Classics are always difficult to escape the fate of being remade. After 33 years, the Nth remake of "Qiannu Ghost", "Qiannu Ghost: Human Love", was released on the Internet. Although the Douban score is lower, it has exceeded 110 million plays in just three days.
This data can't help but make people wonder, why is "Ghost of a Woman" still so popular after so many years? Or what do you like when you watch this work?
The original story of "The Ghost of Qiannu" is "Nie Xiaoqian" in the third volume of "Liaozhai Zhiyi" written by Pu Songling. "Liaozhai Zhiyi" is commonly known as "The Legend of the Ghost Fox", because the love story of the flower demon fox charm and mortals occupies the largest proportion in the whole book.
<h1 class="pgc-h-decimal" data-index="01" > good story, with typical and unique characters</h1>
Ghost in the Shell is timeless, first of all because it tells a good story, and a good story must have typical and unique characters.
Typicality of the male protagonist: In ancient times, the ultimate goal of the student was to obtain a meritorious name and change his destiny by embarking on a career path. The male protagonist, Ning Caichen, is a scholar who earns a living by collecting accounts, is kind by nature, holds a broken umbrella, wears broken shoes, and treks all the way, without food. Throughout the dynasties and dynasties, after all, the successful students were a minority, and the poor and discouraged students were the main body of the intellectuals at that time. Therefore, the role setting of Ning Caichen is typical.
In fact, most of the male protagonists in "Liaozhai Zhiyi" are like this, which not only reflects Pu Songling's own situation, but also represents the state of a wide range of readers. If it is replaced by a yuanlang or an official eunuch, first of all, the story of encountering a female ghost at Lan Ruo Temple is difficult to establish; secondly, the possibility of resonating with readers is also greatly reduced. It can be seen that Pu Songling made a clever idea when creating this collection of stories.
The uniqueness of the heroine: In ancient times, women were bound by three from four virtues, and their characteristics were mostly gentle, virtuous, and gentle, and they were not intimate with strange men. Female ghosts can jump out of red tape and show the image of women who break the tradition. The heroine Nie Xiaoqian was originally Miss Qianjin of the eunuch family, but she was killed by the adulterer. After her death, her bones were controlled by the Thousand Year Tree Demon, and she was forced to lure passers-by for the Tree Demon and absorb Yang Qi. In short, she is a female ghost who is used as bait. Therefore, Nie Xiaoqian's role setting is unique.
Although she is a female ghost, she has a beautiful and flowing temperament, her eyes are chuchu and pitiful, sometimes charming, sometimes grumpy, charming but not demon, and the layers are clear. Because she wants to seduce men, she knows how to show charm to strange men, and at the same time she wants to refuse to give up, such a means is always tried and tested. It can only be the unique setting of female ghosts and fox demons, and it is contrary to ethics to change to ordinary women, which inevitably makes people sick to their stomachs.
Therefore, it is the typical of the male protagonist and the uniqueness of the female protagonist that make this story both valid and interesting, which is a prerequisite for a good story.
<h1 class="pgc-h-decimal" data-index="02" > people who read stories are attracted to perfect love</h1>
American psychologist Sternberg proposed the love triangle theory, which believes that love is composed of three basic components: passion, intimacy and commitment.
Passion is emotional fascination, which belongs to the motivational component of love; intimacy refers to the warm experience that can be caused in a love relationship, which belongs to the emotional component of love; commitment refers to the decision expectation or guarantee to maintain the relationship, which belongs to the cognitive component of love.
These three ingredients combine seven types of love: stupid love, liking love, obsessive love, hollow love, romantic love, partner love, and perfect love.
The so-called perfect love is that the relationship contains three components of passion, intimacy and commitment.
The reason why "Ghost of Qiannu: Human Love" has been criticized has logical problems and acting skills, but the core reason is that this story does not tell love thoroughly. The audience subconsciously wants to see perfect love, but how Ning Caichen and Nie Xiaoqian fall in love with each other, the twist is too abrupt, and there is no element of passion, intimacy and commitment.
