Chapter 432: A Unique Drama (1)
The cold wind in Chang'an in January is still biting.
But for the people of Chang'an, the cold winter is not particularly boring.
At the end of January, the newly built Chang'an Grand Theater in Chang'an City was officially opened to the public.
Although the entrance fee is relatively expensive, it is a rare experience for the people of Chang'an who have a small net worth to spend a little money and enjoy the edification of spiritual civilization.
The Chang'an Grand Theater occupies a large area and adopts a circular architectural structure, if you remove the lid on it, it looks like a sports field, but due to technical constraints, it is much smaller than the sports field.
As a landmark building second only to the palace and the Academy of Sciences, the Chang'an Grand Theater is enough to accommodate hundreds of people to enter the theater at the same time.
After more than ten years of development, although Qi has not paid much attention to the construction of spiritual civilization, for such a long time, whether it is the scripts occasionally written by Yang Hao or the dramas raised by the imperial court, there are more or less new scripts appearing.
Ren Kang, who is already in his twenties, relying on the shadow of his father, has lived a very chic life in Chang'an City in recent years.
And his wife's brother is now a member of the fourth rank of the imperial court, and his future is bright, these two identities are together, and the second generation of officials of Qi are very happy to make friends with him.
But Ren Kang didn't have any interest in being an official, and he called friends all day long to go hunting in the suburbs of Chang'an.
The performance is generally five or two with the children of the gentleman.
The Grand Theater was built and opened like this, and such a big thing naturally couldn't escape his ears.
With his wife and children to get the best place and enjoy delicious snacks and drinks, Ren Kang feels that this is the real life.
As the actors came on stage one after another, the somewhat dimly lit theater suddenly became much quieter.
There have been public theatrical performances in Qi before, but compared with that kind of open-air place, there is no doubt that the atmosphere here is much higher-end, and even the mood of watching the drama is much better.
Shi Xi ate a food unique to Chang'an, shaking his head and commenting on these actors on this scene to his wife and children.
Compared with the rest of the people, he does have the qualifications to comment, every major festival, whether it is a banquet or any entertainment in the palace, he rarely misses it, and naturally the number of times he watches the play is also in the forefront of the entire Qi country.
He estimated that this time, it was still the ones he had seen, and he wanted to deliberately show off in front of his wife and children.
But as the curtain opened, he knew that he had thought too much, and he had never seen this play before.
There was some surprise in my heart, so I didn't say anything more, and watched it seriously.
The dramas of Qi are generally political, and this drama is no exception.
It's just that this time is different from the previous single-storyline plot, and the time span of the drama this time is unprecedented.
The curtain opened, and the soothing desolate sound of the flute sounded.
Several Ren in tattered animal skins appeared on the stage.
The actors had no lines, just anxiously waiting for something around the fire.
Soon, with the cry of a baby, these Ren suddenly became excited and ran to the side one after another.
There is a simple tent there.
The curtain was lifted, and an old hungry woman, holding a baby model in her arms, held it high.
At this time, the music in the background became a little rapid and sacred, and the people of that tribe prayed to the heavens as if they were pilgrimages.
End of Act I.
The audience was a little dazed and didn't know what this was trying to say.
Soon, though, the second act began.
This time Beijing has changed, and some simple curtains are painted with green mountains and green waters.
And a little boy of seven or eight years old was giggling in the middle of the landscape.
And then the narration sounded.
"Young children live carefree in the tribe, on this day, young children want to know what is outside the tribe, today the brave boy decided to go alone to explore outside the tribe, but as he gradually moved away from the tribe, danger also came."
This is a beast played by a man who takes the stage and sneakily follows the little boy.
This is the little boy who does not perceive the danger that is gradually approaching him, and is still excited about this expedition among the green mountains and green waters.
But how could the hungry beast let go of the prey that seemed to be within reach, and the beast attacked.
The little boy was startled and narrowly avoided the beast's attack and fled for his life.
During the run, the little boy fell into the raging river, which drowned the little boy's figure.
The second act ends when the white cloth representing the river obscures the figure of the little boy.
At this time, the audience's enthusiasm was also hooked up with the twist of the plot.
The third act opens.
This time, however, the background of the curtain has changed.
The green mountains and green waters are gone, replaced by a pitch black color, and in that endless darkness, countless stars twinkle.
The little boy lying on the ground woke up slowly, and this was a strangely dressed figure appeared in front of the little boy.
The little boy was startled and took a few steps back.
He looked at the strange man in front of him in a panic.
"Who are you?"
"I am God."
"God? What is God? ”
The little boy was a little confused.
"God knows everything and can do everything!"
The little boy scratched his head and said, "Are you going to kill me?" ”
The voice laughed, "Why should I kill you?" ”
"I... I don't know. ”
"You are the chosen one, you don't have to be afraid, I won't kill you, what do you want to ask?"
"God? Where am I now, am I dead? Mother said that when a person dies, he goes to a place where there is no pain. ”
"You're not dead, you're in your dreams now."
"Am I dreaming? So how do I wake up? ”
"When you wake up, you will naturally wake up, Son of Heaven, get up, I will show you the world where everything is."
The little boy was still a little frightened, but the strange man's words seemed to have magical powers.
The little boy followed the strange man towards the curtain.
"What you see in front of you is the stars in the sky, you look over there, that is the sun that all things see in their eyes, and the blue sphere here is the world where life is, God calls this place the earth, in this vast universe, there are countless suns, there are countless planets, every point of light you see, represents a world of life."
The little boy looked at the curtain that represented the universe and muttered, "God, the people of other worlds, are also starving and suffering?" There are many people in my tribe who are starving to death, and since God is omnipotent, can he help our tribe? ”
God said in a deep voice: "Son of Heaven, although God is omnipotent, but every world has his fixed number, the reason why you can see me in your dreams, because the world you are in, violates this fixed number, people in other worlds are under the leadership of their heroes, living a happy and peaceful life, while the earth has not yet come out of the wilderness, everywhere is full of killing and enslavement, you are the chosen one, you have the responsibility to change all this." ”
The little boy was surprised: "Me? What can I do? I can't even beat a beast. ”