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Businessman Bai Yougong said, "On the Luokou River [1], I saw a man holding a bamboo pole and leading two giant dogs. A woodcarving beauty was born in the coffin, more than a foot tall, with hands turning and bright makeup. The dog is covered with a small brocade shovel [2] to make it straddle. Place, angry dog sprint. Beauty from the beginning, learn to understand the horse as a play [3], shovel belly hidden [4], waist and tail fat [5], bow down and stand up, the spirit comes true [6]. Also known as Zhao Jun's departure [7]: instead of wood carving, insert a pheasant tail [8], put on a sheepskin and follow the dog. Zhao Jun frequently recalled that the sheep chased after each other, just like the living. "

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[1] Luokou: Place name, in the northern suburb of Jinan. Guluo water flows northward into the water here, because of its name Luokou. Water passes by, which is today's Yellow River.

[2] Brocade: Saddle with colorful patterns. Saddle pad.

[3] Xie (xiè machinery) Ma: Shandong is commonly known as "horse racing" in the circus world. Solve the horse, that is, circus.

[4] hiding in the stirrup: commonly known as "hiding in the stirrup." The circus performer squatted on one side of kurama's abdomen, with one foot in the stirrup.

[5] Waist and tail fat: Slide from the horse's waist to the ponytail, then grab the ponytail and fly to the horse's back.

[6] Error: Error.

[7] Zhaojun left the fort: Wang Qiang, whose real name was Zhaojun, was born in a sister city (now Zigui County, Hubei Province). Yuan Di was elected to the palace. In the first year of Jingning (the first 33 years), Uhaanyehe, the Xiongnu Lord, entered the DPRK to seek relatives. Wang Zhaojun married the Huns, and was called Hu Ning E Shi. Today, there is a tomb of Zhaojun in the south of Hohhot, Inner Mongolia. The story of Zhao Jun's departure from the fortress is widely circulated among the people, and poems, ci poems, novels and operas are mostly based on it.

[8] Pheasant tail: Pheasant tail feather can be used as an ornament of a hat.

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Businessman Bai Yougong said, "At the Luokou River in Jinan, I saw a man carrying a bamboo box and leading two big dogs. He took out a beautiful woodcarving woman from the box. She is more than a foot tall, and her hands and eyes can turn. She wears gorgeous clothes, just like a real person. Then he put a small saddle pad made of brocade on the dog and ordered the beautiful woman to sit on it. It's over. Hoo hoo, big dog, run. Beautiful women get up and perform various equestrian events by themselves. First, she squatted on the pedal of the horse and hid to the side of the dog's stomach. Then slide down from the dog's waist to the dog's tail and catch the dog flying on the dog's tail; After kneeling on the dog's back, he stood agile and didn't miss. And pretend to be Zhaojun; Then take out a woodcarver, put a pheasant tail in his hat, put on a sheepskin robe for him, and let him straddle the dog and follow the beauty. Zhao Jun turned around frequently, and the man in sheepskin clothes chased him with a whip, just like a living person. "