How amazing is the magic performance of the Indian "Tian Tong Rope"?

For those who have never been to India, you will probably be familiar with a shot: an Indian holds a long rope and throws it into the sky, then the rope goes all the way into the clouds, and then a child climbs up along the rope until it slowly disappears into the clouds.

Yes, it's an Indian "Tian Tong Rope" performance. So the question is, what is the principle and how do Indians do it?

Indian street performers

In fact, if you understand the meaning of "heavenly arts" in the streets of India, you will find that it is not magical.

Actually, magic is no stranger today. We can fully understand that this so-called "heavenly rope" is an illusion, and what you see may not be true. As for what others can do, a large part of people may understand it today. Who let the Internet age have no secrets?

Usually, when performing this kind of magic, the performers are pressed for time. They either choose dusk or choose night. In short, dark light is the right situation they want. In fact, this is no different from the lighting aid in magic, except that there is no lighting aid in this open-air performance, so we choose the time.

In addition to time, performers also have certain requirements for space. For example, where there are many people in the market, fish is the real eye. Moreover, there should be no tall buildings or airplanes in the place where the acrobatics are performed. There are buildings at high altitude, and the possibility of wearing gangs is too great.

Missing part

Secondly, the rope is very thick, so children who climb the rope will definitely wear dark clothes, mostly black. These are almost invariable props and requirements, otherwise, the so-called Tian Tong technique will be easily seen through.

Then people asked, and we knew there was something wrong with this rope, but how did people do it? Let's talk slowly. Performing any magic will have preliminary work, such as venue layout.

Generally, performers will carry out deep pit treatment on the site, then bury the rope in the pit and leave some rope for use: of course, a hole should be left for the rope to drill out of the ground to make the audience sigh.

However, this rope is the key, it is very thick, and a thin steel pipe is inserted in it, so that when the rope is tightened outside, it will straighten and bounce, and then cooperate with the children to climb up the rope.

Many times, people can see that the performer will hold the child with his hand and let him climb up the rope. This is actually a rope used to prevent the rope from shaking or bending.

Ancestral?

Of course, there are many opinions about this rope, and there is another view that the rope is actually made of a multi-connection frame that you can't see. They are connected by relatively invisible iron wires, and then the rope looks loose, but it won't actually get out of their control.

It is said that this is a kind of magic invented by the inspiration of snake training performance. The reason why children are chosen to climb up is because the strength of the rope can only support this weight.

In fact, no matter what kind, it is not easy to climb up the rope. After all, it's just a very thin steel pipe. However, as a performer, people have long been skilled, so watching children get up and disappear, people will only sigh and be surprised.

Unparalleled skills

Tian Tong rope, a kind of magic performed by illusion, has a long history and also appeared in China.

Some people think that the performance of Tian Tong rope is an Indian patent. Anyway, in many works, people see Indians performing. But if you really want to go back to the source, you may find something even more surprising.

First of all, the so-called Tian Tong rope is mentioned in ancient books:

Do they have the power to control the universe? Then let them climb the ladder.

The so-called ladder is a rope, which is extremely sacred in religious belief and is regarded as a symbol of God.

Therefore, this rope is a "ladder" given by God. Therefore, it is regarded as a fairy rope for the transfer of life cycle and vitality.

Of course, this is from the records in books and the propaganda of religious forces, so we don't need to take it too seriously. Its real situation is the same as what we said before, but it is a kind of magic that uses visual confusion to operate.

each shows his own prowess/skill

However, if the origin of this heavenly rope is too absolute. Open the familiar literary work Strange Tales from a Lonely Studio, and you can see a performance similar to Tian Tongsuo.

The book tells the story of a charlatan throwing it into the sky with a rope, and then letting a child climb up along the rope to steal the flat peach of the Queen Mother. Just as people were watching the underground adventure, the rope suddenly broke and the child disappeared. So the charlatans made all kinds of sad reminders, asking the audience to reward some money in order to find the child and bury it.

At this time, the spectators were full of sympathy and donated money to help them. But after donating money, people turned around and pulled the child out of a wooden box at the back. This time, people are surprised and happy: the child is not dead. However, this money will definitely not be returned to everyone.

There is a similar illusion in The Legend of the Demon Cat.

Is this the same as the performance of Indian Tian Tong rope? We don't know where Pu Songling's immortal rope theory came from, but it has appeared in books, just like the rope in India.

Besides, this is not the earliest record. It is said that China recorded Tian Tong rope as early as A.D. 1350, while Tian Tong rope performance took hundreds of years in western countries.

The record of Tian Tong's rope is "Yuan Jian Lei Han". Although it is not a true historical record, it vividly tells the events related to Tian Tong Suo.

Datang illusion

At that time, Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty ordered a big banquet in various places, and Jiaxing County magistrate took the opportunity to flatter. The county magistrate received a recommendation application from the prisoner: performing rope skills. The county magistrate readily agreed to make innovations.

As a result, the prisoner wrapped the rope around the ground and threw it into the sky. He climbed up the rope. While people were guessing and marveling, the prisoner had escaped.

Look, isn't this great? This is the earliest performance of adult climbing rope. The Indians only let their children get on the rope, and the prisoner operated by himself and escaped. This is also the earliest form of Tian Tong technology, right? However, no one knows whether there was a performance by Tian Tongsuo before this.

This is also a lot.

The so-called heavenly rope, in the final analysis, is magic, using a blind eye. Just like the popular hanging technique now, someone pushes a car, or holds an iron bar, and there is a hanged person standing or sitting on one side. This is actually an invisible support, but it requires the performer to have a very strong balance ability. Therefore, although it is simple to say, it is not easy to operate the rope.