# Xue Hua Piao Piao Xue Hua Piao Piao is a viral video of Chinese actor Zhang Ai-Qin, nicknamed 'Chinese Eggman,' spinning through heavy snow in a 12-second Kuaishou clip from January 2020 while humming the chorus of the 1983 Taiwanese ballad 'Yi Jian Mei' by Fei Yu-ching[1]. English-speaking users reposted it to YouTube and Instagram over the following months[5], and by May 2020 the song's TikTok trap remix sent the ballad to the top of Spotify searches in Norway[1]. ## Origin Before January 20, 2020, Kuaishou user zaq13520000789, better known offline as actor Zhang Ai-Qin, filmed himself rotating in Beijing snow while humming 'Yi Jian Mei' and posted the 12-second clip to the Chinese short-video platform[5]. Zhang began extra work in Beijing in 2009 after earlier jobs as a porter, bar waiter, and pole dancer in his hometown, according to a Global Times interview reprinted by CGTN[1]. On February 1, 2020, YouTube user Buhj mirrored the clip under the title 'Chinese man in da snow,' which gained over 69,700 views in three months[2]. A February 3 reupload by Haonslegne reached over 180,000 views[3]. - **Platform:** Kuaishou / TikTok (viral spread) - **Creator:** Zhang Ai-Qin (Kuaishou: zaq13520000789) - **Date:** 2020 ## Overview Edits typically match Zhang's rotating silhouette with Fei Yu-ching's cleaner studio vocals from the 1983 release, or run the melancholy chorus over unrelated footage of someone looking defeated[5]. Zhang's own clip runs 12 seconds, filmed on his phone from Beijing's Changping District, and he told Global Times he was simply sharing joy and happiness with his followers[1]. In the English-language versions, the phrase 'Xue Hua Piao Piao, Bei Feng Xiao Xiao' (literally 'snowflakes falling, north wind howling') works as an all-purpose caption for sad or absurd situations[8]. A separate strain came from TikToker @spalding_, who on May 26, 2020 uploaded a trap remix of the Fei Yu-ching track and launched a trend of deep-frying the final frame of a joke on the beat drop[4]. Imitators replaced the standard punchline setup with a distorted zoom-in on the song's hook[7]. The 2010 Fei Yu-ching performance referenced in many edits had been online for years before viewers connected the audio to the Eggman clip through Instagram edits in late March 2020[5]. ## How to Use Common convention is to overlay Fei Yu-ching's 1983 studio vocal of 'Yi Jian Mei' onto footage of someone looking sad, exhausted, or absurdly out of place[5]. On TikTok, the @spalding_ trap remix is often used as a punchline reveal: a creator sets up a joke, then the final frame deep-fries and zooms on the beat drop[4]. Both formats work without translating the Mandarin lyrics, since the song's mournful tone carries the gag. ## Frequently Asked Questions ### What is Xue Hua Piao Piao? Xue Hua Piao Piao is a viral video of Chinese actor Zhang Ai-Qin spinning in heavy snow while humming the chorus of 'Yi Jian Mei' by Fei Yu-ching[1]. The phrase 'Xue Hua Piao Piao, Bei Feng Xiao Xiao' translates as 'snowflakes falling, north wind howling'[8]. ### Where did Xue Hua Piao Piao come from? Zhang Ai-Qin, known on Kuaishou as zaq13520000789, filmed and posted the clip from Beijing's Changping District in January 2020[1]. YouTube user Buhj mirrored it on February 1, 2020 under the title 'Chinese man in da snow'[2]. ### What does Xue Hua Piao Piao mean? Translated literally, 'Xue Hua Piao Piao' means 'snowflakes falling' and comes from the chorus of 'Yi Jian Mei,' a Taiwanese ballad by Fei Yu-ching whose title translates as 'A Spray of Plum Blossoms'[5]. Urban Dictionary notes the phrase is used ambiguously in English and can mean almost anything in context[8]. ### How do you use Xue Hua Piao Piao? Edits typically layer Fei Yu-ching's original studio vocal over unrelated footage of someone looking sad or defeated[5]. On TikTok, creators cut the trap remix over a punchline reveal, deep-frying the final frame on the beat drop[4]. ### Is Xue Hua Piao Piao still popular? The clip peaked between May and July 2020, when 'Yi Jian Mei' was the most-searched song on Spotify in Norway and second in Finland[1]. It is a classic 2020 relic, no longer actively trending[5]. ## References 1. [https://news.cgtn.com/news/2020-06-27/Who-is-the-Chinese-Eggman--RF4UfjPjVK/index.html]() 2. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S44N3FIGBGA]() 3. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rmm6_CXn1hI]() 4. [https://stayhipp.com/internet/xue-hua-piao-piao-tiktok-trend/]() 5. [https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/xue-hua-piao-piao]() 6. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4QwVpS2_kiU]() 7. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W8x4m-qpmJ8]() 8. [https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Xue%20Hua%20Piao%20Piao]() --- Source: https://meme.com/memes/xue-hua-piao-piao Published by meme.com — The Internet Meme Library