The "guest" in this reception can refer to guests or customers.
Jiang Yan is currently receiving customers, and they are quite special customers.
How special it is, we have to start with one of the group scenes in "That Mountain, That Man, That Dog".
There are two group plays in "The Mountain". Group plays have always been troublesome, and this is not a place like Hengdian where there are a lot of extras of men, women, old and young.
I want to film a group scene here,
You have to find villagers on the spot to act.
Were the villagers in the mountains easy to deal with in 1999?
Generally speaking, as long as the money is in place, there will be no problem. Once the money is given, the next step is scheduling. It is not difficult to say, but it is definitely more troublesome than usual.
So the director team’s plan was to shoot the two group scenes together.
The first scene was shot on the first day, which was when the villagers bid farewell to "father and son".
Shoot the second scene in the evening or the next day,
This is the Dong bonfire wedding.
The heroine of the Dong wedding is already on her way and will be there today.
So everything is ready.
But the specific time of shooting depends on whether the shooting goes smoothly.
But some things just follow Murphy's Law, so the crew really encountered things that even money couldn't solve.
No, after just a few shots of the group scene, the crew was stopped by a group of villagers wearing sackcloth and mourning.
The two groups argued noisily for a long time, and then the crew realized that it was the crew who had messed up the filming and violated some local taboos.
An old man happened to pass away in the other side of the village. While the coffin was being laid, the family members said that the crew had disturbed the peace and wanted an explanation.
There are many taboos on funerals and marriages of ethnic minorities.
Huo Jianqi was very upset when he found out.
For example, "Tian Bodhisattva" knows it. This is what the film talks about later. The female supporting teacher touched the boy's head, and the boy immediately collapsed, "You touched my Tian Bodhisattva!", and then there was a lot of talk.
Unclear things.
Although the problems encountered by the crew today are not that difficult, they are still somewhat difficult to solve.
Moreover, Kang Jianmin, a local, is not here these days.
The remaining group of people are not from the local area.
So this matter really won't be solved for a while.
"What bad luck? How could this happen?" Teng Rujun shook his head with his hands behind his back.
Although he plays the role of a local postman and has prepared a lot for the role, who has nothing to do but wants to know about funerals?
Huo Jianqi was also a little worried. Once this matter came out, it would be delayed for at least four or five days.
Fortunately, no one was in a hurry, and thanks to the extraordinary performance of Jiang Yan, Teng Rujun, and the dog, it only took one month to shoot and half a month's progress was saved.
But having said that, no matter how you look at it, no matter how you look at it, no one will be happy when it is taboo to pay for a funeral.
"Forget it, just give me the money." Huo Jianqi sighed and decided to put an end to the matter quickly.
As a result, the other party asked for 80,000 yuan!
And everyone on the crew was asked to kowtow to the old man and apologize!
"Impossible!" Huo Jianqi was furious.
80,000 yuan, no matter what the concept in this day and age, can pay for two lives in a black coal mine.
This is a money grab!
In addition, money is generally not an issue, but kowtow and apology is too much.
Do you know who we are here?
Numb,
Poor mountains and rivers bring out unruly people!
Huo Jianqi was very angry,
He immediately decided to call the police.
But soon he stopped moving,
After all, Jiang Yan is here,
If this matter gets bigger, there will probably be a lot of things happening in the media again.
So he turned to call the producer Kang Jianmin. He, a local coward, would definitely be able to handle it.
As a result, there was no signal!
So what can be done?
Fortunately, Jiang Yan stepped forward at this time.
I saw Jiang Yan speaking to the family members in a somewhat fluent local dialect:
"How about I perform a ritual ceremony for you old people? Don't worry, I can do the talisman to calm the soul and bring it to salvation!"
When the family members heard the dialect and the word "faith", the two leading old men suddenly widened their eyes when they looked at Jiang Yan, who was holding a standard baggage with the seal in one hand.
Likewise, the people on the crew also stared wide-eyed.
Can Jiang Yan speak dialect?
