A few days ago, the TV series "Langya List" adapted from the online novel ended perfectly, following "The Biography of Zhen Huan" and "The Pretender", which once again set off a national upsurge of drama chasing. This drama is called a work of conscience by a large number of netizens, there is no thunderous plot, and the suspense design is also slightly linked, so that people who watch it do not feel addicted.
However, although "Langya List" is finished, the psychology of the Chinese people reflected by it is placed in front of us, just like "Hong Kong 囧" and "Charlotte's Troubles", why is the box office performance so high?
In addition to the effectiveness of publicity, I believe that more reasons are the long-term repressive elements in our culture, we lack the factors that make ourselves happy, whether it is in work, or study, life, family, our pressure can not be effectively released, men uphold the "independent cold autumn, Xiangjiang North" arrogant atmosphere, the pressure at work, never or rarely tell the relatives at home, because they feel that they do not want to increase the pressure on the family, so they can only pass on friends, or put in their hearts, They feel that this is the man's responsibility.
Of course, this has naturally become one of the reasons why Chinese men never smile and establish majesty in the family. Women have always been curious about men's careers, because they want to know, eager to know, to know that in ancient times, women could not have any beak on men's careers, ordinary people dared to question their husbands called not to keep the way of women, what is the way of women? The Mencius Teng Wen Gongxia was the first to explain: "Those who take obedience as the basis, the way of concubines is also." This means that the wife must be absolutely obedient to her husband and the daughter-in-law to her in-laws.
If it is in the imperial general's family, not only is it not called not keeping the way of women, but also it is called interfering in the affairs of the dynasty, and either of these two articles is enough to make a woman shed several layers of skin and die several times. Later, with the evolution of history, "three from four virtues" gradually became the foundation of the dynastic era, "three from": "marry from the father, both marry from the husband, the husband dies from the son", first seen in the "Ritual Ceremony , Funeral Dress , Zi Xia Biography", also emphasizes that women should follow their husbands, "four virtues" refers to "women's morality, women's speech, women's appearance, women's skills" emphasize that women must have virtue, walking and talking must have standards, manual work is naturally indispensable, what is called virtue, naturally that is, the previous three subordinates.
From this point of view, Chinese women have been depressed for thousands of years, once in the current East-West integration, open-minded society, their curiosity will be amplified in the family, from the other side they also want to share for their husbands, advice, but most of the husbands will not care too much, one is fundamentally to maintain their family status, to maintain their face at home.
Second, it is the "sense of responsibility" that has been integrated into the blood for thousands of years and does not know whether it should be called responsibility. Third, women in the case of knowing the operation of men's careers, there is a difference between their thinking and men's, men will always feel that this difference is incorrect, of course, wise men, families with cultural background may not be like this, but that is only a small proportion in society. Because we are still a big agricultural country, not an intellectual power.
Fourth, once women find that men complain too much about work at home, they will think that this is a sign of lack of responsibility. They will no longer think about the problem of sharing, but the problem of men's ability. What kind of psychology is this, to put it bluntly, this is our thousands of years of "monarchs, subjects, fathers, sons" unequal psychology, men will always have an authoritarian power over women, women will always give this authoritarian support to men, that is, we are talking about, optimistic about the "backyard", although they do not know, but they are pushed forward by this invisible force, so that the entire society of men and women have a clear authority, so that each family can be stabilized, so that society can be stabilized.
Over time, our families will never discuss the issue of work, only the issue of wages, the distribution of money, and never tell each other about the unhappiness and dissatisfaction at work. Pressure can only live in everyone's heart, so whenever you encounter a film that can make people release, why don't people flock to it? Because we are really too tired to live, too tired of being tossed by this face society and the relationship society, but we have to adapt, even our home is like this, let alone our society? You're right?
Having said that, the popularity of "Langya List" really grasped several of our major psychological factors, one of which is that when we are curious about history, we have almost no knowledge of our own history, but anyone who is willing to dig up and put some stories in front of us, we all feel that it will be very fresh.
Not only the people, but still in colleges and universities, for example, our study of Dunhuang murals is not as good as Japan' research, and our study of Chinese history is not as good as that of the West. I think it's not that our scholars don't have the ability, or the ability is not enough, but they are distracted, one of the purposes of their research is to get a social science project, the purpose of the project is to get more money, the purpose of taking money is to make their family better, in order to live a better life, and very few of them will do research because of their own interests.
Of course, this can't be blamed on them, because even if you have a strong interest and the ability to do research in this society, you can't escape the fact that you are supporting your family, and there is no good policy for people who are willing to do research. For example, if you discover or invent something, you can recommend him to your friends or put him online, but I believe that you have not yet had a celebrity gossip come to fruition, spread quickly, almost no one will pay attention to your discovery or invention, until you meet "Bo Le", that is, the person who has at least a certain status in a certain circle, then your hard life may come to an end, but the probability may be tens of millions of molecules.
When waiting for this person, you are very difficult, maybe you think of borrowing money from relatives or going to the bank loan, then sorry, relatives will think that you are idle, do something inexplicable, they may borrow you some points, maybe they will not give you at all, because it is very likely that even your own parents will think that you have nothing to do, idle, do not make money. Secondly, you think of a loan, again, sorry, please issue an income certificate, this time you are likely to do some part-time work for research, there is no fixed job, considered a freelancer, relying on your writing or writing to earn some living expenses, but the bank can not care about you, he only cares that you can not pay back this money.
