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●○ Preface ○●
In the 90s of the last century, the entertainment life in rural China was still relatively simple, and there were all kinds of strange performances at every temple fair, among which the appearance of "vase girl" was particularly eye-catching.
They are all young and beautiful, their bodies grow in vases, they look like they have no arms or legs, they can only show a head, but they can talk and sing.
Because the visual impact is too strong, "Vase Girl" once became a popular project for everyone to scramble to buy tickets to watch.
But society is changing with each passing day, and the vase girl of the year has "disappeared".
Do they really exist? What's the secret behind it?
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●○ "Vase Girl" performance ○●
In 2003, a strange person named "Vase Girl" appeared in Shenyang, Liaoning Province.
According to rumors, it was an 18-year-old girl with a head that was indistinguishable from an ordinary person, but her body grew in a vase.
She can talk, sing, and even answer questions!
Such a bizarre scene immediately caused an uproar in the local area, and the originally peaceful town also boiled.
Out of curiosity, many villagers decided to see the legendary "Vase Girl" for themselves.
They came to an ordinary house, where a temporary exhibition was held, and the pavilion was not large, but it accommodated more than 50 visitors at the same time.
The room was dimly lit, and the vase was placed on a high platform, an opaque blue vase, only 30 centimeters high and 15 centimeters in diameter, and a girl's head was indeed peeking out of the vase.
She could speak, but her demeanor was slightly tired, and according to the regulations, the audience could not touch the vase, but could only watch it from a distance, but even so, such a peculiar scene was enough to make people breathtaking.
Most of the audience stared intently at the skull, for fear of missing a single detail, and when the staff signaled that it was time for them to leave, many were still eager to look at it a little longer.
Similar exhibitions also appeared in Wenzhou in 2006 and Shandong in 2017.
These places are advertised in the image of a vase girl to attract tourists, and the site layout is similar, with a dimly lit environment and a high platform in the center, and a girl's head peeking out of a small vase.
She can communicate simply and sometimes sing.
The Wenzhou exhibit also features a large billboard that, in addition to a photo of the girl, also carries a catchy claim that she is a new life cultivated by a domestic laboratory using cloning technology.
The Vase Girl attracts thousands of visitors to each exhibition, because the ticket price is not high, the visiting time is limited, and the scene is often crowded, and the scene is very hot.
Some excitedly share what they have seen and heard with friends and family, describing the appearance of the girl in the bottle, while others wonder if it is some kind of trick and try to uncover the secrets behind it.
True or not, "The Vase Girl" has become a local legend that has been widely discussed and celebrated, and the organizers of the exhibition have profited handsomely from it.
The "vase girl" that appeared many times has sparked widespread discussion and speculation among the public.
Is this real? Or is there another insider?
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●○ Rumors of the growth of "Vase Girl" ○●
There are many versions of the formation of the "Vase Girl", among which the most popular is "growing up in a vase".
It is claimed that these "vase girls" are girls who have been raised in vases since childhood.
They eat and drink in bottles, their bones are soft, and they can't survive without the vase.
In the beginning, this kind of performance catered to people's curiosity about the unknown and gained a lot of attention, but this claim is pure fiction.
In that year, the first performance gang claiming to have a "vase girl" appeared in the Heze area of Shandong.
They invent a brutal "parenting process" that claims to be raised as "mermaids" in a vase by vaping girls as children.
This kind of performance usually lives in seclusion, but once it appears in public, it immediately causes a sensation, and the villagers rush to see the "mermaid" when they hear the news, bringing considerable profits to the performance gang.
This scam was later repeated in Zhengzhou, Henan Province.
She was put into a vase from birth and lived with the mouth of the bottle hanging upside down, and her limbs could not develop properly.
This caused a strong reaction, and for a time this strange story was discussed all over Zhengzhou, and even if some people questioned the authenticity, it could not stop the enthusiasm of the people.
In order to cater to public opinion and stimulate greater attention, this kind of performance will also be accompanied by some props and means.
For example, various pipes are set up around the vase, claiming to be a facility for the "vase girl" to deliver food and excretion.
