A movie "Big Fish Begonia" shows at least the following elements in my eyes: Hakka culture (earth buildings, costumes), fish (sea fish), myths and legends; But these things have little connection in history, so I gave him a position of "cultural mix and match". It is estimated that many people will scold you for writing like this. Let's take a look first.
I. Hakka
Tulou 1
2. Geographical environment
The village of Toona sinensis in "Big Fish Begonia" is built on the mountain and surrounded by mountains.
Most Hakkas live in mountainous areas, and their houses are built on the mountain.
Look at the pictures to know the relationship between the big fish begonia and Hakka tulou. In addition, the costumes and dances of the characters also have a detailed shadow of Hakka culture. When I first saw this place, I thought it was a Hakka legend, but I only guessed the beginning, not the end. Because the legend and the carrier of fish that appeared in this story later were not in Hakka culture, I came up with my statement-"cultural mashup".
Second, fish and legends
There are two kinds of fish here. One is a third person who is independent of God. When they come of age, they will go to earth for seven days. They appear in the ocean of the world as fish and observe everything in the world they are in charge of. They opened the Tianmen Gate through Grandma Ba, and through a whirlpool channel, they led to the ocean on earth. Second, the soul of a kind person will become a fish after death, and will be taken care of by a big fish (spirit girl) to decide its future destination.
There are at least two places here that are incompatible with the Hakka culture mentioned above. Hakkas live by the mountain, and there will be no sea, let alone dolphins.
Let's start with a legend about dolphins:
A long time ago, the son of God violated the taboo of the divine world and fell in love with a girl on earth. They are not allowed to live in the world of God and the world of man. They have traveled all over the world, but they can't find a place to live. Only the elf queen, who lives in the deepest part of the forest, sympathized with their situation and gave the couple a pair of spiritual bronze rings. The bronze rings protected them from crossing the sea safely, but the jealous God discovered the secret of the bronze rings and took them away. Lovers who were thrown into the sea and lost the protection of copper rings were also washed away by the big waves. Even so, they searched for each other wholeheartedly until the last moment. Dawn is coming, and they are about to turn into bubbles. This love touched the kind dolphin and will appear at dawn? Then, the couple jumped out of the sea with a bronze ring in their arms so that they could be together again with the blessing of the fairy queen. At the moment when the first ray of sunshine shone on the white beach, the whole beach turned into a happy pink, and dolphins jumped into the sky and became the dolphin constellation that guarded love. Since then, every year in the early autumn starry sky, in the morning when the dolphin constellation appears in the starry sky, the beach shines with pink light. As long as you listen carefully, you can hear dolphins singing.
From this, dolphins have become synonymous with persistence, protection and kindness.
Dig deep. Generally speaking, dolphins are a kind of "fish". The earliest time on the earth where we lived was Wang Yang, and the earliest creature in the world was "fish". China's traditional fish pattern is the oldest and most widely used traditional pattern in the history of China, and it carries some auspicious meanings, such as fish that have been around for years, and some people regard fish as their ancestors and mascots. In the aquarium, fish is the most appreciated thing in the aquarium. Fish has a great influence on all aspects of aquarium social life. Fish totem is a blood relative, an ancestor, a patron saint, a descendant and so on. People in aquariums believe that their life begins with a fish and will become a fish after death. This seems to give "Big Fish Begonia"-the soul of a kind person will become a fish after death. When a fish swims from one shore to the other, it represents the end of this person's life. Start this life with a fish and end it with a fish. "Provides a cultural foundation. When talking to my friend about this topic, he asked me, then why not use fish directly, but dolphins? In fact, I often give reasons, and I really can't think of any reasons. "Because dolphins are cute! Beautiful image! Good meaning! " Think about it. What about grass carp, carp and crucian carp? Ha ha ha, the picture is so beautiful that I can't bear to see it!
Speaking of this, I probably expressed my thoughts: the conflict between Hakka culture and water culture.
Hakka (English: Hakka, Hakka: Hak-k? Or Khak-k? Hakka Pinyin: Hag5-ga 1 or Kag5-ga 1) is the main component of the local nationalities in southern China, such as Guangdong, Jiangxi, Fujian, Guangxi and Taiwan Province provinces, and it is a Han nationality with wide distribution and far-reaching influence in the world. Shui people, who call themselves Rensui, are mainly distributed in Sandu County, dushan county, Libo County, duyun city, Rongjiang County, Leishan County, congjiang county, Danzhai County and Fuquan City in the south and southeast of Guizhou Province, Rongan County, Nandan, Yishan, Huanjiang Maonan Autonomous County, Hechi City, Du 'an Yao Autonomous County and Laibin City in Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, and Gu Gan Shui Township in Fuyuan County, Qujing City, Yunnan Province. Geographically, it seems that there are two unrelated groups. Then put these two cultures together, have you ever thought that there will be a little disharmony?
However, this is actually a kind of cultural innovation, but personally, I still insist that since the drama is written according to culture, it is best to delve into its cultural roots, otherwise it will not stand up to scrutiny and be top-heavy. But from another point of view, it doesn't matter, because no one will go into it.
So, it's 12 again, eat!