"One two three, three balls, two bowls, one hand ghost; four five six, six gods and no master, four sides are shocked." Friends who have not seen the "Three Immortals Returning to the Cave" acrobatics may not be able to imagine such a picture, three balls and two bowls, the ball changes position back and forth in the bowl, so that people can't guess where the ball is.
If you want to play this acrobatic to the fullest, it is impossible to do without decades of kung fu. However, there is such a person, in the ancient rarity, with a thin body to carry forward the "Three Immortals Return to the Cave", won Li Ka-shing 400 million, he is known as the "ghost hand" Of Wang Baohe.
<h1>Wuqiao acrobatics have a long history</h1>
Friends who like to watch costume dramas will definitely be familiar with a bridge section: the male and female protagonists walking in the rivers and lakes without silver money, they will sell art on the street, shouting: "Rich people hold a money field, no money hold a personal field." However, in real life, the profession of acrobatics and selling art belongs to the "lower nine streams", generally all of them are poor folk families, they are not eligible to participate in the examination, and in the case of farming and business, they choose to practice hard skills and rely on selling art for a living.
Acrobatics belong to the bottom of the society, and there are few outsiders who learn from teachers, but more are family inheritances, and skills are taught through blood relations. Fathers and grandfathers began to practice skills from childhood, and then passed on to their children and grandchildren, and gradually the rules became more and more, such as not passing on outsiders, passing on men and not passing on women, and so on.
Wuqiao County, Cangzhou City, Hebei Province, is located in the south of ancient Jizhou, the lower reaches of the Yellow River, in ancient times the land here was very desolate, farmers often had no grain harvest, the harvest was unstable, Wuqiao people in order to survive, began to find another way to survive. Undoubtedly, acrobatics are the fastest way. Therefore, acrobatics in the land of Wuqiao are like sparks, which have been passed down for hundreds of years with the momentum of the plains.
"There is no match for amusement in the world, the first acrobatic township in the world", "up to ninety-nine, down to just walking, Wuqiao acrobatics, everyone has a hand." And other praises are talking about Wuqiao's acrobatics. In Wuqiao, the most famous is known as the "Ghost Hand King", Mr. Wang Baohe, who is good at "Three Immortals Returning to the Cave" and "Bone Reduction Gong".
<h1>Young to learn art, winter and summer do not stop</h1>
Wang Baohe was born in a family of acrobatics in Wuqiao, his grandfather was a famous local acrobatic master Wang Sen, and his father also did his grandfather's true inheritance. When Wang Baohe was three years old, he followed his father to sell art under the overpass in Beijing, and was interested in acrobatics since he was a child, but because he was young, he could only help his father deliver something to beat his hands, and more time was spent watching his father get a full house of applause.
Three years later, six-year-old Wang Baohe began formally learning acrobatics. The wang father was very strict with him, and the little Wang Baohe had already borne the livelihood of the future family, so the wang father must ask him to be perfect. When other children walked the streets and alleys to run and play, Wang Baohe practiced acrobatics at home, cold and summer, winter and summer.
The phrase "practice three nine in winter, three volts in summer" summarizes Wang Baohe's entire childhood time. But he was still a child, and there were times when he didn't concentrate on practicing and wanted to run out, but the strict Wang Father would always carry a stick and wait at the door, frightening Wang Baohe into obediently going back to practice acrobatics.
Over time, Wang Baohe's acrobatic skills were practiced better and better, and people became much calmer. At this time, Wang Baohe taught Wang Baohe a "trick": eloquence. There has always been a saying to describe the importance of eloquence in acrobatics, that is, "three points of skill, seven points of eloquence".
You know, there are many cows, ghosts, snake gods that juggling skills have to face, there are who deliberately look for ballast, there are those who do not give money after watching the skills, and there are peers who smash stalls and so on. Therefore, it is very important to practice a good eloquence, see people talking, seeing ghosts talking, how to go around in all kinds of people, this is a university question. No matter how exquisite the skill is, if the eloquence is not eloquent, it will not be able to retain the audience, and it will also offend the forces of all sides.
No matter how many ways there are to practice eloquence, whether it is flattery or flattery, there is one principle that Father Wang has always asked Wang Baohe to do, that is, sincerity. Only by treating others with sincerity will naturally be exchanged for the respect of others.
