The "Fire Cloud Evil God" of the Qing Dynasty: Good at "catching bullets" with bare hands, but he lost his hand in the end.

Tricks and tricks are also small skills, but if you want to exhaust their mysteries and get their subtleties, if you don't teach them from a master, you will only spend a lot of time thinking about them. ——"Goose Magic Compilation"

Trick is a traditional Chinese technique. Different from Western magic, Chinese tricks pay attention to using daily necessities as props and changing them to peculiar effects. With the exchange of cultures, Chinese tricks have gradually gained market share in the West.

Today, the American we are going to talk about is deeply attracted by Chinese tricks. The difference is that he was not only content to watch Chinese tricks, but also tried hard, and eventually lost his life because of it. He is the American magician - Cheng Liansu .

An American who loves Chinese tricks

Cheng Liansu was originally an American magician whose real name was William Robinson. When

first started working in the magic industry, he did not wear Chinese clothes, but followed the authentic Western magic tradition, wearing a tuxedo, a white shirt, and even the title of "Mysterious Man - Robinson".

However, that all changed with the introduction of Chinese tricks to the United States. With the opening of our country's door in modern times, some people went abroad to make a living, and many of them were craftsmen who could do tricks.

They perform on various stages in the United States, attracting everyone's attention with their superb performances. Simple tools, allowing people to check, but the end result is amazing, such Chinese tricks quickly spread in the United States. Some American magicians followed suit, including William Robinson. Unlike other magicians,

is not only Chinese in clothes and hairstyles, but also interested in the core of Chinese tricks. He worked hard to learn the skills of Chinese tricks and tried to combine Chinese tricks with Western magic.

With the advancement of his skills, he has almost become an authentic Chinese juggler, and even in his daily appearances, he specially hired a translator to deceive the media.However, he still faces a dilemma: the real Chinese juggler -- Jin Lingfu.

The two confrontations between Cheng Liansu and Jinlingfu

Jinlingfu is an authentic Chinese juggler. He is not only superb, but also has many titles.

In China, he is a "court magician who specially performed for Empress Dowager Cixi "; in foreign countries, he was a Chinese magician recognized by the United States at that time, and even as one of the few Chinese, he was listed on the official website of the International Magicians Association. publication.

is such a number one person, who had two confrontations with Cheng Liansu and made an appointment to compete. It was these two confrontations that boosted Cheng Liansu's development in Europe.

It is said that the first confrontation took place in the United States, when Jin Lingfu was recognized by the Americans as a Chinese juggler.

He once declared in the newspapers that he would give a thousand dollars to anyone who could conjure a huge bowl of water out of a cloth, and a child out of it, as he did. Hearing the news, Cheng Liansu immediately responded. However, Jinlingfu refused to fight.

Seeing that he could not fight against Jin Lingfu, he would not be able to defeat him as a "well-known Chinese juggler" in the hearts of Americans, and there would be no market for his performances in the United States. Cheng Liansu went to Europe in a fit of anger.

In Europe, he took his later stage name, Cheng Liansu, after Jinlingfu's name. Who knows, by coincidence, Jin Lingfu also came to Europe. The similar names and identities of

aroused the interest of British newspapers and the public, and also contributed to the second confrontation between the two. The two first fought tongue-in-cheek in the newspapers, calling each other a fake Chinese identity, and then proposed an actual test. As soon as the

battle was written, newspapers and citizens made bets one after another, looking forward to the final performance of both parties.

Who knows, Jinlingfu is absent again! People have speculated that "Jinling Fu was afraid" and "he was changed by Cheng Liansu"... Although the real reason is now unknown, public opinion at the time believed that Cheng Liansu was the winner. Suddenly, he became famous in Europe. During the period when

caught bullets with his bare hands and became famous in Europe

became famous in Europe, Cheng Liansu performed many famous Chinese tricks. However, the most distinctive feature is his self-created "catching bullets with bare hands".

This trick is a combination of Chinese and Western, and he has brought into full play the Chinese tricks of "turning up and down, and being represented by foreign affairs", and the Western magic's "up and down, left bright and right manipulation". During the

performance, Cheng Liansu took the gun from the assistant who was playing the audience, and invited the audience to check, reload, and shoot himself at close range. After the

shot, he showed the audience the bullet in his hand as if he had actually received a bullet. At times, he pretended to be shot and spit the bullet out of his mouth to the surprise of the audience.

Can he really catch bullets with his bare hands? It turned out that the secret was hidden in his pistol. The props provided by the assistant are specially processed and have two gun chambers. The fake chamber detonates the gunpowder; the real chamber is loaded with bullets, and the bayonet is placed to block the bullet.

So, the bullet was never fired from start to finish, and the bullet he caught was hidden in his hand during the reloading process. It is by virtue of this mechanism that his performances in Europe always receive bursts of applause.

However, it was the same organ that led to the accidental death that also made him famous in Europe.

918 In a London theatre, he performed the trick again, and the props frayed, the gunpowder detonated in the real gun, and the bullet went into his chest, killing him. The

generation "Fire Cloud Cthulhu" eventually died under his own props.The pay behind the

coincidence

0,000 coincidences have killed people. While feeling the fate of Cheng Liansu, we can't help but be moved by his courage, his love and dedication to magic and tricks.

Although the magic principle is simple and easy to understand, in order to achieve this artistic effect, it is not only a prop that needs to be prepared, but also many years of practice, understanding of the audience, and most importantly, courage.

Whether it is a trick or a magic trick, it seems to be the product of coincidence, and behind it all contains the efforts of magicians and jugglers. From props to stage effects, relying not only on tools, but also the inspiration for creating props, dazzling techniques.

"Small Skills" also have hard thinking!