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One thing to say, Zhang Hanyun at the beginning of "A Generation of Hong Shang" was somewhat unexpected by me.
Perhaps because there are a large number of characters who need to appear one by one, not only the male number one Zhang Rui can only appear with photos and oil paintings, but even the appearance of the female number one Zhang Hanyun also shows the kind of rich lady who does not understand the world.
Therefore, before the plot continues to go deeper, Liu Tianjuan in "A Generation of Hong Shang" can only stay in the cute and cute stage for the time being.
Although the male and female protagonists in the play have not yet begun to exert their strength, this "Generation of Hong Shang", which contains national and national feelings, is full of "knowledge points" that need our in-depth understanding.
The content of these so-called "knowledge points" is likely to play a decisive role in understanding the characters played by Zhang Hanyun and Zhang Rui in the play.
For example, what is the value of the main line "Tung Oil" in the play? For example, the "high cavity" and "窨子屋" mentioned in the theme song are things?
Of course, there are also the so-called "Five Houses and Eighteen Gangs" and "Ten Great Halls" these concepts.
Only by understanding these nouns and names can you better understand the relationship between each character and the meaning behind what they say and do when watching the show.
Of course, even if I racked my brains, I didn't want to understand what Liu Tianjuan wanted to express in the big red backless suit, reclining on the sofa, and letting her sister Liu Tianchan paint oil paintings?
Is it just to show Zhang Hanyun's graceful figure? What else does it mean?
What is "Hong Shang"
Because of the name "A Generation of Hong Shang", there is the first impression of "Hong Shang".
But from my personal point of view, this name is somewhat "small family".
Although the story begins with Hongjiang, which is famous for its tung oil, he is after all part of Hunan.
And when you think of Hunan, what do you think? Of course, it is the famous titles of "Xiang Jun" and "Xiang Zheng".
In fact, the content behind the words "Xiangshang" in Hunan is not worse than the words "Xiangjun" and "Xiangzheng".
In addition to the old saying "the lake is widely cooked, the world is enough", Zeng Guofan and Zuo Zongtang also put forward the slogan of "rich country and strong people" when leading the Xiang army to conquer the world, and thus launched an unprecedented "foreign affairs movement".
As a result, there were many entrepreneurs who served the country with industry on the land of Huxiang, and the Hongjiang merchants who were located in the thoroughfare of the seven provinces became one of the countless Xiang merchants.
They are the Hong shang who hold the important strategic material "tung oil" in their hands.
What are the "Five Houses and Eighteen Gangs" and "Ten Great Halls"
Geographically, Hunan itself is a very important thoroughfare, and the Hongjiang River is located in the southwest gateway of Hunan, which is closer to the water system and rivers to make transportation convenient.
It has become the main distribution center for goods in Hunan, Guizhou, Jiangxi, Hubei, Guangxi, Sichuan, Yunnan and so on.
It is precisely because of this that there is the so-called "seven provinces through the Qu" in the play.
The "Five Houses and Eighteen Gangs" mentioned in the theme song of "A Generation of Hong Shang" also originates from this, and they refer to administrative divisions and interest groups respectively.
The term "fu" is rarely mentioned and used today, and it is an ancient name for the administrative divisions of the state at the next level.
For example, Jingzhao Province in Yongzhou, Taiyuan Province in Yongzhou, Suzhou Province, Taiyuan Province, Henan Province and so on.
As for the "Eighteen Gangs", it should be a title for groups and organizations in all walks of life.
For example, the "water guest gang" mentioned by Liu Yunxiang in the play must be one of the eighteen gangs.
In addition, there are such as the ancient "Cao Gang" and "Salt Gang", as well as the "Green Gang" that comes to mind when it comes to the beach.
These can be counted under the meaning of this eighteen gangs, of course, I don't know exactly which gangs are there, presumably they will slowly appear in the plot after that.
The "Ten Great Halls" are actually more like a loose hometown association organization than the "Eighteen Gangs".
Because there were merchants from all the states and provinces gathered in the Hongjiang River, these fellow villagers from the same region slowly organized and established a guild hall so that they could communicate with each other and support each other.
Among these clan halls, those with larger numbers and stronger economic strength are collectively referred to as the "Ten Great Halls".