Sometimes, the performers will also create tension scenes when the girl is "in crisis" to stimulate the audience's emotions and thus get a higher ticket price.
However, the real identities of these "vase girls" are actually normal adult women, who are placed in specially modified large vases to perform and defraud money.
The reason why they were able to deceive the past was that many rural residents at that time were not highly educated and easily confused by fabricated stories, and the performance team deliberately chose the countryside as a foothold to avoid the doubts of urban residents.
As this scam circulated across the country, there were also opposing voices.
In 1998, the Chinese Medical Journal published a commentary arguing that this kind of performance was purely a fraud of money and an insult to women's dignity.
The following year, in an interview with the media, experts from Nanjing University School of Medicine explained that the physiological principles of the "vase girl" were not valid, which brought a certain blow to the performance team, but failed to completely eradicate this scam.
What really brought the "vase girl" craze to an end was the advent of the information age.
Television and the Internet have made it easier to disseminate information, and the public's knowledge has grown, and many people have begun to become suspicious of the "vase girl" and explore the fraud behind it.
How exactly do they cheat?
Actually, the principle is not complicated, but many people don't think of it.
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●○ Revealing the trick ○●
The vase girl and the dance at the bottom of the pot, these charlatans were popular in ancient times, and many people were confused by them.
In the face of magic wrist tricks, people are often easy to trust appearances, but with a little analysis, they can break down their principles and illusions.
The girl who appeared inexplicably on the stage and the vat that came out of the wall were actually just clever matches of the set.
The secret of the girl in the vase lies in the hidden mirror on the stage, and the key to these seemingly magical tricks on the surface lies in the visual deception.
The refraction of the mirrors, the opening and closing of the flaps, and the clever scenery are just right to blind the viewer and create a surreal illusion.
The red silk covers the frames, and the quarter-opening of the stage hides the corners, all of which make it impossible for the audience to observe the truth within a limited field of vision, and music, lights, and colorful paper widen the sensory distance, making it impossible for people to reason quietly.
However, an illusion is an illusion after all, and when the mechanism of its creation is understood, the fog lifts in an instant, and there is no real magic in the hands of the magician.
The truth is nothing more than the reflection in the mirror, the camera obsca under the floor, and the design of the set beforehand.
There are no monsters with teeth and claws, and there are no elusive girls, everything is just carefully woven lies.
These ancient charlatans make full use of the limitations of human vision, using ingenious mirror reflections, trapdoor designs and other means to deceive the audience's eyes, creating seemingly magical but ordinary effects.
We can't help but ask, why can such a simple trick deceive countless eyes?
The key to this may be that the new and exciting performances often capture people's hearts first, and before rational thinking has time to catch up, the magician has already finished and left.
At first glance, the mysterious scene stimulates the imagination, and emotions are ignited in an instant, while rational analysis takes time to precipitate, and often cares about one or the other, and misses the best opportunity to understand the truth.
The reason why these tricks have endured is that they have stimulated people's curiosity and desire to explore the unknown, and touched people's yearning for mysterious things.
The performers take advantage of this to capture the hearts of the audience first, and by the time they react, the truth is no longer traceable.
It takes a rational eye to uncover deception, and it takes an emotional hand to guard against deception, and we need to keep rational thinking in our perceptual experience, and we need to keep human emotions in mind in our pursuit of truth.
●○ Conclusion ○●
Magic always surprises and amazes us, but its secrets will eventually be revealed.
When science advances to a certain extent, will we continue to love magic? Does it still touch our hearts? Let us continue to explore the mysteries of these questions.
In the era of underdeveloped cultural information, many people have little knowledge of novelties and are easy to take advantage of.
Today, we should be vigilant to distinguish between truth and falsehood in the face of information, always maintain the ability to think rationally, and also reflect on the importance of scientific knowledge education, and prevent the recurrence of such scams by improving the scientific literacy of the whole people.
Nowadays, the public's thinking is becoming more and more open-minded, and the performance of "Vase Girl" may not be so new, and everyone will not fully believe the rumors.
Do you still have an impression of such a performance? What do you think?
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