Pingbai got two precious treasures, which made Wang Yong want to laugh for several days. This kind of large piece of furniture made of red sandalwood is definitely a treasure that cannot be found.

Especially in today's era, after the large-scale felling and use of the Ming and Qing dynasties, and then after the decades of war in modern times and the destruction of the decade after the founding of the People's Republic of China, this kind of large red sandalwood furniture can already be called a national treasure!

That afternoon, I played playing poker with Gao Gui and a few other friends for an afternoon, and when I saw that it was already dark outside, they were dispersed by the third aunt who rushed back from the field to cook.

Walking out of the gate of the third aunt's house, a crisp chirping bird call made Wang Yong look up at the sky. A few late-returning swallows swept overhead and disappeared without a trace in the blink of an eye.

A big black-backed, white-bellied magpie stood on the branch of a locust tree at the door, chirping and chirping. It's a pity that no matter how powerful Wang Yong is, he can't understand the bird language, and he doesn't know whether he is singing or scolding the street!

Seven or eight sparrows flew in flocks from the west, and they landed on the locust tree in twos and threes, and began to chirp.

Before Wang Yong could come to his senses, several gray-feathered turtledoves also fluttered their wings, and flew slowly over without hurrying, and finally landed on the branches of the locust tree and the roof next to it.

Immediately after, a few more swallows also flew in to join in the fun. After only three or five minutes, pulsatillas, yellow finch, crows, and a stinky aunt hoopoe with "hair" appeared...... Even the sharp-eyed Wang Yong found two huge geese

"What's going on? Is it to convene a meeting of 100 birds to discuss the important matter of the survival of birds? ”

Wang Yong muttered to himself, and looked up curiously at the one hundred and ten birds of various species densely packed on the locust tree more than ten meters away from him.

While he was still wondering, suddenly, a stone flew over, and in an instant, a hundred birds were frightened, flapped their wings and flew into the sky in the blink of an eye, and fled in all directions.

Wang Yong frowned. Just as I was trying to see who was so disappointed, I heard the familiar high-pitched cry of my mother:

"Wang Yong! It's time to go home for dinner! ”

In this era when communication is basically based on shouting, the shouting of the loudspeaker in the village is comparable to that of the village, so Wang Yong can't care about anything else, and quickly turns around and runs home. Really, you won't look this way, will you? Why do you have to be so loud?

"What time is it? I don't know the time, what are you still playing at this time? Not hungry? ”

While listening to my mother's nagging with a bitter face, I entered the house. The small square tables in the hall were all set, and my father and brother were already sitting on the small benches and eating.

Speaking of rural people's dinner tables, there are generally two kinds of tables, one is the ordinary kind of common round table about one meter high, and the other is the one in front of Wang Yong.

Generally speaking. Its height is no more than thirty or forty centimeters, which is about the same height as the old-fashioned Eight Immortals table. But the appearance is not a square like the Eight Immortals Table, but a rectangular shape.

The size is also different, the large one can be one and a half meters long, and the width is almost half a meter. The small one is only one meter long, and the width is forty or fifty centimeters, which is just enough for a family of four and two old people.

This kind of table is called kang table in rural areas. It is generally used to eat on the kang. Most of them are wooden, very rough, and many people don't even paint a layer of paint. The wood used is not expensive firewood. Most of them are common locust trees and elm trees in rural areas. Poplar or something.

When eating, sitting on a small bench more than ten centimeters high or a horse about twenty centimeters high, everyone who is tall will feel aggrieved and panicked. There are also people who do not like to sit on a bench, but sit on a cushion five or six centimeters thick made of corn husks.

"Let's eat quickly. After eating, I went to the gate of the brigade to listen to the book! ”

Dad glanced sympathetically at the listless eldest son who had been left behind, and opened his mouth to relieve him.

"Storyteller?"

Wang Yong glanced at his father, and then at him with his head down. A younger brother who crackles and stuffs food into his mouth. No wonder this kid eats so happily today? It turned out that I was in a hurry to listen to the commentary?

Storytelling is called storytelling in the north, and it seems to be called storytelling in the south! It sounds a lot more elegant than storytelling, but it's actually the same thing.

Generally speaking, these storytellers just say, and there are some special ones that will be followed by a drum book. When Wang Yong was a child, he was still very strange, wasn't he a storyteller? Why are you still singing?

Later, when I grew up, I slowly learned that people were not commenting on books at all, but singing Beijing rhyme drums, which were completely different things.

These people are usually two or three people who work together to talk about the book, and if you talk about a section of the Three Kingdoms, you will break the meeting, let him talk about a paragraph of "The Biography of Yue Fei", and sometimes talk about some new editors and commentaries in modern times.

Storytelling, known as speaking in ancient times, is a traditional form of oral speech performance of the Han people, and it is believed that it has become popular as early as the Song Dynasty.

At the end of the Qing Dynasty and the beginning of the Republic of China, storytelling was generally performed by one person sitting behind a table, wearing a long robe, and the props were generally two things: a fan and a waking wood. After the founding of the People's Republic of China, it was generally changed to standing performances, and the costumes were no longer fixed.

