idle talk

idle talk

Longmen array is a form of Chinese folk cultural activities. It is the "Fu" of Chengdu citizens. It is said that it got its name from the battle of Xue Rengui in the Tang Dynasty. Since the Ming and Qing Dynasties, folk artists all over Sichuan have been fond of telling the story of Xue, and the story is just as tortuous and unpredictable as Xue Rengui's. Over time, "Longmen array" has become a proper term, which is specially used to refer to those changeable, complicated, magnificent and interesting talks.

pronunciation

Pinyin:

lóngménzhèn

Related introduction

origin

The original intention of Longmen array is to refer to an array set up in the ancient war period, which was created by Xue Rengui in Tang Dynasty. Nowadays, the "pendulum dragon's gate array" generally means chatting and chatting. It is the dialect of Chongqing, Chengdu and Sichuan Province. Longmen array is generally used as a noun, and can form a verb object phrase with "pendulum", that is, pendulum Longmen array.

Sitting in a teahouse and setting up a dragon's gate array are Sichuan people's leisure life style. The origin of the word "Longmen array" is not known, but the astronomical geography and world affairs can be talked about.

There is another way of saying about the origin of Longmen array in Chengdu. In their spare time, people like to gather at longmenzi (the gate of Yuanba) and chat in it, so chatting in longmenzi is called putting the dragon gate array. Later, the meaning of the word expanded and evolved into the meaning of chatting.

application

Local characteristics

People in Chengdu, Chongqing and other places, without exception, love to listen and are good at setting up a dragon's gate array. It can be said that Chongqing people in Chengdu live in Longmen array, just as they have been immersed in strong tea for most of their lives——

This "dragon's gate array" is called "pendulum" instead of "speak" or "speak". The word "pendulum" is vivid and shows its extraordinary momentum. What's a pendulum? It doesn't count if you put three or two dishes in a meal. You have to invite guests to a dinner party. If you have seven bowls and eight dishes lined up on a table, it's called "pendulum". This is called "pendulum". You can't call it "pendulum" when you do business selling along the street. You have to have seven ancient and eight miscellaneous dishes spread all over the place. There are also time-honored teahouses to drink tea. Dr. Cha, who is well-established, does not serve tea bowl by bowl. Instead, he leads a hot long mouthed copper pot with one hand, overlaps a stack of cups with the other hand from arm to wrist, and holds several cups between his fingers. He looks up like a dragon, walks steadily, and smiles slightly in front of you Arm will be more than ten tea bowls on the tea table evenly and evenly scattered row, such skills are qualified to be called swing, it can be seen that swing words are not easy to use. Generally speaking, when it comes to a matter, it can't get the meaning of putting words.

be full of wit and humour

Sichuan people's time is here. Even if it's a simple thing, it may spread out a series of blossoming stories for you. Even if it's a commonplace thing, after such a rendering, you may feel that the aesthetic principle of winding paths leads to secluded places, or it's the influence of prime minister Zhuge Liang's superb military style in governing Sichuan. His old gentleman was there in those years The eight formations of the mystery of Huihuan and the empty city with many doubts are very simple to expose, but they are full of twists and turns. Chengdu people's Dragon's gate array is so delicious!

You really admire the Sichuan people's rich association ability and vivid folk language when they set up the dragon's gate array. They say that the grass and mustard in the ground can pick up the nebula in the sky for you and rub them together. Talking about the cat in his house giving birth to cubs, he even invited the Jade Emperor's kylin to join us. When talking about the past, he can talk about the present. When talking about the present, he can talk about the past. He can knead the sky and the earth. He can melt the past, the present and the world. He has to have a lot of witty words, a lot of fun, a lot of variety and a lot of fresh ideas. This is the beauty of Chengdu people's Dragon's gate array.

Moreover, besides being good at Association, being good at narration, being able to constantly bring forth new ideas, transforming decadence into magic, making waves and waves, and performing ordinary farce. Chengdu people's Kung Fu in setting up the dragon's gate array is also reflected in their ability to put seriousness into banter, to deduce stereotype into relaxation, and even to dissolve sacredness into vulgarity. Even if it is a serious tragedy, they will put on a strong sense of humor and comic color and put on a clown mask as soon as they put it on.