"Qiannu Ghost 1: Demon Road" clearly explains the details of Ning Caichen and Nie Xiaoqian's mutual attraction, including Ning Caichen's transformation from rejecting her to firmly loving her after knowing that Nie Xiaoqian is a female ghost, including Nie Xiaoqian's original helpless acceptance of the arrangement of marrying the old demon of Montenegro, and later fighting hard to be with Ning Caichen. The two have passion, there is intimacy, and there is commitment.
At the end of "Qiannu Ghost: Human Love", Nie Xiaoqian is about to enter the reincarnation wheel, which is her only chance to reincarnate, but Ning Caichen is holding on to it, and has been shouting no, which seems to be pretentious and deliberate, making people unable to enter the play.
At the end of "Qiannu Ghost 1: Demon Road", the sky was almost dawn, Ning Caichen urged Nie Xiaoqian to enter the Golden Pagoda to reincarnate, turned his back on her and said sadly, Xiao Qian, you have to be a good person, I will always remember you. Nie Xiaoqian responded with tears in her eyes, I can't imagine that I can't see you for the last time, you have to take care. A simple two-sentence dialogue portrays the feelings of both parties who are in love with each other.
A weak student who strives to be reborn for the "person" he loves without fear of life and death. A humble female ghost who goes hand in hand with her loved ones in order to get rid of the doom of being at the mercy of others. They face great difficulties: people and ghosts (yin and yang are destined not to be together forever), strong opponents (millennium tree demon + black mountain old demon), multiple tasks (Ning Caichen not only has to rescue Nie Xiaoqian, but also has to retreat from nie xiaoqian's golden pagoda to send Nie Xiaoqian's golden pagoda to a family), but they are so determined and so united, they have to break through the world and difficulties, and be brave to the end. In the end, it also touched Yan Chixia to help them.
Lovers have one heart, and their profits are broken. It is this fearless state that outlines the best and most powerful side of perfect love. This kind of love is our yearning, grabbing our eyeballs and tugging at our hearts.
<h1 class="pgc-h-decimal" data-index="03" > the story of flowing water, the wind and moon of iron</h1>
Ten Mile Ping Lake is full of frost, and every inch of green silk is sad.
Looking at the moon alone, only envying the Mandarin Duck and not envying the immortals.
We are moved by a song, a book, a movie, mostly because it contains all kinds of stories, which just happen to say what is on our mind and fit our state of mind. The story of flowing water, the wind and moon of iron. One seemingly different story after another ends up telling the same themes. Because of empathy, we can draw out our emotions through other people's stories.
In order to obtain perfect love, we all face all kinds of problems.
In "Ghost of a Woman", people and ghosts fall in love, symbolizing the problem of identity differences, and it is necessary to break through the worldly concepts and public opinion pressures after this level. Identity differences contain many dimensions, such as differences in family background, your family has a higher social status, and the other party's family is the bottom of society; such as differences in personal conditions, you have high looks, high education, high income, and the other party is mediocre in all aspects; such as orientation differences, you and most people around you have different orientations, they like the opposite sex, and you like the same sex.
In "Ghost of a Woman", Grandma and the Old Demon of Montenegro symbolize the opposition forces, parents, relatives and friends, and those who feel that the two are not matched and obstruct the forces. To pass this level, you must have a strong enough heart and endurance. People who care about you will give you advice from their own point of view, and repeatedly persuade you to adopt, which is destined to be a protracted battle, and even threaten to make you submit. At this time, if you lack patience, or if your heart is not strong enough, it is easy to waver, and you may raise your hand and surrender halfway through.
<h1 class="pgc-h-decimal" data-index="04" > conclusion</h1>
Ning Caichen said that this is the world of love, not the world of swords, and love is the most powerful weapon.
Pu Songling said that Fusheng stopped robbery for love and did not hesitate to cultivate for ten thousand years.
They painstakingly reveal to us a truth, love is the purpose, but also the weapon, we sacrifice for love, and in the end love also makes us strong.
We should all learn from "The Ghost of Qiannu", in essence, to be a person with a pure personality like Ning Caichen, to be a person like Nie Xiaoqian who is not afraid to fight in action, to be a person like Yan Chixia who can "borrow the Law from Qiankun" in methods, to cultivate a strong heart, to overcome worldly concepts, to resist the pressure of public opinion, and finally to harvest the perfect love that is stronger than JinJian.