Beauty Comprehensive 1999

When I arrived at the scene, it was crowded with people just like watching a temple fair during Chinese New Year.

Thelma asked:

"Are we late?"

Todd volunteered to ask the people next to him, and the answer he got was that they and his party were a bit late, and the You Xianglong event before the next show was over.

Only some pyrotechnics and incense fragments were left on the scene. People held various special snacks and snacks bought at the stalls of the ghost market, and their faces were full of excitement. Obviously, the tour of Xianglong just now was very exciting. .

Thinking about it, You Xianglong on the extraordinary side must be more powerful than the folk ones. After all, this is a serious exorcism ceremony, not an ordinary folk activity.

As a result, several people had disappointed looks on their faces.

As extraordinary people, you can even feel a characteristic smokey smell in the surrounding air. This smell is somewhat similar to the smell of incense in temples, but it is a little different. The smell of temple incense always has a kind of A feeling of clutter and even decay.

Xie Zihao understands that it is not only because of the high price and poor quality of incense in the temple, but also because of the impure mind of the people who go to worship Buddha.

This is a very normal situation in today's materialistic society.

But today, the fireworks here give people a different feeling. It is clear and pure, representing the beautiful vision of ancient human beings pursuing a stable and prosperous life, and giving people a positive emotional blessing. Taking a sip, the whole person not only Instead of choking and coughing, you will be shocked, with some depression and negative emotions in your heart.

"Sure enough, it is worthy of the Hongmen. I am afraid that there will not be many such methods passed down like Dongguo!"

Xie Zihao sighed to the people around him. Of course, what he didn't say was that the situation in Dongguo was different, and it had a different set of positive things. After all, he had experienced the power of the so-called red current of humanity in his previous life.

Xie Zihao also noticed that there were already some young people in the ghost city holding or standing on their shoulders or following some paper puppet soldiers and horses of different shapes, all of them looked energetic and triumphant.

The children with paper puppets have become the most beautiful boys in the ghost market today, winning waves of envious eyes.There is also a large group of teenagers and children.

Sure enough, once Xie Zihao's two-dimensional doll guide was launched, it was greatly welcomed by the second and third generations of the Hongmen, and was quickly divided up. The attitude in my heart is closer than that of the general elders in the sect.

"Thank you, elder..."

Seeing the arrival of Xie Zihao and his party, Hongmen who was notified immediately arranged two people to lead them to the stand with the best position.

Fortunately, it's not too late for them to come, the real drama hasn't even started tonight!

By the time Hongmen offered snacks, fruit, tea, and drinks, drums were already beating on the ghost market square below.

A monotonous but very rhythmic drum is to mobilize the audience's emotions and remind everyone that a good show is about to be staged.

Amidst the sound of drums, a well-dressed team came out from the door. They were all strong and strong men, wearing various armors or costumes and other props, with oil paints or masks on their faces. , some are ferocious and ferocious, and some are sacred and majestic.

"This is a Nuo opera!"

The so-called Nuo Opera, also known as Exorcising Nuo, is a folk ritual in which people play ghosts and gods to expel diseases and epidemics and suppress evil spirits.

Nuo dramas are also different in different regions of Middle-earth. The mainstream is to perform Fang Xiangshi's ritual of exorcising epidemics called "Dan Nuo". It started in the Shang Dynasty and became one of the military ceremonies in the Tang Dynasty.In the Song Dynasty, there were big Nuo and small Nuo. The former was mainly popular in the palace, while the latter was mostly in the folk.

According to the interpretation of the people of the Song Dynasty, the purpose of the Nuo is "to drive away the yin and guide the yang. Today, people beat drums to drive away the epidemic on the day before the New Year's Eve, so it is called to drive away the disease."

Nuo opera has been one of the oldest exorcism ceremonies in Middle-earth since ancient times, and it has existed since the time of ancient witches.There are similar folk activities in the northeast and grasslands in the north, and in the coastal areas of Guangdong and Guangxi in the south.It even spread to the East and became a ritual of Shintoism there.

