What is the principle of the ancient illusion "rope to the sky", which leads to the sky?

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Preface

Using a rope to go straight to the sky, this rope technique has been recorded in the mainland and India, but the difference is that we regard this rope technique as a myth and legend, and do not take it very seriously, while India has restored this rope technique and has become an art performance form, which is quite popular among Indian folk.

If you stand aside and watch the performance of Indian Ahsan, you will feel very magical, an ordinary rope can be accompanied by the music of the third brother, slowly growing upward, and the original soft rope has become extremely hard, which can steadily support a child to climb up, as if it can really go straight to the sky.

So what is the principle behind this, and why do China and India have the ancient legend of the "Rope to Heaven" at the same time?

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The origin of the rope to heaven

As we all know, India, our neighbor across the mountain, is also one of the four ancient civilizations, with many splendid ancient civilizations.

And this magic show called the Babel Rope is one of the popular Indian folklore, but if you want to ask about the origin of the legend of the Babel Rope in India, you really can't find any reliable statement.

Because those who know India know that the history of India is a history of being invaded, and one foreign nation after another has established dynasties in India.

A little further back, there was the British colonial rule of India for two centuries, and a little further back, the invasions of the Aryans, Persians, Macedonians, and so on.

This also leads to the fact that the history of letters in India is too short, and many historical traditions are not recorded in detail, so to investigate the origin of the rope to heaven, we have to look at the ancient written records of the mainland.

And there is a legend about the rope to the sky, which was first recorded in the Ming Dynasty in the mainland, "Yuanjian Class Han", which introduced the book "Yan Yi Edition", which has a strange thing that happened in the prosperous era of the Tang Dynasty.

It is said that during the Kaiyuan period of the Tang Dynasty, the emperor Tang Xuanzong did not make a whole of the Kaiyuan Dynasty in the early days, and then after becoming famous, he slowly became lazy and rotten, and began to enjoy the life.

In addition to embracing the beauty Yang Guifei, this person also likes to hold some celebrations, watch others perform, and have some fun for himself, however, this emperor wants to have fun, and the people who are responsible for holding the celebration below are sad, if the emperor is not satisfied with the arranged program, then their officials don't have to be officials.

Therefore, in order to ensure that the program of this celebration is absolutely eye-catching and exciting enough, these people are also looking for talented people to perform, which is the same as making movies now, and it is necessary to ensure that the special effects in it are good enough for the audience to enjoy.

At this time, after a prisoner in a prison learned the news, he recommended himself and enthusiastically signed up, claiming that he could rely on a rope to reach the sky, which was very magical.

As soon as these words came out, they also successfully attracted the attention of the supervisors, and felt that arranging this scene for the emperor to perform would definitely attract the emperor's request.

However, deception is a big crime, and before letting the prisoner perform for the emperor, he has to check whether what the prisoner said is true or false, so the prison director found a rope and gave it to the prisoner, so that the prisoner could perform in public first.

As a result, the prisoner told the truth, threw the rope into the air, and stood upright, and then saw the prisoner climb up along the rope, and the rope could hold on, and it never fell.

Everyone was amazed for a long time, until the prisoner disappeared along the rope, and everyone realized that the prisoner had run away, but when they went to look for someone again, they could not find the prisoner.

This is also the origin of the legend of the rope to heaven, which says that a rope can reach the sky, and people can follow the rope to any place in the world.

And another origin about the rope of Tongtian is "Strange Tales from Liaozhai" that everyone has watched, which is about two people who specially perform to steal peaches from the sky with ropes, which should be the peach that Sun Wukong secretly ate in the heavenly court.

I saw one person throw the rope into the sky, and then another person went up along the rope to steal the peach, but this person didn't seem to have the luck of Sun Wukong, and was discovered by the gods above, and ended up with a corpse separated.