Population characteristics

As the saying goes, there are many old trees and roots. Similarly, if a city is very old, there will be more.

People who talk more often fall in love with teahouses. What's more, the speech of Chengdu people is not to say or speak, but to put. Pendulum, which means "spread out". The word "Yipai" originally meant to be displayed. For example, stalls, seats, music, ostentation, airs and challenge arena all have to be compared. Sima Xiangru and Yang Xiong, the people of Shu, are the masters of parallelism. Their work is called Fu. Fu, as a style of writing, was out of fashion later, but its spirit was inherited by Chengdu people and carried forward in the folk form of "Longmen array".

Obviously, the difference between Longmen array and ordinary chat, brag and brag lies in that it, like Fu, must do its best to show, compare, exaggerate and associate. However, as a citizen's "Fu", it has to be lively, spicy, vivid and interesting, and it has to be endless. Even if it's a trivial matter, it has to be embellished and put in twists and turns. Such "works" are not easy to "publish" to passengers in places like taxis. At least, in such a short period of time, it can't be finished; and if it can't be finished, it's better not to. In short, if you want to set up a dragon's gate array, you have to go to a teahouse.

The place of array

In fact, the charm of Chengdu teahouses lies in the presence of Longmen array. The reason why the dragon's gate array has to be placed in the teahouse is that only in the teahouse can the top experts have a place to play, and the listeners can really enjoy themselves. The teahouse is open day and night, most of the tea guests have leisure, time is not a problem, this is "get the time"; the teahouse environment is loose, the atmosphere is casual, the equipment is comfortable, you can stand, sit or lie down, always waiting for tea, put is not tired, there is no lack of listeners, this is "get the place"; the tea guests are the "enthusiasts" of Longmen array, the goal is the same, the interest is the same, put is intentional, the listener is intentional, echo The atmosphere is warm, which is called "harmony". With the combination of time, place and human, the dragon's gate array will win a hundred battles and become more and more popular.

The content of Longmen array

There are many kinds of strange things: "there are ancient eight wastelands full of secrets and anecdotes, old dragon gate array with antique flavor; there are new dragon gate array with vivid modern style; there are local dragon gate array with strong local flavor, which is as heavy as leaf smoke; there are foreign dragon gate array with strange and exotic flavor; there are plain dragon gate array with solemn and serious meaning In addition, there are some funny stories about the dragon's gate array with yellow color "(Lin Wenxun, Chengdu people). Needless to say, news and current events are naturally one of the important contents of Longmen array. Where do news and current events come from? One is TV, the other is newspaper. Since news and current events are concerned by Chengdu people, the newspaper industry in Chengdu will certainly be prosperous. It has been said that there are more than three in Chengdu: more snack bars, more fashion shops, more newspaper stalls. This is not surprising at all. If Chengdu people are delicious, there are many snack shops; if Chengdu people love beauty, there are many fashion shops. As for the number of newspaper stalls, because Chengdu people like to set up a dragon's gate array, they need newspapers to provide talks.

Chengdu people really love reading newspapers. There are many newspaper stalls and columns on the streets of Chengdu, and there are also many newspaper offices in Chengdu. It is said that there are dozens of daily newspapers of all sizes, including weekly, evening, morning, government and industry newspapers. People in Chengdu read newspapers, but they don't stick to the local and other places. The old and famous newspapers all over the country also have their own readers and markets in Chengdu. The newspaper columns in Chengdu (including those in front of the newspaper offices) do not have the idea of "localism". They spread out the foreign newspapers and local newspapers in the same way, making Chengdu people's Congress enjoy their newspaper addiction. Therefore, every morning, the newspaper is always full of Chengdu people.

After the newspaper addiction, it's time to have the mouth addiction. Where is the most enjoyable place in the dragon's gate array? Tea house, of course. Because in front of the newspaper, the time is limited; in the home, the audience is limited; in the unit, the influence of work is second, can't enjoy is the problem. It's better to be in a teahouse.

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