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What country is Aladdin from?

People always think that Aladdin is an Arab. In fact, this is not the case. According to the spirit of the original work "Aladdin and the Magic Lamp" in "One Thousand and One Nights", it is clearly recorded that he is Chinese and lives in In the capital city of western China. According to my research, "Ala" means "we" in Shanghai dialect, and "Ding" means man. The so-called Aladdin means "Shanghai man". Since the original book says it is in the capital city in western China, it is naturally Chang'an. Aladdin was young and immoral. Like me, he was an only child, so he was lazy and lazy since he was a child. Moreover, his father died early, leaving the whole family empty. Aladdin and his mother, orphans and widowers, couldn't survive in their hometown in Shanghai, so they came to Chang'an City to work. Chang'an in the Tang Dynasty was truly a cosmopolitan city, reaching Japan in the east, Egypt in the west, Siberia in the north, and Java in the south. People from all over the world gathered here, so there were naturally ample employment opportunities. Shanghai in the Tang Dynasty was still a small fishing village. Aladdin and his wife had just arrived in Chang'an, just like today's country people arriving in Shanghai. They finally rented a small house in Hepingfang, and my wife urged Aladdin to go out to work. Aladdin spent a whole day wandering around the city of Chang'an, but he couldn't find a job. Instead, he gave dozens of copper coins to a group of Indian street performers who breathed fire from their mouths, and he used up all his pocket money for half a year. When he got home, his mother scolded him for being a little coffin and not living up to expectations, but she couldn't bear to beat him, after all, he only had one son. From then on, I could only make a living by spinning thread for others every day to support my unfulfilled son. Aladdin has never learned Mandarin, and no one in Chang'an understands his Shanghainese dialect. He can only wander around every day, or follow the mafia from the south, doing things like receiving protection money. One day, he was wandering on Zhuque Street again, and suddenly someone patted him behind him. Looking back, Aladdin was startled. The man behind him had deep eyes and a high nose, and his skin was as dark as a charcoal seller. Aladdin had never seen such a person before. "Little brother, are you the son of tailor Ah Fatou?" This guy actually spoke Shanghainese. "That's right, my father had his hair cut off five years ago." When this guy heard this, he actually cried and hugged Aladdin. The smell of sheep in his mouth made Aladdin want to vomit. "My nephew. Don't you know, I am Nong's uncle. Nong's father and I are brothers. I went to Africa when I was young and haven't come back until now. I didn't expect that my brother is gone. "Aladdin didn't believe his nonsense. He was obviously a foreigner, but he pretended to be from Shanghai. No matter how ugly his father was, he would never have such a brother. Just when Aladdin was about to scold this bastard, the foreigner said: "Come, uncle, take Nun to have a meal." Aladdin immediately swallowed the curse and followed him to have dinner. They arrived at the most luxurious restaurant in Chang'an. Aladdin ordered all the most expensive dishes and almost emptied "Uncle's" wallet. "Uncle" said he was very generous, but in his heart he scolded this boy for pushing the envelope. After a while, before "uncle" had eaten anything, Aladdin devoured all the good food and wine. Aladdin was still unsatisfied, and wanted to invite the hostess from the restaurant to the private room to make a fuss all night long. He thought that he would have this "uncle" to stand up to him anyway, so he simply chopped him with a knife. "Uncle" was anxious, he had lost to this kid, and said hurriedly: "Niece, there are still important things to do today. Let's go to do things with uncle first." Aladdin was about to slip away. , but "Uncle" grabbed his hands and dragged him away. As we all know, this so-called uncle is actually a magician from Morocco, Africa, who understands languages ??and dialects from all over the world, including Shanghai dialect. He came to Chang'an and saw at a glance that Aladdin was a prodigal, just the person he needed. So, he took Aladdin to a mountain far away from the city. The magician chanted a few spells, and the ground cracked. Aladdin was timid and fearful since he was a child, and thought he had encountered a ghost. He was about to run away, but was slapped on the head by the magician and fainted. Finally, there was no other way, so Aladdin could only follow the magician's instructions and go down to the cave to get the lamp. Before leaving, the magician took off the ring on his finger and gave it to Aladdin to wear, saying it could ward off evil spirits. After going down to the ground, he discovered that there was a different cave here. It turned out to be a treasure cave, and the golden light dazzled him. Of all the treasures, the most valuable is probably the oil lamp that the magician wants. Aladdin thought to himself that if he gave all the treasure to that bastard "uncle", he would probably keep it all to himself, and maybe even kill Aladdin. It's better to tell him to come down and kill this bastard secretly, and the treasure will all belong to Aladdin.

