Friend, do you know what this colorful ceramic baby is? Jiangxi cloisonné? Beijing porcelain? Oh no, this is the magic lamp – Aladdin’s magic lamp. Here is a famous story from the collection of Arabic stories, “Heavenly Nights”.
Saying: Once upon a time, there was a young Aladdin who was a poor boy who depended on his mother for his life. By chance, he met a mage, who promised to take him to the city and teach him a craft to earn a living. Aladdin thought about it and agreed, so he followed him.
Coming to the mountain outside the city, the mage knelt down in one place, recited a few incantations, and a stone gate appeared on the ground, and there was a tunnel in the stone gate, dark and narrow. The mage asked Aladdin to go in and get the oil lamp and gave Aladdin his own ring, saying that it would ward off evil spirits. Aladdin looked at the dark cave in fear and groped to enter. When he arrived in the cave, he saw many jewels in addition to the oil lamp, and he was immediately dumbfounded. So I grabbed a few handfuls of jewelry, picked up the oil lamp and walked out. Who knew that the mage had long been impatient outside, shouted a few times without seeing Aladdin’s response, thinking that he was in distress, so he “slammed” the stone door shut.
Aladdin was anxious in the cave, rubbed his palms vigorously, and inadvertently touched the ring on his hand, and the ring god immediately appeared in front of him, saying that he was willing to listen to the master’s command. Aladdin said he wanted to go home, and as soon as the words fell, he was already at home. After two days, he saw that the oil lamp was very old, so he wiped it with a cloth and wiped it three times. The lamp god appeared to him and said that he would grant his master’s wishes. So, with the help of the lamp god, Aladdin and his mother lived a well-fed life. After some time, Aladdin heard that the king was going to marry the princess, so he dressed up as a prince and brought jewels to court. The king, seeing that he was young and handsome and rich, agreed to their marriage. So, Aladdin ordered the lamp god to build a castle for the princess, and they lived happily together.
When the mage learned about Aladdin, he used a basket with a new lamp to sell near the castle: “New lamp for old lamp.” The princess remembered her husband’s cherished oil lamp and felt that it was too old, so she took it out and exchanged it with the mage. The mage hurriedly grabbed the oil lamp and wiped it hard three times, and the lamp god appeared, and the mage ordered the lamp god to send the castle and the princess to Africa. The castle and the princess were gone, and the king was in a hurry. The king ordered Aladdin to retrieve the princess within 30 days or else he would have his head. Aladdin inquired everywhere, and his attendants said that no one had seen the princess. So he rubbed his palms in a hurry, the ring god appeared, and Aladdin ordered him to retrieve the princess and the castle. The Ring God says that his own mana is limited and can only send Aladdin to Africa.
In Africa, Aladdin meets the princess, who tells Aladdin, “This bad guy wants me to remarry him.” So they discussed putting sleeping pills in the mage’s wine while he was drinking. The mage saw that the princess changed her attitude and danced to show him, and suddenly she was very good to herself, and she didn’t know what the plan was, so she drank the wine. Aladdin retrieves the lamp, returns the princess and the castle to the king, and imprisons the evil mage. So, Aladdin, the princess, and her mother lived happily ever after.
Friend, do you want to own this magical Aladdin magic lamp Feng? God, but don’t make a wrong wish, or I’ll send you to Africa, and you’ll have to dance hula and sing with black Africans around the campfire every day! Ha ha……