What are the Eight Rivers and Lakes?

The eight rivers and lakes refer to Jinmen, Beimen, Guamen, Caimen, Pingmen, Tuanmen, Diaomen and Liumen.

First of all, the first "Golden Gate", also known as "Jingmen", refers to fortune tellers who look at faces. Few people have real skills, and some people call the fortune-telling of Golden Gate "Golden Gate Deception".

The second door is Pimen, that is, people who practice medicine and sell medicines. Doctors like Bian Que Huatuo are not Jianghu businessmen, so they don't want to stay in Pimen. However, it is the legitimate leather door that sells Hercules pills in the street. There are still many such people in rural areas and remote areas, making huge profits under the banner of various "welfare".

Hanging the door on the third door is a common street dancer in costume TV dramas. Most of them are poor. Relying on their own real skills to eat, these people perform not only hard but also dangerous, like a broken stone in the chest, and the most common thing is to hang a door.

The fourth color gate refers to people who play monkey tricks. Most of them come from poor families. After the master takes them in, they can be apprentices for three years. Most of them shake their doors and smile in busy places like temple fairs.

The fifth Pingmen refers to people in Jianghu, such as crosstalk and storytelling, with strict rules; Generations are distinct; Give people goodwill; Pass positive energy.

The sixth group of doors refers to people who sing and beg in the street, formerly known as beggars' gangs, and spend a period of time begging for money and eating money in temple fairs, weddings and funerals and other lively places. However, some people in the current group door don't follow the rules of the Jianghu.

Seven tunes are the general names of three trades, namely, tying colors (painting coffins and tying paper), advocating (beating drums for weddings and funerals) and carrying coffins. They are deeply involved in social life. Now there are only a few people in rural and remote areas, especially those in coffins. Now only a highly respected person can be asked to carry the coffin after his death.

The sixth gate, the eighth gate, refers to the people who perform traditional operas on the stage in Zhangnei, that is, the Liyuan Opera Troupe, which is an ancient entertainment circle. The only constant from ancient times to the present is chaos.