Chapter Twenty-Seven: Look Directly at the Gods
The old class leader's face suddenly became extremely strange, and he looked at Zhao Qi in astonishment, as if he was sure that he was not joking.
After a while, the old class leader said with some unconfidence:
"How many years have no one asked to sing a puppet opera anymore, are you sure you want to sing?"
"That's right!"
Zhao Qi nodded:
"It has to be a puppet show, and I know that ghost shows have been a puppet wizard all the way back a long time ago.
If there is anyone who can sing in this era, it is only you who are in the industry.
I don't know if the old class master can take this job, and if he can sing this play? ”
The old class leader nodded a little excitedly, with a confident face, and even his voice trembled slightly:
"Naturally, I can sing it, the treasure at the bottom of this pressure box is handed down by my ancestors.
I thought that life would not bring death and we would not bring it, so we had to bring this unique life to the grave.
Since the customer has opened his mouth today, there is no reason not to agree! ”
"Refreshing, then it's decided!"
The old class leader quickly called a few old guys to the side and conveyed the conversation between Fang Cai and Zhao Qi to them.
And Zhao Qi also came to the front of Lake and the others, and said in a deep voice:
"It's almost ready, the next thing to do is to find a feng shui treasure place to use as a place for the gods to ascend."
When it came to feng shui, Cai An naturally became interested, he pointed to the compass that Zhao Zhao Qili had been holding and said:
"Mr. Zhao, this is the three-yuan compass in your hand, right?
As far as I know, it would be more appropriate to explore Feng Shui with a triad compass.
Sanhe Pan is also called Yang Gong Pan, there are three layers of 24 mountains on the plate, it is a comprehensive plate that combines the modern feng shui situation with rational qi.
I don't understand why you chose to use a ternary disk? ”
Cai An is worthy of being an expert, and the professional terms he said made Lake and the others beside him confused.
Zhao Qi looked at Cai An with a bit of praise in his eyes, don't look at it as just a few words, but it fully shows Cai An's attainments in feng shui.
However, Zhao Qi did not agree with Cai An's point of view, only to see his wrist shake, the magnetic needle in the ternary disk began to rotate wildly, and then Zhao Qi looked up at the sky above his head, and then said slowly:
"The triad is indeed a miracle in exploring the terrain and feng shui, but the three-yuan pan is a combination of the twenty-four mountains and the stars, although it is more complicated, but it is also more comprehensive.
The triple plate is also called the 24-day astrolabe, and the compass can easily judge the topography of the eight geodes. ”
While talking, Zhao Qi looked down at the compass, and then walked in one direction, and the others followed in wonder when they saw this.
"There are eight martial arts on the east side, the Yin power auspicious star shines high, and the south side is Taiyin, and the emperor seat echoes each other from afar.
It shows that there is a feng shui treasure cave hidden in this mountain, just below Luan Jiaxing, which is the star of good luck and evil, and it is also the star of harmony between the mean. ”
After passing through a forest, Zhao Qi stopped, observed for a moment, and nodded:
"This is it!"
Lin Feng, who had a good relationship with Cai An, lowered his voice and asked beside Cai An:
"Professor Cai, what Zhao Qi said is true?"
Cai An also carefully observed the surroundings at this time, and after a while, a little surprise appeared on his face:
"That's really the case, you see the mountains echoing in the distance, like a green dragon sitting in the town.
Surrounded by three mountains and connected by the north water, it is an important place for feng shui.
However, Zhao Qi's feng shui attainments are obviously above me, and it is extremely difficult to locate feng shui through the ternary disk.
What's more, it's only evening, and the stars are not obvious.
Unless it is possible to accurately know the position of the 24 celestial stars and deduce the movement of different times, it is impossible to define the place of feng shui so easily. ”
Cai An looked at Zhao Qi's figure in shock, it was hard to imagine why such a young person would have such unfathomable attainments in feng shui knowledge.
Since ancient times, various dynasties have had masters who specialize in observing the heavens to infer the fortunes of the country.
In the Qin and Han dynasties, there was a Taishi Lingzhang celestial calendar, and in the early Tang Dynasty, there was a Taishi Bureau, and later it was changed to Tiantai.
During the Song and Yuan dynasties, there was a Si Tianjian and the Taishi Bureau and the Taishi Institute as parallel institutions.
There is a huge difference between celestial feng shui and ordinary feng shui, which requires not only the user's own mastery of feng shui topography, but also a detailed understanding of the distribution of celestial phenomena and the laws of estimating the changes in celestial phenomena.
It's no wonder why Cai An is so surprised, after all, such a skill is too abrupt for a young man who is only in his twenties.
After determining the location of the god, Zhao Qi personally returned to the original place, brought the fox demon over, and once again painted it as a prison, and after being trapped there, he began to make other preparations.
The first is to direct the agents and soldiers to cut down some trees from the forest and build a small shrine platform.
The square dimensions of the Shentai must be accurate to the millimeter.
Secondly, an offering table is placed directly in front of the altar, with an incense burner in the middle of the table and three bowls of liquid next to it.
The three red liquids are black dog blood, rooster blood, and spirits.
From this alone, it is not difficult to see that Zhao Qi is cooperating with the ritual of the opera.
Under Zhao Qi's command, various colors of silk were tied on both sides of the simple altar, and different colors were intertwined, making this altar look indescribably weird.
All this is because of the Nu opera, which is not an ordinary opera, and originated from the Fangxiang exorcism ceremony in the Shang and Zhou dynasties.
Fang Xiangshi was a god commonly believed by the people at that time, and it was a god who dispelled diseases and warded off evil spirits.
The palm is covered with bear skin, the golden eyes, the black clothes and the red clothes, and the shield is used to cure the country's diseases.
At the funeral, Fang Xiang's family drove Fang Liang, and the ceremony of Fang Xiang's family in the court was called Dada, and even in the Tang Dynasty, this became one of the military ceremonies.
Later, after Jiang Ziya became a god, there were all kinds of gods in the world that are now known to people.
Therefore, Fang Xiang's Dawu ceremony is the earliest ceremony in history that can reach the heavens and the earth.
And the puppet opera is evolved from the Da Da ceremony.
This is also why Zhao Qihui chose to use the opera as the beginning of the leading ceremony.
He wants to tell heaven and earth, and at the behest of the mandate of heaven, he will ask for the god list and canonize the fox demon as a god.
Of course, in the future, when the gods are enshrined, it is natural that this ceremony does not have to be used every time, which should be determined according to the feng shui of various places, the things of the gods, and the ancient legends.
The 'puppet opera' used in this ceremony is known as a ghost show among the people, mainly because the body movements are more strange, and most of the masks are related to religious ghosts and gods.
In terms of visual senses, there will always be a kind of psychological pressure.
In modern times, the opera has almost been lost, but the status of the ancient opera is no less than that of modern Peking opera.
There is always a saying among the people:
Wearing a puppet mask, people can look directly at the gods!