Shadow play of Guanzhong mysterious story

Shadow play originated in Guanzhong and was popular in this area and surrounding areas as early as 2000 years ago. Shadow play is usually performed in combination with local dramas, usually with a white curtain and lights behind it. Puppet puppets are placed behind the curtain, and the shadow reflected by the light on the white curtain is what the audience sees. This is the original form of puppet show. The master who performs shadow play should not only have strong professional ability of performing and singing, but also have good skills in the whole production process of shadow play.

The production process of shadow play is complicated, and the selection of materials is very important. Generally, the cooked skin of animals is used as the basic material for making shadow play tasks and props, which varies from place to place, and the cooked donkey skin is mostly used in Guanzhong area. After selecting materials, special treatment is needed, followed by carving and coloring. The knowledge of carving and coloring is great, which can not only show the costumes and patterns of characters, but also show their personality characteristics and likes and dislikes on small leather. This shadow play is well done, and the performance and singing skills complement each other, which is the only way to see kung fu.

In Huayin County, there is an old artist named Wang who performs shadow play. He is good at making and performing shadow play. It is good that an artist can manipulate two or three shadow puppets to perform at the same time, but Wang can manipulate six or seven. Generally speaking, in the performance or opening of the main task, other characters stand motionless on the stage as the background, and Wang's shadow play is not only unambiguous about the singing, sitting and acting of the main character, but also about the movements of other characters, such as somersaults or sword riding, just like the scenes of real people's performances.

Because of this unique stunt, Wang's performance is very popular, and he can perform the same effect as the stage on a small white screen two meters square, and there is only one person, let alone how to sing. This miracle alone makes people flock to it. This king carried the burden of singing opera, from Huayin to Tongguan, even to Yuncheng, Shanxi, to Huaxian, Weinan, xi 'an, Xianyang, and even to Ningxia and Gansu.

I found a problem a long time ago, although he also likes Wang's shadow play. In the village where Wang walked, there were always several children who were going to lose their minds. This kind of madness is a mental illness, which is also commonly known as "wandering souls". Children who lose their minds are generally depressed and don't talk much. Some are crying and singing, some are asleep, and they are fed by their parents on weekdays. Many people asked Wu Ye to help them summon souls, but no matter how hard Wu Ye tried, no matter how high the coffin was hung, it was useless. So, when they saw Wu Ye, they couldn't do anything. They just thought it was even more strange.

But at this time, Jia's eldest grandson, a big family in the village, left soon after Wang's performance, and he also lost his mind! This is a great event. That night, the whole village was attracted by Wang's shadow play, and some children ran around curiously. The boy's name is Jia, and he is usually a noisy seven-year-old child. When I called the Jia family to see it, I was already sweating. The child's face was black and blue, as if he were not breathing. No sooner had Master Wu felt the child's pulse than the child began to twitch and talk nonsense. This nonsense is nothing more than the lyrics of shadow play!

The Fifth Master said to Grandpa Jia, "Children can only do this first. They should feed goat milk for three meals a day. There should be no mistakes! " Grandpa Jia is used to being in the village on weekdays. When he saw that Wu Ye gave nothing to his grandson, his anger suddenly came up: "Laowu, this is all your fault. On weekdays, my Lord, I am also very kind to you. Why do you ignore such an important matter? Has your conscience been eaten by dogs? " Mrs. Jia echoed, "What's the use of being kind to these people? These poor guys are full of energy when they eat. Come and do something, see virtue one by one! A ruthless thing. "

Wu Ye had to reply to the old man: "This happened to several families in the east of the village, and I can't save them. I am thinking about it. Don't worry, I will definitely save the child. " Grandfather Jia swept the floor and taught Fifth Master a lesson: "Don't joke with me here, will you?" I'm telling you, bachelor, I haven't begged you yet You can't plant that 30 mu of land in my house. I want to take it back to make a cemetery for my grandson! Wu Ye said many things, but Jia didn't change his mind. "。 Before leaving, Mrs. Jia said behind her, "We just want to take back their land and starve these bastards!" Wu Ye was so angry that he bowed his head. If he is a tenant for others, he can't offend the boss.

