In the southwest, the Miao people are one of the most mysterious peoples, they have a long history and mysterious culture, and many things have not been fully explained and deciphered to this day. Even the Miao people themselves do not fully understand many of these phenomena. One of the reasons is that the Miao people have no written language, and their culture relies only on ancient songs, embroidery, and various seemingly superstitious witch doctor cultures to pass it on. In addition, it is also related to the long-term deprivation and continuous migration of Miao compatriots for thousands of years.

In the various existences around Yumatang, Miao song and dance and witch ghost culture, one bright and one dark, are widespread. Regarding Miao singing and dancing, the local people are introduced like this - the Miao family, who can speak and sing, can walk, and can dance. Regarding the culture of witches and ghosts, the local folk song says, "Guizi Creek, two rivers, thirty-eight grass ghost women, the old ones are not dead, and the new ones are coming to learn." ”

The Miao witch doctor culture is also very popular.

This day is the official day of the market. The hospitable Yifeng's father invited several friends to his home. After the meal, it was time to chat and brag, and all kinds of witch doctor stories and topics were brought up again.

"Hey, I said Lao Tian, I heard that you don't know how to do it. They said you can dream of monkey play, why don't you put on a show for everyone to see." A friend of my dad said.

The Lao Tian in his mouth is in his forties, honest and loyal, because he was sick when he was a child, and his face was full of pockmarks. If others don't mention it, I really don't know that this honest farmer will also be like that.

Maybe it's because he's happy, Lao Tian seems to be a little itchy. "The dream (similar to the bar fairy) is still dangerous, in case there is a master fighting technique, and if you can't invite people back, then it's a big trouble. ”

"It's okay, it's okay, just have fun, the masters don't care about some gadgets and come to deal with us."

couldn't help but make funny requests, and Lao Tian finally agreed. So, the big guy started to get busy. Find incense paper, set up cases, and start drawing candidates. Lao Tian said that the dream monkey play needs a person to cooperate, the master will light some incense paper, and then through a spell to let the person who cooperates enter a wonderful state, his actions and behavior will be like a monkey. This method is similar to another trick of the Miao family - Dream Seven Fairies. However, the Seven Fairies are not only limited to entertainment, but also have many other functions. But the Dream Monkey Show is just for entertaining everyone.

All the supplies are ready, and the show begins.

Lao Tian lit three sticks of incense, then burned some paper, bowed three times to the door, and then said: "Let's be entertained, if there is a master present to do it again, please don't between." It doesn't mean anything else, it's just to entertain me, forgive me." Then use incense to slowly shake in front of the people who cooperate with the play, and there are words in the mouth. After about three minutes, the participants slowly quieted down, and their whole body was relaxed, as if they were in a state of sleepwalking. After about two minutes, the actor's feet began to shake, and the arc became larger and larger.

It was a twelve- or thirteen-year-old boy who cooperated with the dream monkey play, and with Long Yifeng and the people in the village who knew him, if he hadn't been spelled, he wouldn't have shaken like that no matter what. After a while, Lao Tian's mantra is finished, and he starts talking. The child immediately jumped up and then, like a monkey, made all sorts of movements, sometimes scratching people. Sometimes, he jumped up all of a sudden, grabbed the beams of the house with both hands, and made all kinds of grimaces at the onlookers.

The people who watched the play were surprised and curious, and ran around the "monkey" all over the house, but the "monkey" was also not restless, and they caught people when they saw them, and scratched them when they saw them. The room was full of people, giggling and joking. Lao Tian was afraid that he would play for too long and that he would not be able to stand it with Rumengren's body, so he began to chant mantras. Then, the person who entered the play gradually calmed down and finally sat back in his chair. After a while, I finally woke up. When I woke up, I was sweating all over my body and panting. It's no wonder that such a child, if he hadn't been hypnotized like a play, would probably not be able to reach the beams of the house.

Long Yifeng saw that the dream monkey play was very good, so he strongly asked Lao Tian to dream for himself too. In the end, he couldn't help but ask, and Lao Tian also got it for him, but he didn't enter the middle area of the "monkey" state for more than ten minutes. Everyone was curious, so a few more people tried it, some couldn't get into the state, and some easily entered the state for a long time. Everyone was very curious and asked Lao Tian what was going on. He just smiled and didn't say anything.

After making trouble for a long time, Lao Tian refused to cast any more spells, and everyone had seen enough, and went home one after another. After everyone in the village left, only Long Yifeng's family and guests were left chatting around the fire pit, and Long Yifeng's father asked why he couldn't fall asleep. Lao Tian told him that in fact, the dream monkey show is similar to fortune telling. There is a saying about the weight of bones, and those who hit heavy bones generally can't enter the play, and only those with light bones can enter the play.

And there is a saying that the fate of those with heavy bones is good and noble, and the fate of those with light bones is not good. In a word, life is cheap.

Saying this, Long Yifeng's parents are very happy, especially the old man, I heard that his grandson has a heavy bones, that is, his life is good, not to mention how happy. It is also said that this thing is the same as the fortune-telling of the Han people, and it is also divided into the weight of the bones (life leather).