Chapter 313: The Elephant's Chifang Career (Part 2)
Drama has appeared at least since the time of the Three Emperors in ancient times.
After the collapse of the Wulong clan and the chaos in the world...
During the Three Emperors period of ancient times, that is, the three eras of Wanghuo, Yuejian, and Jufang, people fought against the mountains and the heavens in order to find land and a place to live, and suffered numerous casualties just to have a "home" where they could live.
The period of the Three Ancient Emperors was the most magnificent and difficult era after the collapse of the Wulong clan. The changes of the times can be seen from the names of these three emperors.
Looking for harvest, hoping to catch prey to satisfy the hunger; Yue Jian, surveying mountains and rivers and measuring land; Ju Fang, looking for a wilderness to live in.
The area of activity of the Three Ancient Emperors was from Jianghuai to Yue in the south. When they appeared, a little later, in the Central Plains region, due to the collapse of the Wulong clan, three leaders also appeared in the Central Plains region.
, they are called the Three Ancient Emperors.
That is to say, the Suiren clan has the Chao clan and the Zhisheng clan.
The Great Sage Lao Dan called the three of them the "Three Shang Emperors", and the Three Ancient Emperors of Yue Di were older than them, so many things have become legends and are difficult to verify.
As for the Lower Three Emperors, they are the three emperors among the well-known Three Emperors and Five Emperors, that is, the three clans, based on the "Shiben" as the standard, namely the Fuxi clan, the Shennong clan, and the Xuanyuan clan.
Fuxi started the fishing and hunting calendar, Shennong started farming and primitive economy, and Xuanyuan started written records, clothing etiquette, and commerce and trade.
At this point, a complete production chain was able to flourish after the Yellow Emperor. And because of the great era in which the Three Emperors lived, heroes came in an endless stream like stars. Therefore, Emperors Shixi, Taihao, Jizhang, Zhurong,
Gonggong, Nuwa, Zhu Xiang, Yin Kang, Titing, Chi You, Zhenmeng and others were all once called "emperors".
The Suiren family solved the problem of food, the Youchao family solved the problem of housing, and the Zhisheng family taught people to start weaving mulberry and hemp for production. The three ancient emperors and the three ancient emperors were close in age, and at the end of the era of the ancient three emperors, drama appeared.
The drama at this time is a sacrificial activity.
After getting big prey and a good harvest of small grains, people would gather around the bonfire, and the wise men of the tribe, also known as wizards, would lead everyone to do some strange prayer movements, and certain people would go up to dance. Today's tribes are still
There is such an activity, but the name for this activity is "sacrificial dance" or "sacred dance" instead of "drama".
And Ling, a well-known name for "low-level actors" in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, was actually a "music official" during the Huangdi period. Linglun was a musical official employed by the Yellow Emperor.
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Xiang is extremely unfamiliar with drama.
Yu Zai told Xiang that opera is a derivative of singing and dancing, and it was also an idea of his. Since Xiang likes to play, and as Xiong Tao said, he seems to be focused on playing, then Yu Zai told Xiang, if
If he is interested in acting, he should give it a try.
In the shadow puppet show, the original shadow puppets were naturally not as exquisite as the later ones. At the beginning, they were just crude cowhide woven with linen and linen, pressed on the back with wooden sticks, and illuminated with light and shadow to make various movements.
One or two people have to complete a full set of lines. In fact, the skills of shadow puppetry are not much simpler than those of stage dramas.
Tired, that's for sure.
But this kind of little shadow puppet can interest young people in any era.
I still remember when I was young, the shadow puppets wandering around the village, their miraculous accents and accents, and the fascinating ancient stories. The children cried and shouted to learn the craft, and then they were spanked by the adults and told them to learn this thing.
It's useless, but adults in that era when entertainment was scarce often watched it with gusto.
This is the tentative direction that Yu Zai planned for Xiang after observing Xiang for many days.
Great artist +1?
Maybe you can look forward to it.
As expected, Xiang is very interested in this.
Ten days, for Xiang, seemed like a long time to go from beginner to proficient, and fine beads of sweat appeared on Xiang's forehead. However, Yuzai encouraged him and told him that the Great Autumn Festival will be held in ten days.
, is a public sacrifice. Each household decides to perform a sacrifice in the public field before making its own sacrifice. If the elephant can make a name for itself in this sacrifice, then...
It is definitely impossible to have a glorious ancestor, but at least there is no problem in being famous. The reputation of the south has spread. In addition, all tribes have had good harvests in the past few years, and their stomachs are full, so they naturally have some simple needs for entertainment.
When there is not enough food to eat, no entertainment can exist, but as long as there is enough food to eat, entertainment will be produced, conforming to the torrent of the times, mixed with the dust of the years, and becoming an indelible spirit and culture.
"I'm sure I can come up with a story!"
Xiang was told by Yu Zai that to do this show, whether it is a shadow puppet show or a stage play, first of all, shadow puppets need materials, and stage needs people. Now Xiang has a bad relationship with many people in the tribe, and he is not very good at this aspect of the show.
, Xiang doesn’t even know basic ritual singing and dancing, so he still needs someone to teach him.
Therefore, it is of course impossible for the stage play to be shown at this time. After all, the TV program will be converted into a live-action version only when the ratings are high... Although the live-action version is cheaper in this era, given that no one will...
..
Yu Zai told the elephant, "Go to the hunting team for cowhide, at least two of them, and then go to the farmland to find Youhou's totem, and let the gods bless you. But you have to offer a cowhide as a tribute. After that, you need a thin
Linen, go to the weaving room to find Ruijing and the other girls, and be careful with Ruexu, lest he accidentally ruin the cowhide for you..."
"Then, you need to go to the blacksmith shop to find Yijun and Yanpan, and ask them to help you carve shadow puppets and make a large wooden stage and box. After that, you need to go to the mill to get oil to soak the cowhide and make it smooth.
After that, you need to find someone who is very good at singing and dancing..."
Yuanzai gave Xiang a long list of task chains. It is conceivable that if Xiang was playing an RPG game, then there must be a long series of gray question marks on Yuzai's head now.
The upper limit of acceptable tasks has been reached....!
Xiang felt dizzy after hearing this and started to retreat from the game. He also made excuses for himself and said to Yu Zai: "This is too troublesome... I still won't go. I may not be able to do this...
."
Yu Zai looked at him: "Let me tell you a story."
"A long, long time ago, there was an Emperor of Heaven. He became Emperor of Heaven for three years. He wasted no time in work and indulged in pleasure. All the bad guys in the world rose up to dance, and all the good people in the world were suffering. Great kings and emperors from all directions rose up to seize control, but he
He turned a deaf ear and continued to live high in the mountains until one day, his assistant told him that there was a bird stationed on Fushan Mountain in the south. It had not spread its wings, flown, or chirped for three years, and was silent...
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That was naturally a "blockbuster" story, but King Chuzhuang was metaphorically referred to as an even more ancient unknown emperor of heaven. As Xiang listened, he began to recover from his initial avoidance.
After so many days, Xiang also began to reflect that his relationship with anyone was not good. In fact, it turned out that until the end, the only person who had been helping and forgiving him was his eldest brother.
If a person is incompetent, this is what he looks like. He may have reflected a little bit, but it is far from heart-wrenching reflection. Sometimes he may even still blame others.
But after Ruanzai finished telling this story, Xiang didn't speak for a long time. It wasn't until Ruanzai stood up that Xiang raised his head and asked:
"Witch, have you ever worked so hard?"
Ruanzai looked at him, then looked into the distance, pointed at the prosperous appearance of Nanqiu, and said to him: