After several twists and turns and many years of waiting, the first part of the legendary epic masterpiece "Fengshen Trilogy", which is known as the largest volume in Chinese film history, is finally finalized and officially released on July 20.
As a setting of gods and demons, it is not inferior to Journey to the West, and its literary value is second only to "Fengshen Yanyi", the four great masterpieces. The Chinese film market did not make good use of Fengshen IP before.
Until 2019, the animated movie "Nezha: The Devil Boy Comes into the World" sold 5 billion at the box office! Triggering the movie-watching effect of the whole people, "Fengshen" returned to the public's attention, and there is a potential for heating up.
In fact, "Fengshen Yanyi" is very suitable for film and television adaptation. The unconstrained imagination displayed in the real historical background is amazing. In addition, the author who wrote the Fengshen list cannot be verified. It is still a mystery, and it also casts a veil of mystery on the world of Fengshen.
However, compared with the four great masterpieces, "Fengshen Yanyi" has not yet reached the level of universal popularity, so before going to the cinema to watch "Fengshen Part I", I think you need to understand what the "Fengshen Bang" is about.
Through this article, discuss the movie in combination with the original work, sort out the world view and timeline of Fengshen, and interpret the relationship between the characters and the four camps they are in.
In this way, it can help to quickly bring into the plot when watching a movie. To watch Fengshen, we not only need to look at the special effects, but also to see whether director Wu Ershan can tell the story of Fengshen well.
Ancient Origins
In the world view of "Fengshen", there are four major races, namely the gods, immortals, humans and demons.
God and fairy are two completely different concepts.
The human race is the largest in number, and they can become gods and immortals through chance and acquired practice, while the monster race is a relatively small and weak heterogeneous group that accounts for a small proportion in the original book.
First of all, the Protoss started from the beginning of Pangu.
Pangu opened the sky, transformed mountains and rivers, and everything in the world evolved from infinite to Taiji. Taiji is divided into two instruments, and the two instruments give birth to four phenomena. So far, the ancient world we imagined has been derived.
Youchao clan, the human ancestor of the ancient tribes, invented the residential area, and the Suiren clan brought fire, and the ancient humans began to multiply, and then the Three Emperors of Heaven, Earth, and Man appeared.
Emperor Fuxi calculated innate gossip and invented fishing and hunting technology. Emperor Shennong brought farming culture, which led to medicine and markets. During this period, Chiyou of the Jiuli tribe launched tribal wars.
After the two major tribes jointly eliminated Chiyou, another war was launched between Shennong and Huangdi. In the end, the Xuanyuan tribe won and officially opened the era of Chinese civilization.
After death, the outstanding representatives of the ancient world became the gods in "Fengshen", which is what we understand as the so-called "gods".
And the god king who commands the gods is named Haotian. The "God" that the common people often say is the God of Haotian. This is the setting of the gods in "Fengshen Yanyi".
The continuation of history
The human race refers to the Chinese people in "Fengshen".
After Xuanyuan, the Chinese descendants continued, and the timeline continued to advance according to the Three Emperors and Five Emperors. From the end of the abdication system by Emperor Yao and Emperor Shun, to the hereditary succession of Emperor Yu to "Qi", the first dynasty in Chinese history with traces was born-Xia Dynasty. This is also the first hereditary dynasty that can be marked in history books.
After 14 generations, Tang was established and Xia was replaced, and the dynasty was changed to Shang Dynasty, also known as Yin Shang, which was handed down to King Zhou Yinshou, the 28th monarch of Shang Dynasty. Fei Xianglai played this role in "Feng Shen No. 1", a notorious image of a tyrant in history.
Become immortals
Immortals and protoss are two completely different camps, and they are closely related to human beings. Humans can become immortals through practice, but not necessarily gods. The difference between immortals and protoss is that immortals do not need to be in charge of the world.
Although the mana is the same, but the life force is not up to the realm of being able to live the same life as the heaven and the earth. It is necessary to extend the lifespan through the promotion of the level through the calamity, so as to achieve the purpose of continuing to practice.
There are four sects in the fairy clan.
One of the core sects that "Fengshen" mainly talks about is called Chanjiao, explaining the facts and principles to you, and convincing people with Taoism. We can understand it as the initial prototype of Taoism.
is headquartered in Yuxu Palace in East Kunlun.
I am sure you are familiar with the leader of the fairy world who sits in the first place in explaining education. He is Laozi Taishang Laojun.
The one who is in charge of explaining and educating affairs, as the executive director, is equally well-known.
Yuanshi Tianzun played by Chen Kun in "The First Part of Fengshen", one of the "Three Qings" of Taoism, and the main manager of teaching.
Respecting Taoism in elucidating and teaching thoughts, cultivating quality and cultivating Taoism and ability, the teaching focuses on elite education, and the standards for accepting apprentices are relatively strict.
What is bigger than explaining teaching is cutting teaching. This sect's practice idea is completely different from explaining teaching.
No matter whether you are a monster with fur and horns, or a big stone tree, a chair or a bench, you have a chance to become a fairy. The threshold for entering the sect is relatively low, so there are the most disciples in the world.
The leader of Jiejiao is called Master Tongtian, and he and Yuanshi Tianzun are brothers in the same line. He has cultivated to the realm of Hunyuan Daluo Jinxian, and he is a first-class existence in the fairy world.
The third faction is represented by Sanxiu hidden in the famous mountains and lakes in West Kunlun, collectively referred to as Sanxian.
They are not affiliated with Interpretation and Intervention, but the principles of cultivating immortals are similar, they just practice their own and become immortals by self-taught.
