Break the mystery of tradition

Recently, the movie The Dragon King of Renjie mentioned mysterious magic, which became the key clue to solve the mystery of the story. Is the magic technique in the Tang Dynasty really that weird? In recent years, film and television dramas with magical thriller themes, such as The Painted Skin and Di Renjie's The Dragon King, have been well received by the market. With the launch of the Hong Kong drama Youyang Miscellaneous Notes, the audience also became interested in the magical world written by the Tang people. Recently, a famous best-selling brand, Reader, published the Mystery of the Tang Dynasty by the historical writer Wei Fenghua, which is such a masterpiece. The content of this book involves strange legends, anecdotes and secret history. Because the content has suspense, horror and magic elements at the same time, it attracted the attention of many readers and many film and television directors as soon as it was listed.

The Strange Tales of the Tang Dynasty traces the mysterious past that happened in the Tang Dynasty with the clue of Youyang Miscellanies, the first strange annotation in ancient times. Some people may ask: isn't the "boss" of Chivalrous Man just Strange Tales from a Lonely Studio or Seeking God? After reading A Record of Emperor Xuanzong of Tang Dynasty, you will immediately change your mind. Li Jingze, a literary critic, once said, "Youyang Zayu is a secretary. It has the nature of the devil. It knows everything, and it collects all dark and distant knowledge. " In The Mystery of the Tang Dynasty, Wei Fenghua followed the clues left by the Tang Dynasty and fell into the deep well of time, eventually salvaging one scary suspense story after another, interesting anecdotes and jaw-dropping historical truth for readers.

Poetry is king in the Tang Dynasty, but this is only the front desk of the empire. According to the Records of Emperor Xuanzong of Tang Dynasty, there was a terrible scene of ghosts walking at night on a black back. Because judging from the history of mysterious stories in the world, the 7th, 8th and 93rd centuries were the times of mysterious discovery and monster explosion. Wei Fenghua made a metaphor for the mysteries of the Tang Dynasty: if the official history of the Tang Dynasty is compared to a khaki official road, then this book is a secluded path and a dense forest on both sides of the official road, which involves ghosts, monsters, anecdotes, strange legends, rare birds and animals, and many distant and hidden knowledge lost in later generations, integrating fantasy, suspense and horror. People's traditional impression of the glamorous Tang Dynasty was completely subverted, and that era became gloomy and confusing.

The main content of "Lost in the Tang Dynasty" is a mysterious magic story: the shadow of the wilderness station, the most horrible mural in history, the stolen dream space of the Tang Dynasty, and the expeditionary force that turned into an ice corpse overnight ... In a manor on the outskirts of Chang' an, the heroine died strangely after encountering aliens; In the journey of the Central Plains, a geek can make people travel hundreds of miles a day like the Pacific Guard through technical means; In the suburb of Chengdu, a man was kidnapped by a supernatural criminal gang into the Buddha statue in the temple, and he mistakenly went to visit; In Guanzhong area, grave robbers met the strangest killing organ in ancient tombs. What are Fang Xiang and Birch in the exorcism ceremony? Does Golden Wave really have the function of detecting theft? Will the tiger's eyes turn into jewels when they sink underground? How many methods are mentioned in Di Renjie's The Dragon King, and which one is the most dangerous? Can a person really break into other people's dreams? What is the earliest prototype of The Painted Skin? In which court coup was the drinking forget order used? There are also illusions and invisibility that have been speculated by later generations for a long time ... It is not appropriate to compare The Legend of the Tang Dynasty to A Lonely Studio of the Tang Dynasty, because there are too many sensational stories in Strange Tales of a Lonely Studio, and the warmth is greater than the horror, while A Lonely Studio of the Tang Dynasty shows the face of China's classical novels.

In addition to magical themes, there are many paths to the historical truth in the dense forest of the Tang Dynasty. Under the pressure of the imperial court at that time, it was a habit of the ancients to hide the historical truth in the notes of Strange Tales from a Lonely Studio in the form of "Qubi". From this perspective, the so-called official history is a lie that can't stand scrutiny, while the folk notes of unofficial history are naive. In the writing of Mysteries of the Tang Dynasty, Wei Fenghua obviously doesn't want to walk on the road of official history, but prefers to lead readers into secluded paths and dense forests. In the overlapping of history and magic, readers can enjoy a different kind of reading pleasure of climbing dangerous peaks. For example, did Li Shimin die of the murder of Tianzhu warlock? Why is the "change of manna" the most thrilling palace coup in ancient times? What is the truth about the assassination of Prime Minister Wu in Tianjie?

In addition to mysterious stories and secret history, some very interesting anecdotes can be found in the records of the Tang Dynasty: a huge fan of Bai Juyi's poems, the relationship between Li Bai in Pisces and Du Fu in Aquarius, the most precious Huang Jintao in Samarkand in the Tang Dynasty ... The clue of Tang Xuanzong's records is Youyang miscellaneous language, and the latter's records are often "incomplete stories". Wei Fenghua properly excavated and organically linked all the key points in the original records, and wrote a series of ups and downs through poetic growth, which is memorable.

The Legend of the Tang Dynasty is like an interesting Tang Evening News: magical, scary, fantastic and interesting, which makes people shine in theme, perspective and writing. Its mysterious style, both true and illusory, is the reason why it stands out among many historical books. From this point of view, Wei Fenghua's writing style is brilliant, because he created a time tunnel between ancient mystery and modern readers. The elements of magic, suspense, horror, horror and even gossip that are popular in today's book market can be found in the Legend of Tang Dynasty, and its best-selling is inevitable.