By the mid-19th century, magic was divided into two types: lower-level tricks, performed by traditional jugglers, and magic performed on the stage, performed by magic stars. On July 3, 1845, Robert Houdin held a grand magic party in Paris, starting a new era of stage magic.

In a small theater in the palace, there were about 200 people in the audience, and the performance was different from usual. Robert Udin eliminated all props and placed only the essentials for the show on the stage. Robert Houdin's skilled skills, flexible techniques and elegant speaking style have truly elevated magic to the level of art. Magic is no longer an unrelated acrobatic show, it has become a drama: it can give the audience multiple A kind of sensory enjoyment, a magic artist with a new style appears in front of the audience, performing colorful artistic magic shows, which is refreshing and refreshing.

Houdin’s real name was Jean Eugène. He was originally the son of a watchmaker and was born in Blois, France in 1805. This sensitive child grew up in the world of watches, and his later success as a magician was largely due to this exquisite world of watches.

On June 6, 1846, Robert Houdin gave a special performance for King Louis Philippe of France in Saint-Cloud. He borrowed six handkerchiefs with capital letters from the six ladies present, then pinched the handkerchiefs together, placed them in a glass cover, and covered them with a square towel. When the handkerchief was uncovered again, the handkerchief was gone. The king laughed and wondered where the handkerchief was. "Your Majesty, please go to the orange grove!" Robert Houdin replied with a smile, "The handkerchief is in a small wooden box next to an orange tree."

The king was a little unconvinced, and the ladies were even more I was surprised, so men and women flocked to the orange garden happily. The king sent for the gardener. "Here", Udan said with a mysterious expression, "here, under this tree, Your Majesty!"

The gardener began to dig, the shovel hit something, and a wooden box was dug out Come up. The king took the box and opened it. Inside there was a note and a package sealed with wax. The name of the Italian adventurer Cagliostro was printed on the sealing wax, and the note stated that he had buried the box himself. There was also Cagliostro's signature at the end. After unsealing the bag, it was discovered that it contained six handkerchiefs borrowed from six ladies.

There is a clear difference between Robert Udin's performances and those of his contemporaries. Others filled the stage with props and various masking boards, which was of course easy to do, but Robert Udin rarely used props. He made an orange tree bloom and bear fruit out of thin air, and conjured it up from a briefcase. Millinery, flowers, ribbons, live doves, a birdcage with a canary, and finally his own little son. He could direct an automaton to shoot at the finger of a glove which was placed on a stand, and a ring borrowed from the spectators was placed on the finger of the glove.