Uncover the Jianghu culture and inheritance behind magic.

Magic is a performing art, which is unpredictable and brings surprises to the audience. This is also a wonderful art. When it comes to magic, many people will refer to david copperfield in the west, thinking that magic is the earliest performance in the west. In fact, in China, magic called magic and magic has a history of more than 2,000 years.

According to records, when the Zhou Dynasty became a king, some people could smoke and change the shape of Jackie Chan, a tiger and a lion. This is magic. In the Han Dynasty, Emperor Wu of Yuan Dynasty performed hundreds of plays in three years. Some people performed magic tricks such as swallowing knives and spitting fire. Shao Weng, an alchemist, hid a trick in the tripe. Luan vigorously used magnets to make the pieces collide with each other. It was all magic. During the Three Kingdoms period, Zuo Ci teased Cao Cao. At the banquet, he will come to a copper basin and a fishing rod to fish and catch two big bass from the copper basin. In the Song Dynasty, Du Qisheng went down in history with his unique skill of "killing and resurrecting". During the Ming and Qing dynasties, magic shows have gone deep into the streets. At the end of the Qing Dynasty, western magic was introduced to China, and Tianjin's Moluo and Beijing's Artu Kuailu were famous for a while, both at home and abroad.

The book "Magic Jianghu" was originally named "Moluo". Tang Sifang, the author, was obsessed with China traditional culture since he was a child, and studied acrobatics, cross talk, Beijing opera, storytelling and other traditional arts for more than ten years. The magical Jianghu series created with humorous brushwork is his masterpiece. Under the historical background of ups and downs, this book tells the story of folk artists, the story of a century-old magic family, the genre of magic techniques, and the grievances and disputes between rivers and lakes.

1940, the Zen Hall, the capital city where Jianghu artists gathered, was destroyed, and the legendary magic soldier "Stealing Heaven", which integrated ancient and modern wisdom, was lost. More than 50 years later, Luo Siliang, a magician at the age of 13, was tricked into the Jianghu by an eccentric old man, studied art, traveled in western Hunan, competed with each other, and lived and died, revealing the secret for half a century. ...

0 1. Jianghu culture and magic inheritance.

Magic is based on scientific principles, using special props, skillfully integrating the high wisdom of different scientific fields such as visual communication, psychology, chemistry, mathematics, physics, criminal investigation and performance. Grasping the characteristics of people's curiosity and knowledge-seeking psychology, we can create all kinds of incredible and unpredictable illusions, so as to achieve the artistic effect of confusing the fake with the real.

Magic appeared in China's "Hundred Dramas" more than 2,000 years ago or even earlier in the Han Dynasty, and it was especially developed as a performance skill in the Tang and Song Dynasties. At the same time, it began to spread all over the world and influenced the development of magic.

According to Historical Records, in BC 108, the King of Rest "came to China to perform magic tricks with big birds' eggs and dazzling people in Li Xuan". Zhang Heng's Ode to Xijing in the Eastern Han Dynasty also recorded the magic programs such as "swallowing knives and spitting fire" and "dividing land into rivers" by magicians in the western regions.

During the Sui and Tang Dynasties, there were many magical exchanges with Japan, India and other countries. During the Southern Song Dynasty and the Ming and Qing Dynasties, the ancient colorful tricks known as "possession", as well as magic monographs such as Fairy Fantasy and Goose Fantasy, played a positive role in the development of magic in Japan and the West.

The great exchange of magic between China and foreign countries appeared in the late Qing Dynasty and the early Republic of China. On the one hand, many famous foreign magicians, such as Wana in Britain, Tianyi in Shogyokusai in Japan, Chifilo in Italy and Deng Tuo in the United States, all came to China to perform. On the other hand, China's predecessors, such as jugglers Zhu Liankui, Han Bingqian and Lang Deshan, traveled overseas to perform and brought back many foreign magic programs. On this basis, Mu, Mo Wuqi and other predecessors boldly inherited and borrowed the essence of Chinese and foreign magic, and gradually formed the magic of modern China.

Where there are people, there are rivers and lakes, and each industry has its own rules and rivers and lakes.

The opening of "Magical Jianghu" is similar to many hot-blooded Jianghu novels. Luo Siliang, the protagonist, suffered from amnesia at first because of the stimulation of his parents' death, and his master never forgets anything. As a descendant of Moro, I hate magic very much. Then he gradually saw the magic river and lake, and then realized the status and responsibility of magic, and began to embark on the growth path of revitalizing magic, accepting the heavy responsibility of revitalizing magic.

With the advancement of Luo Siliang, China's ancient magic terms, techniques, argots, etc. spread out in front of us, and we seem to have stepped into the dazzling and bizarre magic rivers and lakes, constantly seeing the cultural background behind magic.

02. Skill is better than skill.

In the magic way, "knowing people and faces" is the most important. Knowing people is to examine character, including kindness, filial piety, loyalty and modesty; In terms of personality, we will also examine talents, that is, knowledge, including learning ability, on-site adaptability, acting skills and learning level. Because the inheritance of magic needs to attach great importance to secrecy, and the teaching skills are private, the character of the inheritor is more important.

Magic Jianghu is cloaked in magic, but it still tells us the change of human nature.

Because of profiteering and human greed, Viper Biao is an old scum. He is vicious and an old scum for many years. He not only sells children, but also abducts women. Seeing this, people are filled with indignation.

Fang is a serious man who lives by telling fortune. He relies on his rich Jianghu experience and insight into people's hearts.

Lu Guangyao, a faster Aauto, does not hesitate to offend people from all walks of life, just to improve his skills and make his tricks perfect. Now he has found a genius like Luo Siliang. In order to pass on his skills, he can give them to others.

He said to Luo Siliang: "The so-called responsibility is not for you to do it, but for you to do it. Everyone has his own things to do, and there are always some things that deserve our dedication and even sacrifice our lives. This is our responsibility and mission. " Reading this can't help but make people excited.

Then Luo Siliang knew that it was dangerous to rescue the kidnapped child from the cruel old scum. He and Lu Guangyao did it without hesitation. They work so hard, not because of social responsibility, but because they want to do it from the heart. Being able to do the right thing in your heart firmly is also a kind of enjoyment of life.

Magic Jianghu not only tells the traditional magic techniques, argot, Jianghu culture, but more importantly, reveals human nature between the lines and feels the way of dealing with people. The characters in the book are all lively and vivid, with unique skills, interweaving a wonderful picture of rivers and lakes, which makes people reluctant to put it down.