Jiang Yan: Nonsense, Xiangxi dialect is more difficult to learn than Jiangsu and Zhejiang dialects? Besides, if you are asked to hold a golden finger and repeat it for 180 days, you can speak it well.
But what surprised them even more was what came next.
Will Jiang Yan perform rituals?
"Don't mess around!"
After Jiang Yan explained, Huo Jianqi immediately advised him.
I just pretended I didn't know about you joining the group before. Anyway, it was just a matter of spending more film. I even said I could edit your footage in. After all, it's quite fun.
But taboos are something you can’t just mess around with, and big trouble might happen!
However, Jiang Yan still said confidently: "Don't worry, I know this job well!"
After saying that, he continued to communicate with the family members and the old man who was doing nothing in the dialect.
Soon, everyone reached a consensus.
So a group of people walked towards the old man's home.
Huo Jianqi was amazed when he saw this, but he could only wait and see what happened.
After all, if things can really be solved, there is no need to kowtow.
Of course, if he couldn't solve the problem, he probably wouldn't have to kowtow, because he knew that Jiang Yan would definitely not be willing to kowtow, and he would definitely spend money to settle the matter.
He has plenty of money!
So the crew and the melon-eating villagers also followed.
They were very curious about what Jiang Yan did.
The deceased elderly man's home.
At this time, Jiang Yan was wearing a Taoist uniform with a sense of the times, walking on mysterious footwork, and mumbling words.
The Taoist uniforms were brought out in the last episode of "Little Understanding". In addition to the Taoist uniforms, there are also ritual services. As soon as these items with a sense of age are taken out of the bag, they are directly given to the elderly, family members, and
The old man who helped them preside over their affairs was mostly convinced.
But Teng Rujun was curious, why do you still bring these things?
Jiang Yan said to carry it with him. This is the instruction of one of my "masters".
So Teng Rujun and others stopped asking about religious freedom.
"The maintenance of the earth depends on it, and the pillars of heaven depend on it.
The three cardinal principles are actually life-related, and morality is the root
Sorry to hear that Yang Jiu is really weak.
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Jiang Yan continued to recite the formula in the local dialect.
The formula is Wen Tianxiang's "Song of Righteousness".
Why should we recite "Song of Righteousness"?
Because the formula used in Xiangxi's corpse exorcism technique is this. Don't doubt it, this was specially verified by Mr. Shen Congwen back then.
What? The art of exorcism?
Oh, that was revealed in the group scene just now.
The green "Fourteen Styles of Chenzhou Talisman" is the skill obtained this time, which includes the drawing methods of fourteen kinds of talismans and some knowledge of local funeral customs.
The original Chenzhou Talisman has more than 150 talismans in total, but it is green after all, so it is normal for most of them to be missing.
The origin of the "Fourteen Types of Chenzhou Talismans" is very familiar, and that is the so-called "Xiangxi Corpse Exorcism Technique".
Corpse driving, together with Gu Du and Luohua Cave Girl, are also known as the "Three Evils in Western Hunan".
Geographically speaking, the city where Suining is located is only southwestern Hunan, but corpse extermination in western Hunan can be found in most areas of the southwestern part of the motherland.
If this were in a special world, it could be considered a sect, but now in the real world, this is just a tool-making method used in rituals, and it's not that evil.
In addition, Jiang Yan previously created "Six Taoist rituals" in "Little Understanding".
With the combination of the two, it is possible to deal with local red and white affairs of the Dong people easily.
And this also made the gentleman who was originally in charge of the affair completely believe in Jiang Yan.
This is definitely from a professional background!
As for the crew, their jaws dropped.
Is this the big star Jiang Yan?!
Jiang Yan's rituals are so skillful, it's like seeing off hundreds of people!
Tsk tsk tsk!
The ritual continues.
After Jiang Yan took seals and recited a mantra for a few rounds, he asked the old man's family members to come forward in dialect, first his brothers and sisters, then his children and grandchildren.
Then he directed them to use a brush dipped in cinnabar to paint the old man red.