After entering the 90s, as TV began to enter thousands of households, the novelty of TV storytelling began to become more and more popular. Many of Wang Yong's friends get out of school every afternoon, and the first thing they do when they run home is to turn on the TV and read the book.

There is a saying that storytelling has appeared as early as the Spring and Autumn Period. In the Warring States Period, the princes traveled around the world, often using stories as metaphors, such as the story of carving a boat and seeking a sword, which is said to be an early storytelling.

Storytellers generally believe that the art form of storytelling originated in the Eastern Zhou Dynasty, and the ancestor was Zhou Zhuanggong.

This old man's name is Ji Tuo, the year of birth is unknown, died in 682 BC, and he is the third king of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty, also known as King Zhouzhuang.

But how did such a monarch become the ancestor of storytelling?

Don't worry, let's go through the ancient book "Historical Records" first. The description of King Zhuang of Zhou in the "Historical Records" is very simple, only a few dozen words record that he thwarted an attempted coup d'état.

It's about a man called Black Shoulder at that time (this name is so connotative!) The ministers plotted to kill King Zhuang and make his younger brother Ji Ke king.

Because he was informant by a man named Simber, King Zhuang remembered that he was executed for treason. His younger brother Ji Ke was so frightened that he fled to the country of Yan in a hurry.

That's it, in addition, there is no record of any other deeds about King Zhou Zhuang in the "Historical Records", let alone a record of interacting with people in the literary and artistic circles.

The reason why he became the ancestor is probably just a fabrication by later generations. It's like Zhu Yuanzhang became the grandfather who begged for food later. Later generations regard it as an ancestor without the permission of others, which is an infringement of people's right to reputation!

There are three legends about the ancestor of King Zhou Zhuang who became a storyteller, one of which is that he himself is more filial and is a great filial son.

It was very painful to see my mother sick. So he sat down at his mother's bed and told her a story. When the old man heard this, he was very happy, and felt that the disease was not so bad.

But after a long time, the stories that King Zhou Zhuang knew were finished, and he really couldn't tell any stories, but the old mother still wanted to hear it, so what should I do?

He is the king of a country, and there are capable people under his hands. So he called the four ministers Mei, Qing, Hu, and Zhao, and asked them to take turns telling stories to their mothers.

After his death, the new leader took office, thinking that these four people could tell stories, but with the high salary given to them by the state, it was useless, so he simply quit all four of them.

These four lost the iron job bowl of civil servants, simply broke the jar and broke it, became self-employed, and walked around the villages and alleys to tell stories to people, and later these four people became the ancestors of the four major portals of the famous music industry.

The second legend is a bit unreliable, and the first half is the same as the first one, which is about the filial piety of King Zhouzhuang. When his mother was sick, he told stories to the elderly every day in order to refresh them.

It's just that there is nothing wrong with the four big officials, but there is an extra drum. said that when the old man was sleepy, he would knock it to remind the old man that you should be serious and listen carefully.

This practice seems to be as if King Zhou Zhuang is not practicing filial piety, but is showing off his eloquence, forcing his sick mother to listen to his story, which is really unreliable.

As for the third one, it should be the most reliable. Because his basis is derived from the records of King Zhouzhuang in some historical books about King Zhouzhuang's "drumming and turning the people".

In order to strengthen the building of the country's legal system and educate the people, King Zhou Zhuang specially ordered four officials to carry red, yellow, blue, and white drums of different colors to those villages where the public order situation was poor and the people's customs were not good, and publicized the state's policies and regulations in the form of storytelling.

This novel way of promoting is very attractive and has achieved good results. It is said that in all places where stories have been told and propagated, the public order situation has improved markedly, and in some places even the roads have not been left behind, and the houses are not closed at night.

Because of this, as the founder of "drumming and turning the people", King Zhouzhuang was established as the ancestor of storytellers.

In the past, every time the fourth month of the lunar calendar was eighteen, quyi artists would spontaneously go to the Yaowang Temple to gather to celebrate the birthday of their ancestors.

Hey, wait, that's Yaowang Temple, what's the matter with your storyteller, King Zhouzhuang?

Hehe, don't worry, there's still a bit of a head to talk about it. According to legend, King Zhouzhuang's birthday is on April 28, and the birthday of Sun Simiao, the king of medicine, is also on this day, so as soon as these disciples and disciples discuss it, let's do it in advance!

The most critical point is that the reason why you want to go to Yaowang Temple is because the side hall of Yaowang Temple is generally dedicated to King Zhouzhuang! (To be continued......)

PS: Thank you for your support and love these days!

At present, the online article is still in the crackdown period, the new book is okay, only two are banned, and the last one that has been completed is miserable, and the house is not embarrassed to count, how many chapters have been banned!

The banned chapters of the new book have been revised twice, and the old book has also revised a few chapters, but I don't know if it will pass the review, and I don't know when the ban will be lifted?