Rebirth of India: Superior

After listening to Shakru's introduction, Liu Zian was very excited: "Although I don't know if this Hanuman is Sun Wukong, he looks very powerful. Lao Sha, when are you going back to New Delhi? Take me with you then." Look at this statue, and then I’ll treat you to a big meal.”

Shakru laughed dumbly and said: "Old Liu, don't forget, this is India, I have to invite you no matter what."

Liu Zian shook his head and said: "Even though you are a native of India, you may not have been to the place I mentioned. It is a new restaurant opened by us Chinese Cantonese in New Delhi. The snake meat soup in it is Very authentic.”

Wang Jing poked Liu Zian on the side and said, "Don't talk nonsense. Indians don't seem to eat snake meat."

Shakru explained with a smile: "We Indians do not kill snakes. Because in Indian mythology, snakes symbolize longevity, fertility and wealth, and the great god Shiva is often surrounded by snakes. They are the messengers of the great god. India There are many snake temples in various places, and stone sculptures of snakes are enshrined in the temples. We don’t eat snake meat, but we usually eat it when offering sacrifices in snake temples. This is a way of worshiping the snake god. We believe that eating snake meat will transfer the intelligence of the snake god to ourselves. By the way, it sounds like the Snake Festival is coming soon, Lao Liu, are you interested in seeing it?"

"Snake Festival, this snake and festival is so interesting, I have to go and see it." Liu Zian said excitedly.

As a girl, Wang Jing was a little scared: "Didn't you just say you were going to New Delhi to see the Hanuman statue? Why did you change your mind in the blink of an eye?"

Liu Zian replied: "We just got off the plane from New Delhi a few days ago. It's too early to go back now. Let's wait until we return to New Delhi. And didn't I just say from Lao Sha that the Snake Festival is coming soon?" If you don't go now, you won't be able to catch up." At this point, he seemed to suddenly think of something, and said teasingly: "Ah, I see, you are not still afraid of snakes."

Wang Jing blushed a little but said stiffly: "What's wrong with girls who are afraid of snakes? There's no one who isn't afraid of those things, right sister Amisa?" Obviously Wang Jing was looking for foreign help.

It is a pity that her foreign aid was not helpful at all. Instead, she said: "As Brother Shakru just said, we worship the snake god, so we are not afraid of it. I even took a photo of a python wrapped around my body. "Sister Wang Jing, the snakes in the snake temple are very docile, and they won't hurt you as long as you don't anger them."

After the persuasion of several people, Wang Jing finally agreed to go to the Snake Temple in the northern city of Amritsar to participate in the annual Snake Festival. Before entering the Snake Temple, she saw countless snake charmers swarming outside. In busking, this annual snake festival is also the most important day of the year for snake charmers, and basically everyone can make a small fortune on this day.

Looking at these cobras dancing to the sound of the snake charmer's flute, Liu Zian asked curiously: "Lao Sha, why did I hear that these snakes are actually deaf? How can they understand the flute?" the rhythm of

Shakru explained with a smile: "We know that snakes have no external ears but only inner and middle ears. They cannot hear air-conducted sounds. They are not much different from deaf people. No matter how melodious the music is, snakes cannot hear it at all. Snake-making People are well aware of these characteristics of cobras. However, why do people handle snakes? The snake danced when the flute was played, which initially puzzled many zoologists. They found a flute like the snake charmer and played it in the same way, but the snake ignored it and did not move. After some research, I discovered that Indian snake charmers play the flute for the audience. The reason why snakes The dance mainly involves the snake charmer tapping the ground rhythmically with his feet while playing the flute. At this time, the snake can completely feel the vibration of the ground. In addition, the snake charmer directs the cobra to perform various performances with the flute. It "dances" by swinging, and this kind of snake flute also has a saying. Look at this snake flute. It is made of a gourd, two poles and a brass tube. There are some round holes on the tube. It is no different from the ordinary bamboo flute, but the snake charmer adds a little special powder to the flute tube, which is breathed hot in the mouth. Blow out to stimulate the snake, and the snake will move up and down, as if dancing."

Liu Zian said angrily: "These liars, let me tell you, I thought it was a mistake in the book, but I didn't expect that it was these snake charmers who were deceiving us."

Shakru reassured: "This can't be completely considered a lie. After all, what they brag about is not unpleasant, and every industry must have some secrets, otherwise how can we survive." I wrote this paragraph because a book friend suggested this book before. The cover of , preferably with an Indian snake charmer playing the flute while a cobra dances, although I did not adopt it, I was still inspired by it.

Amisa on the side suddenly pointed to a cobra that had been bathed in milk and said, "Brother Shakru, why do I feel that the cobra soaked in milk looks lethargic?"

"That's of course because snakes are carnivorous animals and usually feed on voles, frogs, lizards and birds. They don't drink milk at all, and their bodies can't adapt to milk. In fact, there will be... Many snakes died of severe dehydration and allergic reactions after consuming milk," Shakru said coldly.

Amisa was surprised and said, "Oh no, then why not stop them from soaking the cobras in milk?"

"How to stop offering milk and flowers to snake gods for their enjoyment? This is a tradition and rule that has lasted for hundreds or thousands of years. However, those snake charmers have almost no cultural foundation. If you tell them that milk is poisonous to cobras, they don't believe it at all. They prefer to believe in the rules passed down by their ancestors." In fact, there is one thing Shakru didn't say, that is, everyone thinks that snakes are plentiful, and if they die, they die. In India today, people can't take care of everything, so who has the leisure to care about the life and death of snakes?

ps: I recommend the new books of the same group of writers again, such as the Warring States Hero, the Red Song Dynasty, the Ming Dynasty Hero, the Sui and Tang Dynasty Summoning in the Turmoil, and the Counterattack of the Scholar. In addition, I highly recommend the book "Traveling Through the Late Qing Dynasty and Reborn as a Dragon", which is a transformation work of a supernatural writer with thousands of subscriptions from an external site. You can look forward to it.

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