As a history lover, I have a deep Han and Tang complex in my heart. I often imagine how confident, open and high-spirited China was in the prosperous Tang Dynasty. Imagine all the nationalities coming to Korea and overlooking the arrogance of East Asia. Every time I think about it, I'm always excited. I hope I can go back to that era and witness the prosperity of that era …
Fortunately, there are literary, film and imaginative directors who use modern technology to turn fantasy into real scenes and show them to us. Watching a movie for two hours is like taking a time machine back to the Tang Dynasty more than 1000 years ago, witnessing the history of the Tang Dynasty from prosperity to decline.
The main characters of this film are Bai Juyi and the Japanese monk Konghai. With Bai Juyi's Song of Eternal Sorrow as the background, the whole story is strung together with a cat, and the protagonist is guided by magic to solve a mystery thirty years ago-the death of Yang Guifei.
The film also reproduces the zenith of the prosperous Tang Dynasty through illusion-the birthday party hosted by Emperor Xuanzong of Tang Dynasty for the most beloved imperial concubine, and the bliss feast held in the extremely luxurious calyx Champs Elysé es. The emperor invited people from all over the world and the whole city to see the beauty of the imperial concubine and show off the most powerful country and the most beautiful people they had.
At the banquet, the imperial concubine appeared, elegant and amazing. The actor who plays the imperial concubine is a Chinese-French hybrid, and some of them have subverted the impression that Yang Yuhuan is of pure China descent. After reading it, I have to admire the director's vision of beauty pageant. She perfectly interprets that noble and beautiful feeling, and that kind of beauty is unforgettable. Therefore, another symbol of the prosperous Tang Dynasty, the poet Li Bai, wrote an eternal article on the banquet, "Clouds want clothes and flowers, and spring breeze blows the threshold to reveal China. I don't look for Yushantou, but I meet Yaotai on the moon. "
In a blink of an eye, the Anshi Rebellion happened. At this moment, no amount of vows and love can compare with the emperor's life. So beauty became a victim until it was trampled by horseshoes.
Through the actor's interpretation, we can read the complex psychology just before death, including doubt, reluctance, hatred, perfection and love. Before he died, we also gave Xuanzong a sachet made of his own hair. Even if the emperor breaks his oath, he will never part. Even though I suffer for the emperor, I still love this man. Since ancient times, there have been many infatuated women, but who has seen a long-term man!
The death of the imperial concubine in the film is a mystery and the process is beautiful, cruel and distressing. I asked you to go to the cinema to solve the truth …
What's more tender is that someone gave up life and death to silently guard the imperial concubine for more than 30 years, but Bai Letian, a great genius, recorded this love of the imperial concubine with deep affection, so that later generations can understand her love and her helplessness through Song of Eternal Sorrow ...
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The film is based on the best-selling Japanese novel Shaman's Ghost Banquet in the Tang Dynasty. The Japanese have a strong Tang complex, and they like Yang Yuhuan. Many literary works believe that Yang Yuhuan did not die, and eventually he fled to Japan, leaving behind his descendants. Yamaguchi Momoe claims to be a descendant of Yang Yuhuan.
The empty sea does exist in history, and it is legendary and has achieved great success. In 804 AD, he came to China to study Buddhism with the envoys of the Tang Dynasty, studied under the master of Huiguo in the Qing Dynasty, got a true biography, and founded Tantric Buddhism after returning to China. It has played a great role in the spread of Datang culture in Japan.