stonecrandall Chapter 165
Chapter 165
Qiao Demao can be regarded as a hero of use, he explained loudly for the crooked nut expert
: "Ancient illusions are very magical, even now can not explain, for example, there used to be fish dragon Manyan
: another of the more famous magic tricks in ancient times is to plant melons, which is a close-up magic performed on the street, that is: the illusionist plants a watermelon seed on the street, so that it takes root, germinates, vines, blooms, and finally grows fruitful."
Someone once wrote that there was a Xu Guang in Wu Shi, who tried the art of practice in the city: from the man beggars, his lord did not follow, so he planted it from the rope and the rod; Russian melons grow, spread, produce flowers, become fruitful; He who eats, for the beholder. Those who turn against what they betray are all dead.
Later, there was a similar magic, except that the fruit planted was replaced by a pear. Hearing
Qiao Demao tell such a mirasterical story, the experts and team members present were curious whether it was true or not.
"Later, there was also the cultivation of melon magic, cultural exchanges between China and foreign countries reached their peak, more illusions were introduced into China, and because the social atmosphere at that time focused on pleasure, illusions and various acrobatic performances were also unprecedentedly prosperous.
Later, in addition to retaining some common illusion programs since ancient times, many new programs were added, such as: dancing on the sword, entering the horse's belly, etc. The reclining sword dance is to put one or two swords upright, with the performer lying horizontally on the tip of the sword. This program can be said to be the originator of modern hard qigong. In the belly of a horse, a performer burrows from the back of the horse into the belly of the horse and then out of the horse's mouth.
Dancing on the sword, the originator of modern hard qigong, this is recorded.
The illusionists of ancient China can be divided into two types, one is an ordinary artist, the other is a religious artist, and the latter includes fangshi and monks.
In the late Eastern Han Dynasty, Fang Shi Zuo Ci was Cao Cao's guest. Once Cao Cao held a banquet, he suddenly sighed that all the mountains and delicacies of the sea were available at the banquet, only the sea bass in the Songjiang River in Wu Guo. Zuo Ci said: "It's easy. Then Cao Cao ordered someone to fetch a copper basin filled with water and a fishing rod, then picked up the rod and threw the hook into the basin to make it look like he was fishing. After a while, two fresh large sea bass were caught from the pot. Cao Cao also lamented that sea bass was already available, but there was no ginger in Shu as a seasoning. Zuo Ci Mao recommended himself to buy it. Cao Cao was afraid that Zuo Ci would buy ginger from nearby to fill up, so he bothered him and said, "I sent someone to Shuzhong to buy brocade before. When you arrive in Shuzhong, you will tell my people by the way to buy more two-end brocade. After Cao Cao finished speaking, Zuo Ci left for a while, and soon returned, still holding ginger in his hand. After a while, the person sent by Cao Cao to buy brocade returned, and sure enough, he bought two more jin.
Later, on another occasion, Cao Cao traveled with more than a hundred scholars. On the way, Zuo Ci took out a liter of wine and a pound of meat to entertain everyone. Although there was only such a little bit of something, in the end, everyone present was full of food and drink. Cao Cao was very strange, so he sent someone out to investigate, and learned that the wine and meat in the nearby shop were missing. Cao Cao may have felt that Zuo Ci's skills were too powerful and would pose a threat to him, so he planned to kill Zuo Ci. But Zuo Ci suddenly got into the wall and disappeared. Later, Cao Cao's subordinates met Zuo Ci at the market and were about to capture him, when the people in the market suddenly all changed into Zuo Ci's appearance. Later, someone saw Zuo Ci on the top of Yangcheng Mountain and wanted to capture him, so Zuo Ci turned into a sheep and mixed into the flock. When Cao Cao heard this, he sent someone to the front of the flock and said to Zuo Ci: "I actually didn't intend to kill you, I just tried your skills." Then an old sheep came out of the flock, stood upright like a man, and asked, "Why is this so?" "。 At this time, all the sheep stepped forward, turned into old sheep, stood upright and asked, "Why is this so?" "。 Cao Cao then gave up the idea of chasing and killing Zuo Ci.
Zuo Ci plays Cao Cao, this story contains a lot of exaggeration, but you can still glimpse some illusion performances. Probably there was such a master of illusion as Zuo Ci in history, who had performed illusion in front of Cao Cao. His deeds have been repeatedly rendered by later generations, and finally evolved into a bizarre myth.
During the Tang Dynasty, a monk named Nanda took three nuns to spend the night in the mansion of Zhang Wei, an official in the town of Shudi. Zhang Weigong warmly hosted a banquet for the four people. During the banquet, three nuns danced to the music, which was beautiful. But after the music ended, the three nuns kept dancing.
Nanda shouted: "Have you been hit by a stroke?" At the same time, he drew out the sabers of Zhang Weigong's generals and hacked the three nuns to death, splashing blood several feet high. Zhang Weigong and his generals were shocked and immediately tied up Nanda to justice. Nanda smiled and said, "You don't need to panic, it's no big deal. Saying that, he lifted the nuns' corpse, and suddenly the three nuns turned into three bamboo sticks.
Later, Nanda performed illusions such as behaving off his head and nailing his ears, in addition to predicting the future. After staying in Chengdu for a while, Nanda planned to leave, but the local officials refused to let him go, and the people held him by the robes. Nanda then retreated into the wall like Zuo Ci.
The next day, a painting appeared on the wall, showing a person exactly like Nanda. However, the painting became thinner and thinner, leaving only a black ink trail after seven days, and disappearing completely by the eighth day. At this time, the Nanda people were already in Pengzhou.
The monk Nanda in this story is from India. India is a big country of illusion, and many illusions in our country are imported from India.
During the Yongjia period of the Jin Dynasty, an illusionist from India in the Jiangnan region would perform three kinds of shows: tongue breaking, silk cutting and spitting fire. Its tongue is broken, that is, the illusionist cuts off his tongue with a knife in front of the audience, puts it in a container, and allows the audience to circulate. After the audience has finished checking, take the tongue back and put it in the mouth, and after a while, the tongue will return to its original state.
This bloody illusion was influenced by the ancient Indian ascetics. Ascetics believe that physical suffering can lead to an early attainment of detachment, so they often resort to extreme ways to torture themselves.
On the other hand, these ascetics have no economic income and live on the alms of the worldly people. In order to increase the amount of alms, some ascetics will perform their ascetic skills in public, or play illusions, falsely claiming that they are the magic power of asceticism. This practice spread to later generations and was emulated by Buddhist monks and Taoist priests.
Qiao Demao told all he knew to the experts and team members, and then he said with admiration: "If these illusions can be inherited, we will be much better!"
"You mean to say that this fugitive, he inherited ancient illusions?" That is to say, he is not a fairy technique, but an illusion that existed in ancient times? "