village, Jiangxi Town, Jiangnan District, Nanning City, she began to shoot short videos to record her life in May 2020, through filming her own dance life, Wei Manchun's Douyin account has gained more than 100,000 fans, Douyin has been played more than 43 million, and the number of likes has exceeded 2.5 million.
Many people know Wei Manchun through the vibrato on her dance "Huo Yuanjia", only to see that in the video she does not apply powder, her appearance is not proud, but in the clouds and flowing water to show a gentle and powerful dance, netizens have been shocked by this beautiful dance posture, this video in douyin received more than 1 million likes, netizens have called it "the most beautiful dancer on the field".
In the short video of Douyin, she is like "a clear stream", no makeup, no filters, no beauty effects, she only uses dance posture to conquer netizens, conveying the most real rural life. Relying on the simple and authentic style, in just over a year, Wei Manchun's fans have gone from tens to eight thousand to eleven thousand.
In the online world, netizens have mixed evaluations of Wei Manchun, some netizens praised her as the "most beautiful dancer" and "soul dancer", and some people ridiculed her, thinking why she could not concentrate on farming, thirty years old and still pursue literature and art, and even some people attacked her looks... Despite facing some unfriendly voices, Wei Manchun knew that this was something he liked and insisted on it.
After the short video became popular, Wei Manchun also took the sisters and CCTV's "Rural Big Stage" program to connect with the scene and went to a bigger stage. "We are preparing to go to Nanning on behalf of Jiangxi Town to participate in the Nanning Mass Culture 'People's Big Stage' performance for the benefit of the people, and I am now leading eight women and sisters in the village to dance together, and we take time every week to practice ethnic minority dances and classical dances."
Wei ManChun inspected the growth of beans in the field. Photo by reporter Li Huiting
Wei Manchun checks the growth of peppers in the field. Photo by reporter Li Huiting
Dreaming of the field and taking root in the hometown
Surrounded by endless fields, the blue sky and green trees in Jinjiang Village, Jiangxi Town, this vast world is the place where Wei Manchun danced miracles, and it is also her beautiful hometown.
Before she was exposed to dance, Wei Manchun, like most rural women, lived every day in addition to doing housework and farm work to take care of the elderly and children, day after day of boring life, she suddenly found her own interest, and now dance has become the spice of her life, and the boring life suddenly becomes colored.
At the beginning, Wei Manchun watched the video to learn and grope by herself, and then she slowly found a way to cross the river by feeling the stones, searching for the video on the back of the dance on the Internet, watching other people's decomposition movement teaching, and learning to teach other sisters in the village.
Becoming popular by dancing, Wei Manchun set herself a new goal: she planned to take the sisters in the village to dance with her. Villager Li Zhiying is Wei Manchun's "good sister", the two people come together because of common hobbies, Li Zhiying said, the sisters who dance together are basically thunderous and insist on practicing dancing, unless it rains heavily. "Before I didn't participate in the dance team in the village, I came home after working at night to watch TV and play mobile phones, now it's different, after having my own hobbies, every day I think about rehearsal and dance, my amateur life is more fulfilling, my mental outlook has changed, my body is healthier, and my mood is happy and cheerful." Mentioning the benefits of practicing dance, Li Zhiying's face was full of smiles.
On weekdays, these good sisters of Wei Manchun will also transform into "military masters", choreograph dances with Wei Manchun, suggest dance movements for Wei Manchun, and this group of sisters who love life even call on the women in the village to engage in garden activities and dance square dance together. Now the old people in the village have even spontaneously formed a mountain song and singing team, and they practice their voices in the village after tea and dinner. Li Zhiying felt from the bottom of his heart that this enthusiasm for learning dance had driven everyone, also mobilized the atmosphere in the village, and the relationship between the villagers was more united.
In addition to the dancing style attracting the attention of netizens, Wei Manchun's hometown has also been paid attention to by everyone under the lens. "When I shoot Douyin, many netizens will notice the vegetables and melons and fruits behind me, and there will be people who will chat privately to buy fruits, such as asking about the price of oranges, peppers, and seasonal beans, so I will occasionally video bring goods." Wei Manchun walked in the field to display the beans and peppers that were almost ripe, and Wei Manchun said that he only had time to come back to manage the crops on weekends, and he couldn't update the vibrato every day when he was busy.
This year, Wei Manchun was hired as a staff member by the Comprehensive Service Center for Rural Construction of jiangxi town government in Jiangnan District, and this new job gave her more opportunities to participate in the construction of rural revitalization, and also witnessed the great changes in the lives of rural people with the completion of a well-off society in an all-round way.
Although she has become busier, Wei Manchun has not given up shooting short videos of Douyin, because she shows netizens not only beautiful dance postures, but also shows that the new countryside where she lives behind the video is becoming more and more beautiful, and sees the new rural style of villagers living and working in peace and contentment.
Editor: Zhao Hong
Duty Editor: Lu Chao
(Author: Li Huiting)