“段友” are honking their horns and reciting a (vulgar) “secret code” to each other in public:
天王盖地虎
小鸡炖蘑菇
春风吹杨柳
敢问是段友
On Twitter, some journalists have noted that these videos of honking and protest could be spliced from before the Neihan Duanzi shutdown: https://twitter.com/Anne_MarieBrady/status/984522862206726144.
However, the proliferation of these videos, even if anachronistic/unrelated to Duanzi’s demise, come from real and current support for the late joke platform and for fellow duanyou: http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2141744/chinas-communist-rulers-ban-online-jokes-app-comedy.
Anne Henochowicz 何安妮 @annemhdc
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Here is the duanyou anthem, which has now been banned:
在人间
也许争不过天与地
也许低下头会哭泣
也许六月雪要飞进心里
会有柏林墙出不去
一生与苦难做邻居
伟大时光已夺走你什么
在人间有谁活着不像是一场炼狱
我不哭我已经没有尊严能放弃
当某天那些梦啊溺死在人海里别难过让他去
这首歌就当是葬礼
挂在脸孔是面具
流言比刀箭还锋利
金钱的脚下又太多奴隶
人心有多深不见底
灵魂在逃亡无处去
现实像车轮我是只蚂蚁
在人间有谁活着不像是一场炼狱
我不哭我已经没有尊严能放弃
当某天那些梦啊溺死在人海里别难过让他去
这首歌就当是葬礼
许争不过天与地
也许低下头会哭泣
也许六月雪要飞进心里
会有柏林墙出不去
一生与苦难做邻居
伟大时光已夺走你什么
谁能证明你在人间来过
Kirk <denton.2@osu.edu>