Despite his anger, Wu Ye also learned a lot. Through these, Wu Ye calculated a secret divination and guessed nine points. He didn't say anything, didn't do anything, and didn't even say a word when Mr. Jia recovered the land. He is waiting for an opportunity, which may completely lead to the recovery of those children.

However, he didn't know the cause and specific reason of the accident, so when Wang found him, he was very proud, as if he was determined to win. According to his idea, as long as you come to see him, some of the souls of the children who were taken away will come back immediately and rent their own land for the Jia family, which will naturally continue to grow back.

But Wang's sad face made him feel a little bad, and sure enough! Things didn't develop as Wu Ye originally expected. Wang is a good shadow puppet performer, as I said before, but there is a reason why he can perform differently from ordinary people. He knows a little spell that can take away the soul of children under ten. Of course, it is also useful for him to take away the child's soul, that is, to perform shadow play with the child's soul. He sealed the children's souls in a shadow play. During the performance, as long as the guy rings, these souls can control the puppets to jump around on the stage and fight, and some even sing a few words. And children whose souls are taken away will become very different, just like the above statement.

However, the child's soul cannot be sealed in the shadow play for too long, and three years is the time limit. After more than three years, the child will change too much and it will be difficult to return to the original body. So many children will be normal in three years.

After calculation, Wang had an accident, and the child's soul did not return to the body in time. Wang Yi will definitely find him and ask him for help. So after the king, I am very confident: you can finally make me proud. You ruined my reputation in this area, even watching Feng Shui is nothing to me.

But the news brought by Wang surprised me.

It turned out that Wang went to Weinan County alone shortly after the last performance in our village, and was followed by several wolves when he walked halfway to Chishui Town. Although this king has some skills, he is more than enough to invest in shadow play. It's hard to vote for a wolf, and it's hard to lose your own life. Fortunately, there was a light not far away, and just after dark, Wang hurried forward for a while. But the wolf behind him didn't give up at all and continued to chase him. He put his attention completely behind him, but he didn't want the light in front to get closer and closer. He looked up and said, Oh, my God! Where is this lamp? It's just another pack of wolves! Although this area is plain, it is sparsely populated. The habit of Guanzhong people is to plant trees in front of and behind the house. There are few trees in this field. Even if you can see one or two trees occasionally, they are small trees with arm thickness and can't bear the weight of a person at all.

The wolf was afraid of fire, so the king picked up some firewood in the middle of the road and made a fire. However, it worked, and the wolves all ran away. But when he went to collect firewood after the firewood was burned, he found that the wolves had caught up. In this way, they have been facing each other, waiting for the firewood around them to burn out, and they have to go further to light the fire. Wang dare not collect firewood any more. Two wolves formed a circle and surrounded the king by the dying fire. The encirclement is getting smaller and smaller, and disaster is coming. Wang Liuyi used his quick wits to throw a shadow play at the wolves. The wolves were surprised at first, then a little puzzled, and finally found that this thing was edible, which led to looting, and some even chewed it up for this well-cooked donkey skin.

Taking advantage of the chaos, Wang quickly left the encirclement and provoked the burden to move forward. Unexpectedly, after the wolf snatched the doll made of donkey skin, he still followed him closely, just as described in Liaozhai: there are endless meat and endless wolves. You have to put your own meat on it eventually. But even if you know that this is carrying firewood to put out the fire, you can only stick to it until you have a home. But this section of the road is really empty. Wang had no choice but to walk fast and throw as slowly as possible.

Finally, the last doll without soul seal was thrown to the wolf. The wolf who tasted the sweetness won't stop there, still chasing after him. Wang had no choice but to look for those things that had been sealed up recently and throw them to the wolf. At this time, every time a wolf bites, there will be a child's sad cry, which is very clear. Wang decided that it must be the voice of the child's soul, because the wolf heard it, too. As soon as the cry rang, the wolves were shocked and dared not move forward for a while. Then the bold wolf took a bite, and the cry was even more miserable. Wang didn't think about anything, so he took this opportunity to continue running. Finally, he threw away the doll with Jia's soul seal, Jia's old man. He found a family and finally escaped.