Then the companion who was responsible for receiving the partner saw the end of the partner, and cried a pitiful, at this time, the person who watched the peach stealing performance would be soft-hearted, and took out the reward money to this person, and when the reward was almost given, I saw that the partner who was separated by the corpse came back from the dead, jumped out of the wooden box, and then saluted and thanked the people, and the people who watched it were called Zizi.

The record in the book, if you abandon the mythological elements and just look at it as a performance, is actually similar to the Indian magic show of the rope of the rope, which is a rope ascending to heaven, and then people can climb up along the rope.

However, we all know that this is a legend and myth, how did India restore it to look like the real thing?

Uncover the magic of Batoba, India

First of all, one thing is certain, as in the story, after the man climbs up the rope, he can disappear.

And India has a magic trick about the rope of the sky, and the rumor that circulated at the beginning can also disappear, but I don't know if it is because the apprentices of the church starved to death of the master, or because of the progress of scientific and technological means, the magic of the rope in India is performing, and the people who climb on the rope will not disappear.

Of course, although there is no way to do this, the most basic of this operation is still there, such as the rope stretching like heaven with the beat of the music, and there are people who can climb up along the rope, all of which are still there.

And in order to do this, it is actually very simple, first of all, according to the description in the book, when performing Tongtian, there is no such thing as a basket.

But the magic of the heavens performed in India, you have to bring a basket everywhere you go, and at the bottom of this basket, there is actually a tripod that can be freely retracted, which is similar to the telescopic rod in our life, which can make it bigger and smaller, but this bottom needs to be supported by an additional tripod.

This is also the reason why only lightweight children can climb it, but any heavier adult will not be able to support the pole.

As for the outer basket, it is actually just a layer of packaging, this basket is divided into two layers, there is a compartment in the middle, and the same color material is used with the basket, the purpose is to camouflage this compartment as the bottom of the basket, only need to make the quality of the material part in the middle of the compartment almost to ensure that the pole below can be broken and can be raised.

In this way, when the basket is checked for the audience, the telescopic device below will not be exposed, there are so many people on the scene, just to give the audience a glance, if you don't watch carefully, the audience will only think that this basket has only one layer, so they will not find the mystery inside, they will only feel that after the rope is thrown into the basket, it will become straight and straight, and it can rise.

Of course, this telescopic rod is a dead thing after all, no one to control the telescopic rod, it will definitely not be able to rise at a critical time, at this time, it needs remote control.

Another key item is the instrument held by the performer below, which is both a musical instrument and a remote control, and at the critical moment, the player can press the button and control the ascent.

Or if you are lazy, you can simply find a tow, hand over the remote control to this support, and then this support can be mixed in the crowd to watch the performance, and when necessary, you can go up with it.

As for how those people did it when science and technology were not developed in the past, in fact, compared to now, it was easier to fool people with magic tricks in the past, first of all, people did not understand science in the past, and they were generally more superstitious, so they believed this in their hearts and would not doubt it.

Secondly, although there was no telescopic rod before, only wooden sticks, but this is also possible, after all, it used to be dark at night, sneaking out, digging a big pit, punching a hole or something, arranging the venue in advance, no one knows, when the time comes, send someone, just hide below and hand the stick.

In addition, it can also be performed when the sun is the most vicious, when the sun is big, after people climb to the top, the people below look up, against the big sun, they can't open their eyes, and they can't see clearly.

When the time comes, the people who are playing at the bottom will perform a little more attractive movements, make a little noise or something, divert the attention of others, and the people above will crawl and take the opportunity to jump out, and they will disappear without realizing it.

conclusion

Therefore, there is a good saying, one minute in the sky, ten years of work off the stage, when you are offstage, you only need to think about everything thoroughly and understand.

When performing on stage, there will be an information gap between the performers and the audience, and the doorway performers inside will be clear, but the audience will not understand because they see it for the first time, these magic performances actually take the effort off the stage.

Reference Sources:

1. Qing Dynasty novelist Pu Songling's "Strange Tales from Liaozhai" volume "Stealing Peaches"

2. Ming Dynasty "Yuanjian Class Han" quoted from the book "Yan Yi Edition"

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