"Wei Hu thief" furniture

When we talk about furniture in Shanxi, we generally refer to weapons and specific tools used in specific industries. For example: samurai's weapons, farmers' farm tools, repairman's tools, chef's frying spoon and kitchen knife, etc.

When my son was in kindergarten, he signed up for an art interest class. He bought many colored pencils, oil pastels and sketchbooks. Back home, my father saw it and said, "Boy, there are more furniture than thieves in Hu Wei!" " The implication is that no matter what the level of painting is, there are many tools for painting.

During the Spring Festival, I took out my camera bag and prepared to take pictures. My mother saw a pile of things with lenses, tripods and flashlights and said, "Look, there are more furniture than thieves in Hu Wei!" " "

Shanxi people have a two-part allegorical saying: Hu Wei thief's furniture-no matter how much he made. The moral is that the surface looks very professional, and there are a lot of professional tools, but there is no real talent and practical learning, and the ability is average.

? So who's Hu Wei? Why a thief? Why does he have a lot of furniture?

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I talked about this with a friend who is engaged in the Shanxi opera industry in the evening. It turns out that all this has to start with a traditional opera, The Fierce Horse with Red Bristle.

? The traditional drama "Fierce Horse with Red Bristle" features three high-fives, Wujiapo, Counting Grain and the Great Deng Hall. It's about Wang Yun, the prime minister of the Tang Dynasty. He has three daughters, the great queen Jin Chuan, who married Su Long and lived in the official residence. Two women, Wang Yinchuan, are Hu Wei, assistant minister of the Ministry of War; Third daughter Wang Baochuan has never been married. Wang Yun built a colorful building in Chang 'an to marry his third daughter Baochuan. On February 2, the dragon looked up and Baochuan went upstairs to choose a husband. She abandoned many sons and grandchildren, but threw colored balls at the beggar Xue Pinggui. In a rage, Wang Yun broke off the father-daughter relationship with Baochuan (the "three highs and five highs"). After Baochuan married Xue Pinggui, she lived in a cold kiln. Later, Xi Liang went down to the battle table, and Wang Yun recommended Hu Wei, the second son-in-law, and Su Long, the eldest son-in-law, as the positive and deputy marshals, reducing Pinggui to "the first" and taking orders from Hu Wei. Pinggui had no choice but to say goodbye to Baochuan and left with tears in her eyes. Hu Wei conspired with Wang Yun in the Battle of Xiliang, and made many excuses in an attempt to kill Pinggui by exorbitant taxes and levies, but Su Long stopped him. Pinggui fought hard and won a great victory. In the name of celebrating victory, Hu Wei tied him to his horse and took him to the enemy camp in Xiliang, hurting Xue Pinggui again. Ai Cai, the king of Xiliang, will marry the princess. After the death of King Xiliang, Pinggui succeeded to the throne as King Xiliang. Eighteen years later, Wang Baochuan was single, guarding the cold kiln. One day, Pinggui missed Wang Baochuan and was anxious to go back to China to visit Baochuan. He said goodbye to the princess and went back to China in disguise. Passing through Wujiapo, I met Wang's poor wife Bao Chuan. Separated 18 years, husband and wife do not know each other. Xue Pinggui told me about their parting experience, and the husband and wife recognized each other (that is, "Wujiapo" got a 10% discount). Soon, Wang Yan of the Tang Dynasty took the lead, Wang Yun usurped the throne, and mobilized troops to capture Pinggui. With the help of Princess Daizhan, Xue Pinggui captured Chang 'an and became emperor. In the golden palace, Pinggui raised Su Long, pardoned Wang Yun, settled the wages that had been seriously deducted for 18 years with Hu Wei, and killed Hu Wei. Feng Baochuan is in charge of Zhaoyang Hospital for Queen Gong Zheng, and Princess Feng Daizhan is in charge of military power for Queen Nishimiya. Welcome the queen mother and celebrate the reunion (that is, 10% discount on "counting food and going to the temple").

Judging from the plot, Hu Wei is indeed a heinous super villain, so it is understandable that ordinary people call him "Hu Great Thief". So, what's so special about Hu Wei's furniture? It turns out that Hu Wei used "broadsword", "bronze hammer", "nine-cudgel Strafe" and even a "small dagger" in the Chinese opera, which shows that the thieves in Hu Wei do have a lot of furniture, but it should be said that they are "proficient in all kinds of martial arts, but poor in technology". So there was that two-part allegorical saying: "Hu Wei thief's furniture-no matter how hard it is!"