The ancients could perform programs with fireworks. How are they doing?

Fireworks were not only used for entertainment in ancient times, but also as a tool for performance.

Since the Song Dynasty, illusionists began to use fireworks to set off the atmosphere. Some acrobats play ghosts and gods in the smoke, some show fireworks pouring out, but people are gone.

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The famous illusion performance "Seven Holy Knives" in Song Dynasty also used fireworks as camouflage. When the explosion sounded, seven people appeared in the fireworks, holding real knives, fighting and stabbing each other. There are also some acrobatic performances, and dozens of statues of ghosts and gods wearing masks and strange clothes appear in the fireworks. As can be seen from the above, the illusionists in the Song Dynasty were very good at using fireworks to create a wonderful atmosphere, and fireworks also facilitated their hiding.

During the Song and Ming Dynasties, there appeared a fireworks program called "Medicine Couple", in which folded paper characters were put in the fireworks, which were ignited by gunpowder fuses and shot into the sky. With the help of the explosive force of gunpowder, paper characters rotate in the air. The people in the firelight seem to fall from the sky, which is very beautiful.

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In order to make the fireworks display better, people in the Song Dynasty invented "a fireworks display", which is to connect a variety of fireworks in series and set them off on an elevated frame.

Fireworks in the Song Dynasty later developed into a "fireworks show". The fireworks set off in the Southern Song Dynasty were made into screens, with images of Zhong Kui catching ghosts painted on the outside, and medicine lines hidden inside, which could be lit one by one to form a coherent picture. This shows that this fireworks show is continuous, with stories and characters. Isn't this just acting with fireworks? The fireworks show was wonderful. The ancients recorded that "no matter what eight immortals crossed the sea, two immortals preached ... the gratifying Zhang Xi' an beat the dog, and the ridiculous monk became a donkey." I can't remember clearly, and I can't finish. "

"Turtle spit fire, crane bit fire, medicine, wheel. ..... There are several pear flowers and apricot flowers. These descriptions make us modern people yearn for it, but unfortunately, the wonderful fireworks show of the ancients has rarely been seen until now.