After listening to Shaklu's introduction, Liu Zi'an was very excited: "Although I don't know if this Hanuman is the Monkey King, but it looks very powerful." Lao Sha, when are you going back to New Delhi? Then take me to see this idol, and then I'll treat you to a great meal! ”

Sha Kelu smiled dumbly and said: "Lao Liu, don't forget, this is India, I have to invite you." ”

Liu Zi'an shook his head and said: "Don't look at you as a native of India, but you may not have been to this place I said, it is a new restaurant opened by our Chinese Cantonese people in New Delhi, and the snake meat soup in it is particularly authentic." ”

Wang Jing stabbed Liu Zi'an on the side and said, "Don't talk nonsense, people in India don't seem to eat snake meat." ”

Shakru explained with a smile: "We Indians really don't kill snakes. Because in Hindu mythology, snakes symbolize longevity, fertility and wealth, and the great god Shiva is often surrounded by snakes, who are the messengers of the great gods. There are many snake temples all over India where stone statues of snakes are enshrined. However, this does not mean that we do not eat snake meat, but we generally eat it when we are worshipping in the snake temple, which is a way of worshiping the snake god, thinking that eating snake meat will transfer the wisdom of the snake god to ourselves. By the way, it seems that this is about to be the Snake Festival, Lao Liu, are you interested in seeing it? ”

"Snake Festival? Does this snake still have a festival? It's so interesting, you have to see what you say. Liu Zi'an said excitedly.

As a girl, Wang Jing was a little scared: "Didn't you just say that you were going to New Delhi to see the statue of Hanuman God, why did you change your mind in a blink of an eye?" ”

Liu Zi'an replied: "We just got off the plane from New Delhi a few days ago, and it's too early to go back now, so let's go to New Delhi when we return." And didn't I just say it from Lao Sha, this is about to be the Snake Festival, and if you don't go now, you won't be able to catch up. Speaking of this, he seemed to suddenly think of something, and teased: "Ah, I see, you are not still afraid of snakes, are you?" ”

Wang Jing blushed a little but said stiffly: "What's wrong with being afraid of snakes?" Girls, how can anyone be afraid of that thing, right? Sister Amisha? "Obviously, Wang Jing is looking for foreign aid.

It's a pity that her foreign aid didn't help at all, but said: "Just like Brother Shakru just said, we worship the snake god, so we are not afraid of it, and I once took a photo of a python wrapped around the whole body." Sister Wang Jing, the snakes in the Snake Temple are very docile, as long as you don't provoke it, it won't hurt you. ”

Under the persuasion of several people, Wang Jing finally agreed to go to the snake temple in the northern city of Amritsar to participate in the annual snake festival.

Looking at these cobras dancing to the sound of the snake charmer's flute, Liu Zi'an asked curiously: "Lao Sha, how did I hear that these snakes are actually deaf, so how can they understand the rhythm of the flute?" ”

Shakru explained with a smile: "We know that the snake has no outer ear, only the inner ear and the middle ear, it can't hear the sound of air conduction, and there is not much difference between the deaf person, no matter how melodious the music is, the snake can't hear it at all, the snake charmer knows these characteristics of the cobra well, however, why does the snake danced as soon as the snake charmer played the flute?" At first, many zoologists were puzzled, and they found a flute like a snake charmer, and played it like that, but the snake ignored it and didn't move. Later, after in-depth investigation and research, it was found that the Indian snake charmer played the flute, which was blown to the audience, and the reason why the snake danced was mainly because when the snake charmer played the flute, he beat the ground rhythmically with his feet, and then the snake dancer could feel the vibration of the ground, and the snake dancer used his hands and feet to direct the cobra to do various performances. The snake "dances" with the swing of the flute. And this snake flute is also said, you see this snake flute is made of a gourd, two poles, and a brass tube. There are some round holes on the pipe, which are no different from ordinary bamboo flutes, but the snake charmer adds a little special medicine to the flute pipe, and blows out hot air in his mouth to achieve the purpose of stimulating the snake. The serpent swayed up and down, left and right, as if dancing. ”

Liu Zi'an said angrily: "These liars, I'll just say it, I thought it was written wrong in the book, but I didn't expect it to be these snake trickers who were deceiving us." ”

Shakru reassured: "This can't be completely deceitful, after all, what they blow is not unpleasant, and every industry must have a little secret, otherwise how can it survive." (I wrote this paragraph because a book friend suggested that the cover of the book should be an Indian snake charmer playing a flute while a cobra dances, and although I didn't adopt it, I was inspired.) ）

Amisha on the side suddenly pointed to a cobra bathed in milk and said, "Brother Shakru, why do I think that cobra soaked in milk seems to be unrefreshed." ”

"Of course! Because the snake is a carnivorous animal, usually feeds on voles, frogs, lizards and birds, he does not drink milk at all, and his body can not adapt to milk, in fact, during the snake festival every year, many snakes will die of severe dehydration and allergic reactions caused by eating milk. Shakru said coldly.

Amisha exclaimed, "Huh?! No way! So in that case, why not stop them from going and soaking the cobra in milk? ”

"Block? How to stop it? Offering milk and flowers to the snake god is a tradition and rule that has lasted for hundreds of years and thousands of years, and those who play snake almost have no cultural foundation, and you tell them that milk is poison for cobras, they don't believe it at all, they prefer to believe in the rules handed down from their ancestors. "In fact, there is another thing that Shakru didn't say, that is, everyone thinks that the snake is something, and if it dies, it will die, and now in India, people can't take care of it, who has the leisure to care about the life and death of the snake?

PS: I once again recommend the new books of the same group of writers "The Heroes of the Warring States", "Red Song Dynasty", "The Great Ming Dynasty", "The Call of the Troubled Times of the Sui and Tang Dynasties" and "The Counterattack of Xiucai". In addition, we solemnly recommend "Rebirth as a Dragon through the Late Qing Dynasty", which is the transformation of a thousand supernatural writers from the outstation, you can look forward to it!

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