So, Aladdin stood on the steps and said to the magician on the ground: "Uncle, there is nothing in the compartment. Can you come down and take a look?" "Come out." "If it is true, will you come down and find it yourself?" The magician was so angry that Aladdin was so angry that he yelled outside the cave. When Aladdin heard this, he turned his face and cursed all the curse words in Shanghainese, just like the water of the Huangpu River, endlessly. When it comes to the ability to curse, foreigners are definitely no match for us descendants of the Yan and Huang Dynasties. The magician has long run out of words, but Aladdin continues his offensive, giving the magician a bloody blow. Moreover, the Chinese are used to using curse words The main focus was on the opponent's mother. Until the eighteenth generation of our ancestors, there was a saying in the Three Kingdoms that Zhuge Liang cursed his opponent to death. The magician's psychological endurance was already fragile, and in less than half an hour, he was close to collapse. Finally, the magician became angry and sealed the entrance of the cave, letting Aladdin and the magic lamp die together. This time he finally experienced the power of the Chinese and fled back to the African continent in despair. Everyone knows what happened next. Aladdin wiped the ring on his hand, and the ring god saved his life and brought him and the treasure out. After arriving home, the mother and son relied on the magic power of the magic lamp to ensure that they had enough food and clothing. One day, the princess of the Tang Dynasty wanted to take a bath in the Huaqing Pool outside Chang'an City. After hearing the news, Aladdin immediately relied on the power of the Ring God to fly to the Huaqing Pool and hide in the bathing room. Sure enough, the princess came to take a bath. The social atmosphere in the Tang Dynasty was relatively open, and the princess was not afraid of being peeked at. Just like in the Huaqing Pool, Yang Yuhuan was not afraid of being peeked at by Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty. Otherwise, where would Bai Juyi's "Song of Everlasting Sorrow" come from? Although I have never seen this princess, I can make some guesses. First of all, her measurements must be twice as big as those of girls today, and secondly, her face must be white and chubby. Because growing up in the palace, there is no reason not to be fat, and in an era where fatness is considered beautiful, there is no requirement to lose weight. As for the dark and thin image of the princess in the American Disney animated film "Aladdin", it is really ignorant and ridiculous. Aladdin was simply dazzled that day because he saw something he shouldn't have seen. When he got home, his eyelids swelled up and he developed a "needle eye." Other people's eye inflammation would heal in a few days at most, but Aladdin didn't recover for a full month, and even the magic lamp couldn't cure him. Finally Aladdin revealed the reason, he wanted to marry the princess. My mother immediately slapped him in the face. But Aladdin was determined, and I couldn't resist him, so I had to bring many gems to see the emperor. As a result, everyone knew that the emperor was a master who loved money as much as his life. After seeing all the gifts, he immediately agreed to sell his daughter. The majestic Emperor of the Tang Dynasty, the Khan of Heaven, whom all nations surrendered to, actually valued money more than his daughter, and the whole court was in an uproar. A minister came out of the literary class, it was the famous admonishing doctor Wei Zheng: "Your Majesty, I believe that marrying a princess with a million dollars to a commoner family really damages the majesty of our emperor. Please think again, your Majesty." . "In fact, Wei Zheng had long wanted his son to be a horse rider, so how could he give the fat he got to others. Although the emperor was a hero throughout his life, he was a little afraid of Wei Zheng, so he had to say to Aladdin's mother: "My mother-in-law, let's put the wedding on hold for now. After three months, when you have prepared all the financial gifts, you can get married naturally." My mother was full of heart. I went back happily and waited with Aladdin for three months, but there was no reply. Later I heard that the princess was getting married to Wei Zheng's son, tonight. It turned out that when the emperor said to wait three months, he was actually hinting to Wei Zheng to give him three months' chance to earn more gifts than Aladdin. Although Wei Zheng was said to be clean and honest throughout his life, in the past three months, he had not been able to maintain his integrity. He openly accepted bribes, bought and sold officials, communicated with profiteers, and engaged in smuggling, doing everything from drugs to arms. All of a sudden, there was a lot of money, and every day there was a lot of money. Three months later, he was as rich as the country, and all of it was given to the emperor. The emperor immediately saw the money and betrothed the princess to Wei Zheng's son. After Aladdin heard about it, he was as anxious as an ant on a hot pot, so he thought of the magic lamp and gave some instructions to the magic lamp. In a blink of an eye, the magic lamp had moved the princess and Wei Zheng's son to Aladdin's home together with the big wedding bed. Then Wei Zheng's son was imprisoned in a place of reincarnation. As for the princess, she was frightened and fainted. There are many stories about flying carpets in the Arabian "One Thousand and One Nights", and Disney's "Aladdin" also allows the hero and heroine to travel around the world on a flying carpet. In fact, these ignorant people don't understand China's national conditions at all. In ancient China, there were no blankets, but a lot of straw mats.

So, in fact, it was Aladdin who took the princess to sit on a broken straw mat brought from his hometown in Shanghai. With the help of the magic lamp, the straw mat gradually flew up, but it could only fly a few feet high. It turned out that the princess was too heavy. So Aladdin had no choice but to pull out the ring god to help out, and with the magic lamp, the two gods worked together to lift the straw mat. Let’s just call it flying seats. When the princess reached the sky, she was awakened. She saw that the huge city of Chang'an was lying under her feet, and she couldn't help but be horrified. Seeing a strange man next to him, he screamed even louder. That night, the entire city of Chang'an was enveloped by this sound falling from the sky. The people in the city had not slept well all night. Everyone admired Wei Zheng in their hearts. The son's good work caused the princess's screams of joy to spread throughout the city. Aladdin thought that since he had the magic lamp and the princess, he could not ask for anything more than to leave Chang'an and go to paradise to live a happy life. So he took the princess to sit on the flying mat and flew eastward. However, he saw the vast darkness and couldn't see anything. At dawn, he was already at the edge of the East China Sea. After getting off the flying carpet, it turned out that he had returned to his hometown in Shanghai, where Aladdin and the princess lived in seclusion, becoming the ancestors of Shanghainese. No, no, how could Aladdin, a delinquent boy who didn’t even want his own mother, serve as the ancestor of the people of Shanghai? This is really the author’s nonsense. As for how Aladdin later built a palace, the magician made a comeback, and Aladdin succeeded to the throne, it was because the author followed Confucius' teachings about not "stirring the gods with strange power."