The so-called red dots are to use cinnabar to dot the seven orifices including the center of the forehead, the center of the back, the pit of the chest, the center of the left and right hands, and the center of the feet, as well as the ears, nose, and mouth, in order to seal the seven souls and three souls.
This was supposed to be done before being put into the coffin, but now Jiang Yan's "Tao Xing" is quite high, so for him, this kind of thing is like Lin Zhengying dealing with zombies, he can adapt to any situation and comply with the rules.
After commanding the soul-suppressing, Jiang Yan stretched out his hand, and Mr. Baishi handed over the cinnabar pen.
Jiang Yan smiled and picked up the yellow form paper and said to him: "I will write a few more times today. You study hard."
"Got it, sir."
Mr. Baishi didn't dare to show any slightest care.
This skill had long been lost in those ten years, and only he and his father knew it locally, and his father could no longer speak, so now that he had the opportunity to learn it again, and learn it more completely, he naturally would not refuse it. .
So Master Bai Shi became Jiang Yan's assistant, and when his calligraphy and profound talismans came out, Mr. Bai Shi and the family members at the scene were completely convinced.
The crew members were also amazed.
"If Jiang Yan stopped being an actor, he would definitely become a national teacher!"
Teng Rujun joked with a smile.
Others started to laugh after hearing this, but quickly closed their mouths again.
After all, this is someone's funeral, so don't dare to mess with it.
On the other side, Jiang Yan put down a few talismans, and then worked with Mr. Bai Shi to perform a local ritual.
The small gongs and small drums were clanged together with the incantations for an hour, during which the family members kowtowed countless times.
Then after burning the talisman with a fire and looking at the ashes of the talisman flying high into the sky, which symbolized the old man's satisfaction, Jiang Yan and Mr. Bai Shi smiled and announced that the ritual was successfully concluded.
Of course, the general ritual process was definitely not that fast, but Jiang Yan gave 7749 more auspicious talismans and put his own seal on them, and then gave instructions on the follow-up matters.
So all the family members happily presented the Dharma money.
Jiang Yan, on the other hand, accepted it directly without giving in at all, and then gave a portion to Master Baishi according to the rules.
Throughout the whole process, the young staff in the crew were not only watching the fun, but they were also confused throughout the whole process.
How can it be better?
Why did your attitude change so much?
Why do you still want to give Jiang Yan money?
Fortunately, Huo Jian asked Master Bai Shi, and Master Bai Shi explained happily.
"This kind of specification could only be enjoyed by dignitaries in the past. Look at the talisman, look at the seal..."
Then everyone in the crew knew that Jiang Yan turned out to be a profound person, no, a master!
After more than two hours of extravagance, Jiang Yan and the crew were left to eat for free, and then Huo Jianqi presented a large sum of money in the name of the crew.
Everyone was happy, but soon the village chief and people from the next village who came to ask questions surrounded Jiang Yan.
Ask him if he will take any other jobs.
Jiang Yan glanced at Master Baishi who was a little uncomfortable and shook his head and laughed, so he immediately pulled Master Baishi and said: "I will teach you a few more times, and then this land will be handed over to you!"
"got it!"
Master Baishi was happy, but Jiang Yan still had to be tired for two days, but he didn't care.
Because people who have not entered this industry will never experience the joy of being a master.
Here, you are the absolute authority!
Everyone is respectful. If you offend you, your ancestors will not have an easy time!
In addition, he, Jiang Banxian, has really become Jiang Banxian now.
For Jiang Yan, this was simply a more satisfying feeling than being a star, and Jiang Yan couldn't stop.
For the crew, this was actually not a loss. On the contrary, Huo Jianqi also supported Jiang Yan in doing this, because there were white and red events in the next two scenes, so the Dong wedding scene of the crew became authentic.
So in this wave, no one actually lost.
So in these two days, the village of Dashan in Suining County became extremely sacred.
But this also shocked the newly arrived heroine and all the guests who came to "visit the class".