Unexpected.
Huo Zun, who has already announced his retirement from the circle, has once again appeared on the hot search list, and the ranking is still quite high.
The word "Huo Zun" appeared in the fourth place of the entertainment hot search list, which made people feel a little surprised.
The reason why Huo Zun was able to make the list is also on the hot search list, that is, the eighth place "Suzhou Nocturne".
On June 20, 2022, Huo Zun posted a video on social platforms about him and a woman singing together, although Huo Zun's singing voice remained good, and the beautiful figure of the pipa beauty was also eye-catching, but the song they played and sang, "Suzhou Nocturne", was a real problem song.
"Suzhou Nocturne" was released in 1940, written by Japan's Saijo Hachishi, composed by Hattori Ryoichi, and sung by Li Xianglan, this song has a beautiful melody and has the unique temperament of Jiangnan Water Town. If measured only from a musical point of view, this is a pretty good piece, and it is for this reason that the song has been circulated for decades and has been covered by many musicians.
However, "Suzhou Nocturne" is an episode of a film of the same name, the film has other names, and just from the name and time, you can guess that this is a propaganda film made by Japan to beautify the invasion of China.
Synopsis: The chinese woman Guilan's parents died in the Japanese invasion of China, the house was burned, guilan was homeless, so she was full of hatred for the Japanese. However, when Guilan was desperate, he met a kind Japanese crew member Hase, who took Guilan to the hotel and arranged for a servant to take care of her.
Although she was sent to the fence, Guilan was still hostile to the crew member Hasegu who rescued her and took care of her carefully, until one day, Hasegawa couldn't bear to slap Guilan and make her sober up. Later, Guilan suddenly realized that she was deeply in love with Hase and married him.
After Hasegawa was attacked and disappeared by the Nationalist army during a transport mission after marriage, Guilan was heartbroken, but Haseya returned safely at the end of the film, and the two lived happily ever after.
In any way, this is an undisguised glorification of aggression movie, the plot seems to imply that the Japanese are very kind, Chinese they are well taken care of and unappreciative, only to wake up after being beaten, to find that the Japanese are really good people, and deeply in love with the Japanese.
The intention of the movie "Suzhou Nocturne" to beautify the invasion of China is so obvious that the film's eponymous interlude "Suzhou Nocturne" inevitably becomes a song with a background of invasion of China.
As a Chinese singer, although Huo Zun has announced his retirement from the circle, how should he evaluate the practice of playing and singing "Suzhou Nocturne" on public platforms?
A considerable number of netizens are opposed, for obvious reasons, although music, art, science and technology, sports slogans shout without borders, but in reality none of them are borderless.
If "Suzhou Nocturne" is a single, even if it was composed in 1940, it does not hinder the popularity of the song, but "Suzhou Nocturne" is an episode specially produced by the Japanese side for beautifying the invasion of China, and its genes carry elements to beautify the war of aggression.
However, there are also some netizens who are tolerant, their reasons are also very direct, "Suzhou Nocturne" has not been banned both abroad and at home, since it is not prohibited, Huo Zun plays and sings this song.
Huo Zun's supporters even moved out the list of other singers who sang "Suzhou Nocturne", among which the more eye-catching ones were well-known singers such as Fei Yuqing, Xin Xiaoqi, Li Jian, and even students of the Confucius Institute, and Huo Zun supporters wanted to prove that "Suzhou Nocturne" had no problems.
The author searched it, and indeed can easily find Fei Yuqing's cover of "Suzhou Nocturne", Xin Xiaoqi's cover version can also be listened to and downloaded on the Internet.
As for Li Jian, who is also a mainland singer with Huo Zun, he did not directly cover "Suzhou Nocturne", but adapted it into "Fengqiao Night Berth".
Although Li Jian has some intention of lying guns, the author found that as early as the launch of Li Jian's "Fengqiao Night Berth", some netizens publicly questioned the inappropriateness of the original version of the song "Suzhou Nocturne": it is a song that we should not hear.
As for the Confucius Institute brought out by Huo Zun's supporters, after searching, it was found that the Confucius Institute belonged to the University of Foreign Chinese in Kansai, Japan, and the student who played the "Suzhou Nocturne" with erhu on that day was also a Japanese.
So, how should Huo Zun evaluate this move?
The author believes that it may be due to Ms. Li Xianglan's efforts to devote herself to Sino-Japanese friendship after the war, although "Suzhou Nocturne" has a problematic origin, just as we do not prohibit Japanese invasion veterans from visiting China, "Suzhou Nocturne" is not forbidden to continue to sing.
Therefore, legally speaking, Huo Zun played and sang "Suzhou Nocturne" on the public platform, of course, no problem.
However, although we are tolerant and kind to the veterans of the Japanese invasion of China, we cannot casually invite a veteran of the invasion of China to go to the domestic entertainment program, and you let the victims of those wars see it.
In the same way, although "Suzhou Nocturne" is not prohibited, it is not suitable for casual interpretation and recommendation on public platforms as a public figure, after all, this song not only has a problematic background, but also represents a humiliating history.
Although Huo Zun has long announced his retirement from the circle, he still has considerable influence in the fan base and on the Internet, and in many cases, he should still be cautious in his words and deeds, and do more things that are beneficial to music, the industry and society.