stonecrandall Chapter 309
Chapter 309
In the live broadcast room of Hua and Xia Guo, the fans gathered more and more, which was simply lively.
One by one, while watching the live broadcast explanation, experience the charm of juggling.
"At that time, the skills of the wandering artists club were excellent, such as playing rats, running circuses, pinching noodles, "monkey chestnut" and so on, all of which were particularly wonderful.
On the streets at that time, there were some wandering entertainers who carried burdens and walked the streets, and they generally earned little income and barely made ends meet. But as soon as they appear, they will definitely attract a large group of children to watch.
Everyone must have heard of monkey juggling, but what about "playing rats"?
At that time, there was a category of entertainers who specialized in making money from mice. Instead of ordinary gray mice, they use mice, which are said to be more humane.
These people always carry a small wooden box with mice and props inside, and they take them out when they are used. Wandering artists should choose when the weather is good, but if it is windy or rainy, no one will come out to watch.
Pick a good weather, carry a box and walk the streets, play rats without yelling, just braging. The children were playing at home, and suddenly heard a snort, and knew that it was a rat trick, and they all ran out quickly.
As soon as the artists saw that there were many people and the place was quite large, they took out something and prepared for the performance. If you find that there are not many people, turn around and leave.
After choosing a place to perform, the artist will take a square cloth from the wooden box and spread it on the ground, and then nail an iron shovel into the ground, the top of the iron shovel is a wooden stick, and the top is a wooden stupa, and there is a small umbrella at the top of the tower. There is a small hole under the wooden tower, which is connected to other props by sticks and soft ladders, such as watermelons, peaches, golden toads, fish, buckets, all of which are relatively delicate small things.
After fixing all the props, the artist knocked the gong a few times, indicating that the performance had begun. At this time, the artist took out a small guinea pig from a wooden box and put it on the soft ladder, and then he began to sing and read - the singing words are all some legendary stories, such as "The Legend of the White Snake", "Liu Quanjin Melon", "White Ape Stealing Peaches", "Li Sanniang Fetching Water", "Jiang Taigong Fishing", "Liu Hai Play Golden Toad" and so on, catchy and very good.
The story sung by the artist is different, and the reaction of the guinea pig is different, it will specifically find the corresponding prop and drill into the hole.
After singing one song, take out another guinea pig and sing another piece... In the last show, a guinea pig climbed onto the umbrella above the pagoda and ran quickly, and the umbrella turned, and the small bell on the side of the umbrella jingled, and the audience cheered.
A performance takes about half an hour, and the artist in the middle stops twice to let the audience reward a few bucks. Those who have money can give two casually, and those who have no money will turn around and slip away. So this "trickster" is also earning a hard job and barely making ends meet. As for how artists train white mice, then I don't know.
"Running circus" is performing some martial arts or acrobatic skills, which are performed by several people together.
Small teams of five or six people, carrying weapons and leading horses, performed both horsemanship and knife and gun fighting. For children, the favorite thing to watch is the acrobatic unique work.
"Kids Drill the Jar" is a show similar to magic, which is very attractive.
The artist brought an altar about 1 meter high, the mouth of which was very small, and it seemed that only one leg could reach into the person. Then they fenced off the altar with four high planks, after which a little girl stood on it. Suddenly, the girl crouched down and couldn't see it.
Open the plank and the girl disappears. The artist next to him called the girl's name, and everyone around could hear it, and the girl responded in the altar. Call her again, and she stretches out a hand and shakes it back and forth.
The onlookers were amazed, after all, the mouth of the altar is so small, how can people enter?
At this time, several people fenced off the wooden planks again, and the girl suddenly appeared at the mouth of the altar, removed the wooden planks, and the girl jumped down from the altar. You see, this is more amazing, right? Some people guessed that the girl had practiced bone shrinking, so she could go in.
Some people also say that there is a mechanism at the mouth of the jar that can be taken off, so it will be blocked with a wooden board, otherwise it will be worn.
But this is all speculation from onlookers, some people inquire, and the performers just smile and never say anything.
There is also a "pigtail loop", which is indeed real kung fu.
A fifteen or sixteen-year-old girl, wearing a small short gown and a big black braid combed behind her head. In the open space next to it, a prop like a horizontal bar on the sports field was erected, and four iron rods were nailed into the ground, and a thick rope was tied to fix this "horizontal bar". After that, the girl jumped up and grabbed the bar, then came to the very middle position and tied her braid on it with one hand.
At this time, other artists hurriedly beat the gong and drum, and someone stood in the center of the field and shouted with a fist: "Everyone, please watch, this performance is a pigtail wheel swing." It's not easy to eat mixed meals, and please help with money, thank you! When the onlookers gave some money, the girl on the bar let go of her hands and hung on it with only her braids.
After that, she began to swing her body and slowly shake, at this time the gong and drum beat more and more urgently, and the onlookers began to shout loudly. The girl made a big circle in the air by relying on her braid, and after turning around a few times, she slowly stopped, untied the braid and came down, and the onlookers shouted loudly again.
This is very dangerous, and some children are afraid to look at it. Some people say that little girls practice since childhood, so they are not afraid of pain.
Some people say that these children are bought with money from the boss, and they will be beaten if they don't perform, so they have to endure no matter how much pain they have. In short, the life of selling art is hard and not easy.
In addition, there are those who sing drum books, and these artists who sing drum books often have two or three people together, some sing and some accompanied. Because most of them are blind artists, they can still take care of each other in life.
If it is a man and a woman, most of them are men pulling strings and women singing.
Sometimes, they went into the alley, and in a more spacious place, a resident brought them a stool, and they started singing, singing a section of reaching for money.
Sometimes someone organizes people in the alley, and they all pay a little money and specially invite blind artists to sing.
Especially in summer, performances are held in the empty field in the evening. It is also interesting for neighbors nearby, carrying small benches, making a pot of tea, fanning and listening to drum books.
Blind artists will sing a lot, such as Xihe Drum, Leting Drum, Henan Pendant. There are small paragraphs, and there are also complete sets of cost dramas, such as "Selling Oil Lang Monopolizing Huakui", "Shi Gong Case", "Peng Gong Case", "Liu Gong Case" and so on.
These skills handed down from ancient times are worth learning by later artists.
They all depend on these to eat, and the more skill, the greater the chance of survival.
Not much, it's just about survival, and if you want to live well, you can't do it at all....