Secondly, if you are a college student, it may be better, but as far as I know, the premise is that you still have a stable income, and the college student start-up loan is not a white loan, but the interest rate is relatively low. If so, what if there is no degree, or the degree is just a secondary school, or even a high school or something? Some people will certainly say that these people can't even read books, how to engage in learning, to engage in research, in fact, to tell everyone that interest is the real driving force, not money, Newton, Shakespeare are not such people?
The popularity of "Langya List" does not satisfy our curiosity and freshness. If it is not new, how many people will know about the Southern Liang (502-557) during the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period? Although there are huge differences between TV dramas and historical facts, in the end, people still know that before the Sui and Tang Dynasties, there was such a small imperial court in southern China.
Second, it captures the psychology of the Chinese people who like to watch battle dramas. The reason why we like to watch fights so much is because it is a reflection of our real life, art comes from life, the people who write novels and the screenwriters who adapt them, and I believe they must have experienced this in real life. Although the age structure and crowd of people watching the drama are different, I believe that at least there are at least a group of people who will unconsciously correspond to their own circles and feel the impermanence of people's hearts.
Our country is actually a patriarchal society, a society that intertwines blood, law and morality, whether it is really past or present, although our blood has been passed down for countless generations, our laws have been modified countless times, our morality has always been like that, running in the blood, this is also the characteristic of our country, blood maintains the relationship of society, the law maintains the dignity of society, and morality maintains the norms of society.
Patriarchy, patriarchy refers to the patriarchal law, you have certainly not heard of the patriarch, which is also the biggest obstacle to our construction of a country ruled by law, but we have to rely on the foundation. We like to watch battle dramas, watch nothing else, see the society we actually live in, and watch the circle of each of us. Isn't there a cross-talk called "Circle" at the Spring Festival Gala? What Zhou Wei said may be saying is this truth.
Third, heroism in everyone's heart. From ancient times to the present, our country has always advocated "sages", wise and learned people, a Mei Changsu who strategizes in the vortex of power, after the completion of the matter, he can still protect himself and let his superiors bow their heads, this wisdom cannot but make people admire, feel that he is the hero in their hearts, although such a thing, in history, is absolutely impossible to happen, if you want to happen such an event, in addition to military advice, that is, forbearance, and then overthrown.
"Langyabang" captures this kind of psychology of the audience, because when we watch it, we will also think about how I would get the emperor to agree to reiterate the Chiyan case if I were a person in the bureau. Our society is, in a way, a face society, especially the face of an authoritarian figure, more important than anything else, because it is related to the perception of him by the whole society and the identification with the values that people have established for him. It is not often said that "give you a step down, you should go down", the step is actually face, scruples are also face, knowing that mistakes do not change, not that he does not want to change, but he thinks too much, too much scruples, not just because of the throne.
We see the scene of Lin Shuai making the emperor bow his head in the last episode, for us, it is an impossible thing to complete in reality, we see him completed in the TV series, and there is no doubt that the happiness in our hearts is indescribable. Of course, it has to be mentioned that this scene between Lin Shuai and the emperor is carried out in a scene where there are only two people, which shows that the emperor's face is always a big thing, and the thinking of the emperor and the screenwriter is quite logical. That little bit of heroism in our hearts, like we like to watch American blockbusters, is stirred up.
Fourth, it is in line with our inner complex of ancient rhyme as beauty and our cultural connotation of advocating etiquette. Everyone's growth environment and preferences are different, therefore, beauty is also divided into many kinds, some people think that a thing is beautiful, some people think it is not beautiful, but there is a kind of beauty that is in our blood, that is, the beauty of the ancient rhyme shown in the film, just like our complex for the qipao, you can think that this qipao is not beautiful, not suitable for this woman, but you will never think that all the qipao is not beautiful, there will be the type you like, this is a complex.
It is not the same as the current denim pants introduced from the West, when you go shopping, you may say that this dress is very beautiful, suitable for yourself, but when you see the cheongsam, you will also say very beautiful, but these two beautiful, in our hearts the feeling is not the same, the former may be simply suitable for themselves, the latter will evoke the yearning for the beauty of ancient times, this is the beauty of history, the beauty of the foundation, this is the complex.
"Langyabang" basically conforms to the dressing customs of the time in the design of costumes and props, and the manners, words and deeds of prostration reveal beauty, especially when concubines prostrate themselves to the emperor and empress, the etiquette is clear and the posture is elegant. It feels like that's what happened at the time. It can give the audience an illusion of time and space.
For another example, the emperor in the banquet of the prince, the honorary king, the position of the courtiers is clear, the prince is in the upper left position, and then according to the order of the prince, who is the eldest is sorted in turn, in this play, it is naturally the fifth son of the emperor, the king of honor, then the seventh son of the emperor, the king of Jing, then the lord of the phoenix county, the minister, and finally the guest Mei Changsu, and the guest who comes to the right. This kind of ranking is to restore the historical truth as much as possible, which is a manifestation of etiquette and a manifestation of the dignity and inferiority of the elderly and the young, which is in line with our tradition of the order of the elderly and the young. Everyone watches the drama and feels rigorous, in fact, why do you feel rigorous, that is, because the etiquette system has been rooted in everyone's hearts for thousands of years!