They are: Jiangxi Guild Hall, Huizhou Guild Hall, Fujian Guild Hall, Huangzhou Guild Hall, Baoqing Guild Hall, Chenyuan Guild Hall, Seven Clan Hall, Guizhou Guild Hall, Hengzhou Guild Hall, Xiangxiang Guild Hall.
Don't look at these guild halls as idle institutions organized by businessmen, in fact, they can really affect the economy, politics, culture and other aspects of Hongjiang.
Of course, in addition to these ten halls, there are other halls with relatively small strength and scale, which will not be described in detail.
What is "Tung Oil"
Although the name has the word "oil", this oil called "tung oil" is not an edible oil.
Because tung oil contains a substance called "tung oleic acid", this irritating and toxic substance is likely to lead to acute or chronic poisoning if it is mistakenly taken.
Although tung oil cannot be used for consumption, it is a very important "strategic material".
And this is also why there are British businessmen who have traveled thousands of miles to the Hongjiang River to buy "Dinghong" and return to China.
Because in that era of war, the tung oil of the mainland can be said to be the "maintenance agent" of the world's armaments.
From tanks, aircraft and warships to cannons, machine guns and pistols, it can be said that as long as it is necessary to waterproof and rust the metal, it is inseparable from high-quality tung oil.
Throughout World War II, the mainland's production and export of tung oil accounted for almost 90% of the world's total.
This indirectly led to the birth of the Tung Oil Loan Contract in 1939.
In the contract, the mainland sold 220,000 tons of tung oil over five years in exchange for a $25 million loan.
Later, using this loan, he purchased a batch of anti-war materials that were urgently needed at that time.
In addition, tung oil, like peanut oil, is also divided into two kinds of cooked oil and raw oil, and most of the oil used in arms is cooked oil.
What is "Dong"
In "A Generation of Hong Shang", there is often a minority that resembles the Miao people, but in fact, they are the Dong people who have lived in hongjiang for generations.
This is an ethnic minority that dates back to the Qin and Han dynasties, and during the Ming and Qing dynasties they were called "Dong people" and changed to Dong after liberation.
The reason why there is such a name as "Zhiren" or Dong people is that the root cause comes from the earliest settlement of the Dong people, "Xidong".
In addition, the "House of the Cloak" in the play is also a kind of building similar to the northern courtyard created by the Dong people.
Unlike the courtyard, this kind of hut has a two-in-two-story structure, as well as a three-storey high-sized structure.
In addition, on the outskirts of the hut, it is usually surrounded by a high wall.
And this is also why when the gong is knocked on the high office for the meeting, Liu Tianjuan will stick her head out of the high brick wall window.
What is the Nine-Power Pact?
In "A Generation of Hong Shang", Yang Tongchang and his wife mention such a contract as the Nine-Power Pact.
As Yang Tongchang put it, on the surface, the Nine-Power Pact appears to be a convention signed and affirmed the sovereignty and territorial integrity of the mainland based on an "open-door policy."
However, such a convention, which lacks specific provisions, is almost completely irrelevant to protecting and learning when the great powers encroach on the territory of the mainland.
Although the Nine-Power Pact, from a certain point of view, played a certain positive role in the subsequent "Battle of Songhu".
At the same time, the Treaty of Shandong, which was signed on the premise of this convention, allowed the then Nationalist government to regain actual control of Shandong.
But in any case, this "Nine-Nation Pact" is still a humiliating treaty after all, and this is also the source of Yang Tongchang's helplessness and indignation.
Write at the end
Today's Zhang Hanyun is no longer the little girl who "sweet and sour is me".
Today, we are no longer the country that has been wantonly bullied by the great powers.
From "A Generation of Hong Shang", I saw the warlord fish meat village that dominated one side.
From "A Generation of Hong Shang", I saw foreign merchants wantonly plundering our strategic materials.
From "A Generation of Hong Shang", I saw that the merchants of neighboring countries coveted the precious wealth left to us by their ancestors.
And all this is only the information revealed in the opening two episodes, so in the following story, how will our Yang Dajiang and Liu Tianjuan face all this I see?
Let's wait and see!
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