Chatty Hollywood

　　——It's terrible to have no culture!

　　 Charlotte was very depressed about Charlize's misunderstanding. However, he also understands that in the early 1990s, RB's influence in the world was much greater than that of China. At this time, Europeans and Americans see an Oriental, and most of them will habitually ask if the other person is an RB. This situation will not be completely reversed until 20 years later. There are indeed many Chinese characters in Japanese. In this case, Charlize habitually considers Japanese characters when he sees Chinese characters, which is not surprising.

　　 Of course, although not surprising, the misunderstanding still needs to be solved.

　　"The content written on these three pieces of paper is actually the same, and they are all two Chinese characters for "Shen Tu". "

　　 "shen-tu?"

The two words 　　 have no corresponding meaning in English. Of course Charlize could not understand. Charlotte had to explain further:

"Shen Tu is one of the earliest door gods in ancient China, and the so-called door **** is the patron saint of the house. People carve the name of the door **** on a wooden plank made of peach wood, and then hang the wooden board on the door to resist ghosts and evil things. They cannot invade their homes."

　　 "It turned out to be like this!"

　　Charlize nodded, he understood.

　　 "But why are there three different ways of writing the same name?"

　　——What are the three ways of writing? There are four ways of writing Huizi!

　　 Charlotte continues to complain about the cultural level of Westerners in her heart. Of course, this is just to think about it in my heart, if you really say it, it's looking for a fight. After organizing the language, he explained:

　　 "Sally, can you sing "The Stars and Stripes Never Fall"?"

　　 ""The Stars and Stripes Never Fall"? Isn't that the national anthem of the United States?"

　　Charlize nodded, very simply and honestly,

　　 "I can't sing."

"what???"

"What's weird!? Although I am in Hollywood, my nationality is South Africa. What's weird about a South African girl who can't sing the American national anthem! Besides, the lyrics of that song are so difficult that many Americans don't know how to do it themselves. Sing!"

　　 "...What you said is so reasonable, I can't refute it."

　　 No way, this example is useless, Charlotte had to change another one.

　　 "Then let me ask, have you read Shakespeare's original work?"

　　 "Read it."

　　 said that, but Charlize’s face turned red.

　　 "I have read, read... a few articles."

——In English-speaking countries, Shakespeare can be said to be an existence like the originator of actors and literary circles, although for actors from the bottom of society like Charlize, they are not required to be able to recite this great master as proficiently as drama actors from the UK. There are many works by the author, but if I have read only a few, it is really unreasonable. No wonder Charlize is embarrassed.

　　 "Just read it!"

　　 Charlotte didn’t use this to expose Charlize’s shortness, he went on to explain,

　　 "Since you have read the original, you should know that Shakespeare's works are indeed a bit difficult for modern people to understand."

"Yes."

　　Charlize nodded, agreeing with Charlotte’s statement.

　　 "At least when I watched "A Midsummer Night's Dream" for the first time, there were many things I couldn't understand."

　　 "A Midsummer Night's Dream? I thought you would say "The Merchant of Venice"!"

　　 "Shut up, Sherlock!"

　　 "...In short, the reason why Shakespeare's original works are obscure is because they were written in Old English."

　　 Charlotte touched her nose and stopped joking about Charlize.

"Shakespeare’s works were known for their smoothness and beauty, but now they are often obscure and difficult to understand. It is because these works, like "The Stars and Stripes Never Fall", are written in Old English. In our view, it is natural It is not easy to understand. This situation can be said to be the inevitable development of language. The history of Chinese is much longer than that of English. In the process of development, it has gone through more stages-I said three ways of writing , Is the way the word "Shen Tu" is written in three specific stages."

　　 said, he pointed to the blank paper he had stuck on the wall.

"The uppermost layer is the characters used by Chinese people today, simplified characters; while the lower layer is traditional characters, which is a kind of characters they used hundreds of years ago. The difference from simplified characters is actually not that big; and The bottom layer is the Yin Rune. It is a kind of script that appeared in the Tang Dynasty more than a thousand years ago, but has been lost for a long time. I learned this kind of script through a very special channel. "

　　 At this point, Charlotte stopped. He picked up another piece of paper—this time it was not a blank paper, but a painting, which was an ancient general with a yellow face, holding a pair of strange bamboo-like pieces in his hands. The Weapon of a Section-This painting, which Charlize knew, was a painting that she bought from Chinatown today when she and Charlotte were preparing. At the time, Charlotte said that the general in this painting was—

　　 "This is Qin Qiong!"

　　 Charlotte pasted the picture on the three sheets of white paper already pasted, covering the writing on it,

　　 "He was a general in the Tang Dynasty of China, and he is also one of the two most familiar door gods to Chinese people. To use the metaphor of pop music, if Shen Tu is Elvis, then Qin Qiong is Mike Jackson."

　　 "So he is more modern than the Shen Tu you mentioned, and is closer to what everyone currently recognizes as a door god?"

　　Charlotte’s imagery metaphor made Charlize understand in seconds, but at this time she turned into a problem baby.

　　 "But he is obviously a general, why is he regarded as a door god?"

　　 "Well..."

　　 Charlotte touched her nose,

"Different from Shentu, who was regarded as a door **** when he was born, Qin Qiong was just a real historical figure at the beginning. He was a general of Tang Taizong. Do you know Tang Taizong? Well, forget it, in short, it is ancient Chinese A very powerful emperor! You can imagine Caesar and Napoleon!"

　　 once again popularized Chinese history by analogy, Charlotte continued,

"Tang Taizong won a lot of wars and built a huge empire. However, wars and political struggles caused great psychological pressure on him. He often had nightmares, dreaming that the ghosts of the people he killed before turned to him. Sucking his life. This made the originally brave emperor very scared. Later, he thought of a way to ask his two most trusted generals to help him guard the gate while he was sleeping. Qin Qiong was one of them. After that, he never had a nightmare again. Although in our view, this is actually a psychological problem, but in ancient times a thousand years ago, people thought it was very magical, so they all regarded this The portraits of the two generals are pasted on the door, hoping that they can help themselves to defend themselves from ghosts like the guardian emperor."

　　 "So, Qin Qiong has become a door **** like this?"

　　 "Yes, until now, the Chinese are still the same as in the past, often sticking his portrait on the door."

　　 "This is really a magical legend."

　　 Charlize sighed.

　　 "So, you post his portrait, hoping that his power can protect me?"

　　 "Also, although the specific usage is somewhat different."

　　 "But why do you know this? These strange Eastern techniques always make me feel weird!"

　　 "There is no way, who taught me to catch ghosts and exorcise, it is a Chinese!"

　　——To be precise, it is a Chinese ghost! Moreover, Lao Tzu was originally a Chinese, what's weird!

　　 Charlotte complained in her heart, but looked at the opposite wall,

"On the poster opposite Qin Qiong, the one riding a motorcycle and holding a shotgun is a T-800? If you want to post the door god, you have to post a pair. You can take off this poster as well. We want to stay here. On the side, paste the other two door gods corresponding to Qin Qiong and Shen Tu."

"OK!"

After understanding Charlotte’s intentions, the blonde girl became very cooperative. She quickly took off the poster of the future governor, and then watched Charlotte put up three of the same strange handwriting in the original position. After that, I will paste a picture on the white paper-this time, it is a black-faced general.

"This is Yu Chigong, that is, in the story I just told, together with Qin Qiong, another general who guarded the gate of Emperor Taizong~www.readwn.com~ Seeing that Charlize seemed very interested in portraits, Charlotte was Followed her meaning and explained,

"In ancient China, there were two corresponding left and right doors, so the door gods had to be paired in order to function. The counterpart to Qin Qiong is Yu Chigong, and the counterpart to Shen Tu is Yu Lei, and the three white ones behind. On the paper, his name is written."

　　 At this point, Charlotte looked around, and felt that the symmetry should be ok, so he breathed a sigh of relief, pinched a strange finger in his hand, and started thinking:

　　 "Thousands of families always exchange new peaches for old ones."

　　 Then, he let go of his pinched fingers, and a faint whirlwind suddenly appeared in the bedroom, and then quickly dissipated-this phenomenon made Charlize feel very miraculous.

　　 "Does the arrangement succeed in this way? Did you recite the spell just now?"

　　 "It is not wrong to say that it is a spell! But in fact, these are two lines of poems, just like Tagore's "Life is as gorgeous as summer flowers, and death is as quiet as autumn leaves"."

　　 "Poetry? Can poetry be used as a spell?"

"Of course you can. Most of the so-called spells are actually psychological hints to the user and the user. From this point of view, compared to the Guladin, poems, and proverbs in the movie that most people do not understand. The popular modern language is more suitable as a spell. As for this poem, this is the work of Wang Anshi, the great writer of Song Dynasty in China. I think it is very suitable for the current situation, so it can be used as a spell."

　　 "Really? So, the spell you just chanted is indeed like a poem, with beautiful phonology."

　　 Charlize gave a dry laugh.

　　 "Although to me, it is actually the same as the Gulagin Bible used by the exorcists in the movie to exorcise the demon—the same incomprehensible."