Original text:
When singing and selling auctions, it seems that lighting the sky means that the venue is covered. In a box, there are two themes, the right one is the lantern position. If someone sits on the right seat of any box, it means that no matter what you sell this round, no matter how much money you get in the end, I will automatically add a ticket, which is equivalent to ordering this thing no matter how you play.
This is generally a way for princes and nobles to woo girls, which is very common in the Qing Dynasty. Political marriage is at the expense of money. Anyway, it's a small matter to master political power. So both the prince and the princess like to come here after chasing the princess. Sometimes the two princesses disagree, and Kai Zi on both sides have to fight for the magic lamp. This is not to see who pays the high price, but to see whose boyfriend can stand it. There is no time limit when fighting for the lamp, but the lamp can be disassembled. But if one party quits,
This article is from Nanpai's Uncle's Notes on Grave Robbery, Part VII, Qiong Long Shi Ying, Chapter VI, Lighting the Sky Lantern.
Extended information related stories:
The so-called "lighting" is an old saying in casinos. In fact, it should be called "lighting a lamp", which is a gambling skill. It means that if someone is found to be unlucky at the gambling table, bet on him to lose. If he bets big, you bet small. When he is free, you bet on Zhuang. It's not your luck, it's someone else's bad luck. This unlucky person is your "lamp". Some people are born with bad luck, they will lose every bet, and they will be specially invited to "light the lamp" to make a small loss and make a big profit.
From the perspective of probability theory, this is actually not true. Probability theory does not admit luck theory, but it is absolutely useful to point the sky lamp. Any gambler knows that after losing the first one, he is likely to lose all the time. The world is so wonderful.
In the Qing Dynasty, the word "lighting" on that occasion was not elegant enough in the circle of vendors in the south of the Yangtze River, because the number of events was huge, unrestrained and unlucky, and they often went bankrupt overnight. Besides, that guy often likes to get angry with people. You don't like me. I think you are untidy, and you have to take advantage before gambling.
As soon as I came up, "Wang Er, don't show off in an ostentatious manner, I will treat you lightly today." The other party has to add some material to scold back, "You light with Lao Zi, Lao Zi lights with you!" " "
In the long run, it is actually appropriate to call it a sky lantern directly. Sky lanterns are torches that burn themselves, just like they gambled all night and lost everything.