<h1>He is a great scholar and famous all over the world</h1>
Time flies, more than ten years have passed, the young Wang Baohe has practiced his skills very sophisticatedly, and he is famous in Wuqiao, but he is not satisfied with the status quo. He was accustomed to seeing his grandfather and father go north and south, eating and sleeping in the wind, he did not want to be so rootless duckweed wandering, precarious, he wanted to join the acrobatic troupe, become a formal acrobats.
In 1958, Wang Baohe joined the Wuqiao Circus Acrobatic Troupe, and his income stabilized, and what made him even happier was that he had a larger platform to show off his exclusive skills. He began to follow the circus acrobatic troupe out to perform in the north and south, went to many places, and exchanged skills with acrobatic troupes across the country, which was also recognized by the audience.
A series of acrobatics such as mid-turn, water meteor, flying fork, magic and so on made the audience marvel, and Wang Baohe gradually became well known to people, so that later on the road, there were many "fans" to take photos with Wang Baohe. However, Wang Bao's merger did not become impetuous, and more than ten years of hard training had made his heart as stable as a pine and as waveless as an ancient well. The only thing that can make Wang Baohe's heart flutter is the pursuit of a higher level of skill.
So when he was in his thirties, his father decided to teach him the most important acrobatic in the family, that is, the "Three Immortals Returning to the Cave". Three immortals return to the cave, need 3 balls, 2 bowls, a stick, the ball constantly changes positions in the three bowls, testing the audience's eyesight, but also testing the craftsmanship of acrobats.
Wang Baohe began to study his skills like when he was a child, and it was several years of cold and summer. In the end, he inherited the high-strength craftsmanship of his father", "Three Immortals Returning to the Cave", which also became the highlight of Wang Baohe's performance, which made his value rise suddenly, and more local art activities invited him to perform, for a time, Wang Baohe has become famous all over the world.
<h1>Do not forget the original intention, investment attraction</h1>
Wang Baohe's acrobatic interpretation road is more and more smooth, he is no longer like his grandparents and fathers on the street, the more activities he participates in, the more popular he is, and he is on the stage of CCTV variety shows, and he performs on the same stage with CCTV host Zhu Xun and peasant singer Zhu Zhiwen.
When fame and fortune rushed to Wang Baohe, he did not forget his original intention, no matter how high the stage he stood on, he was a folk artist, inheriting the traditional Chinese craftsmanship. He wanted more people to be able to appreciate the charm of traditional literature and art, and he also wanted the world to know his hometown, Wuqiao, the hometown of Chinese acrobatics.
Wang Baohe followed the Hebei Art Troupe to the Hong Kong Arts Center to perform, and he performed his special skill "Three Immortals Returning to the Cave", which was appreciated by many Celebrities in Hong Kong, and even the Hong Kong Chief Executive at the time called him "Ghost Hand King". One of the celebrities who could not obey Wang Baohe's "Three Immortals Returning to the Cave" at that time was Li Ka-shing. Li Ka-shing asked Wang Baohe to perform again, thinking that this time he must reveal the secret of the "Three Immortals Returning to the Cave".
Wang Baohe, who is nearly 70 years old, naturally understands Li Ka-shing's thoughts, but Wang Baohe has confidence in his own strength, so he took the opportunity to make a bet with Li Ka-shing, if Li Ka-shing sees his technique, then he will no longer perform the "Three Immortals Return to the Cave", if he does not see it, Li Ka-shing will invest 400 million yuan to Wuqiao County to help the acrobatic town complete urban and rural construction.
Li Ka-shing was aroused by the desire to win or lose, and gladly agreed. Wang Baohe performed again, and although Li Ka-shing watched intently with his eyes wide open, he still did not find out the mystery of Wang Baohe's technique. Li Ka-shing, who was willing to gamble and lose, later really funded the construction of Wuqiao County, and also built a "ghost hand theater" for Wang Baohe, so that the acrobatics of Wuqiao County could be carried forward.
Now Wang Baohe is already an old man of ancient rarity, and his greatest wish for fame and fortune is to find more people who inherit his craft, in addition to his own son, Wang Baohe has also accepted many apprentices to continue to pass on the folk art of "Three Immortals Returning to the Cave". I believe that with folk art inheritors like Wang Baohe, the skills of our ancestors for thousands of years will be able to pass on the torch.