The fourth largest sect, named Shimen, is headquartered in the Western Paradise. The eldest is Jieyin, and the second is Zhunti.
Alien Prototype
The last camp in "Fengshen" is the Yaozu, which is exaggerated and described in film and television works, such as the nine-tailed fox demon in the animated movie "Jiang Ziya", whose strength is quite explosive, but in the original book, the Yaozu is actually very weak.
Representative characters Su Daji, the leading heroine of "Fengshen", and the Seven Monsters of Meishan who participated in the King of Wu's attack and prevented the Zhou army from outside Chaoge City in the later period, etc. The monsters are generally reclusive cultivators, and they display their demon powers by donating their own prototypes.
There are also some Yaozu practitioners in Jiejiao, but they are contrary to the direction of Yaozu’s practice. They are ashamed of transforming into prototypes. , the ascetic practice of Our Lady of Guiling was destroyed once.
triggered the beginning of "Fengshen"
learned about the "four camps", and officially entered the story of the list of gods. The cause of the incident was that the ancient god Wang Haotian gave Yuanshi Tianzun the task of recruiting non-staff personnel in the God Realm.
Enrollment for 365 righteous god positions will be expanded. Practitioners in the Immortal Realm have the ability to do nothing, and they must use what they should use. The scope of this expansion is also relatively wide, including elucidation, interception, and pioneers of humanity.
At this time, it happened to be an important moment for the twelve disciples of Yuanshi Tianzun's sect and the three generations of disciples to kill and calamity.
What happened simultaneously in the human world was that the Shang dynasty was exhausted and Xiqi Allah came to change the dynasty.
Yuanshi Tianzun, the master of efficiency management, combined the three major events of the three major races, and managed the matter with one stone. This is why "Fengshen Yanyi" made the list.
Jiang Ziya (played by Huang Bo) was selected by Yuanshi Tianzun because of his lack of wisdom, and no matter how difficult it is to practice in the fairy world, he can enjoy the blessings of the world with his life, so he was asked to act as an agent in the world and bring the list of gods down the mountain to complete the recruitment work.
Resurrection from a dead body
The story of "Fengshen" unfolds with the human world as the main line of narrative.
A series of evil deeds were triggered by King Zhou and Daji, which led to the disintegration of the Shang Dynasty. However, in the original book, King Zhou is not stupid. He is the emperor of the human race.
King Zhou was also proficient in melody. When Ji Chang was imprisoned, Bo Yi Kao came to rescue him, and Su Daji made things difficult for him. King Zhou was not in a hurry to kill Bo Yi Kao, but instead asked him to play a song, and he could hear the meaning of loyalty and patriotism from the sound of the piano.
It's a pity that Bo Yikao died in the end. The actor Yang Jue was chopped into meat and fed to his father Ji Chang.
King Yin Shouwei of Zhou was fierce and strong in life, but he had a cruel personality and loved women.
These remarks angered the ancient god Nuwa Empress, how could she be worthy of her identity as an ancient god if she didn't give him retribution, and in a fit of rage, she wanted to go down to earth to trouble King Zhou herself.
However, on the way, the cloud road was blocked by the red spirit of Yin Jiao and Yin Hong, the two sons of King Zhou, and the people of the God Realm went down to the earth without permission to rebel against heaven, so Nu Wa came up with another way.
Nvwa took out a magic weapon to summon demon banners, and recruited all demons from all over the world to gather under the tent, selected nine demon foxes, nine-headed pheasants, and jade pipa, three demon female cultivators, and ordered them to sneak into Chaoge and undercover Yin Shou's side, causing chaos to the court and accelerating the collapse of the Shang Dynasty.
At the same time, Nuwa gave them certain restrictions, not to harm sentient beings, but the cultivation of the monster race needs to be nourished by popularity. King Zhou is a man of high yang, serving the monster by his side will definitely be damaged, and human essence will not be consumed to replenish, I am afraid that even the human form will be difficult to maintain. The nine-tailed fox and the three little demons went to Chaoge. Who cares about their death, the weak monster race is also quite pitiful.
Coincidentally, King Zhou was trying to expand the lineup of the harem. Eight hundred princes went to court with the emperor, and there was a villain among them who drew red money and paid tribute. Only one person refused. He was Jizhou Hou Suhu.
Since it is impossible to recruit all the beauties from all over the world, then dedicate the daughter of this stubborn old man who refuses to give favors to King Zhou.
With the advice of the villain, King Zhou learned that Su Hu's daughter Su Daji was born beautiful, and was eager to see her true face.
Su Hu refuses, and immediately turns against him. King Zhou ordered Beibohou Chonghouhu (played by Gao Dongping) to hunt him down. At this time, Xibohou Jichang, played by teacher Li Xuejian, came out to smooth things over.
The nine-tailed fox found an opportunity to enter the palace, killed Su Daji, brought back the dead body, and faced King Zhou in Su Daji's skin. The two began a shameless life.
When Daji enters Chaoge, Yun Zhongzi finds that the city is full of evil spirits, so he sends King Zhou a wooden sword to ward off evil spirits. As soon as Daji sees the wooden sword, the monster's body is immediately damaged, which shows the weakness of the monster clan.
Keeping in the dark, King Zhou was already dazzled by love, so he burned the wooden sword without thinking too much.
Yun Zhongzi made a calculation, everything must have a definite number, and after writing a poem to remind the people to prevent evil spirits from confusing people's hearts, he turned around and walked away. Rumors that Daji was a monster and not a human spread quickly among the people.
Affected by this chaos, the worst end was Queen Jiang played by Yuan Quan, who was ordered by his idol Fei Xiang to cut off ten fingers and goug out his eyes, and finally died in Nishinomiya.