In China, the folk culture related to Nuo opera is relatively famous. What Xie Zihao knows is the Chaoshan English song and dance related to the famous anti-Japanese general.

In addition, religious activities such as the first tour of officials and generals from Fujian and Taiwan are all ceremonies similar to Nuo opera.

The grand Nuo opera of Hongmen is obviously based on Chaoshan English singing and dancing, and also incorporates the essence of ancient Nuo operas from other regions. As soon as these men who play ghosts and gods appear on the stage, most of the crowd at the scene can feel the majesty Holy breath.

Considering that more than half of the Chaozhou-Shantou immigrants from overseas who migrated to North America that year, it is not surprising that these local folk cultures have been preserved.

Moreover, the brothers of the Hongmen family all came from folk dharma lines or Jianghu sects, and they are best at this kind of waterway dojo where all kinds of schools gather together.

Don't look at it as a hodgepodge of methods, but it is really exciting and easy to use.

There are quite a few masters in this team of Nuo opera masters. The leader is two meters tall, naked and wearing a huge brown bear skin, with a golden four-eyed mask on his face. I also recognize this image. It is the subordinate of Sima stipulated in the Zhou etiquette.

The second man after Fang Xiangshi was only an inch shorter than Fang Xiangshi. He wore an official hat, a red official robe and soap boots, a bat in one hand, and a sword in the other. It has a leopard head with ring eyes, iron face with curly temples, and a strange mask with a big mouth.

No need to ask, anyone who is familiar with Chinese culture will recognize this at a glance. This is the Taoist god widely spread among the people, the judge Zhong Kui who is known as the Heavenly Master of Ghostbusters and the Great General of Ghostbusters.

From the Shang and Zhou Dynasties to the Pre-Qin and Han Dynasties, to the Wei, Jin and Six Dynasties to the Sui Dynasty, the protagonist of the Nuo Ritual was actually Fang Xiangshi, and this tradition continued in the court Nuo Ritual until the Tang and Song Dynasties.

However, starting in the Dunhuang area during the Five Dynasties period, the protagonist of the folk Nuo opera began to be played by Zhong Kui. After that, Zhong Kui’s belief in Zhouzhi, the legendary hometown of Zhong Kui, as well as Jianghuai, southern Fujian, Wanwan and other places was the most popular. It is popular, and Nuo dramas often use it as the protagonist.

After Fang Xiangshi and Zhong Kui, there will be Wang Lingguan, Ma Wangye, Lei Gong, Guan Gong, General Tian Gong, General Di Gong, General Ren Gong, Shen Tu, Yu Lei, Yu Chi Gong, and Qin Qiong, two pairs of door gods. folk fairy characters.

Hongmen is not sung in the grand Nuo opera, but at certain times the Nuo master will shout angry or majestic shouts on behalf of the gods.

A group of men waved their arms or weapons, stepped on the rhythm of drums, and moved their thighs in a heroic, sacred and strange dance movement. They lined up from the gate of the ghost city and began to march along the left road.

The dynamic drumbeats and exciting movements shocked the crowd.

"Oh shit!"

Some foreigners who are qualified to participate in this event exclaimed when they saw such a shocking appearance.

Melinda and Todd beside Xie Zihao were also very shocked.Not to mention them, even Liang Ruian, who has seen it more than once, feels very shocked every time.

Especially Melinda, as a shaman, is very curious about this kind of ritual similar to her profession, and what she sees is different from ordinary supernatural beings.

The actions and behaviors of the men in different costumes are extremely powerful and beautiful, and they have an inviolable majesty.

"Are they playing gods?"

Being able to shock Melinda, Xie Zihao understood that this Nuo drama had a charm, so he explained:
"This is an ancient evil spirit envoy in our Middle-earth. The ancient god Fang Xiangshi who plays the leading role is a god who exorcises epidemics and avoids evil spirits..."