耍猴是中国民间的传统把戏,一些闯荡江湖的民间艺人把猴子训练成表演者,通过猴子的表演养活自己。我在二十岁以前看过好多场猴戏,现在这类节目在露天广场很少看到了。耍猴人到了一个村庄或集市,先是“咣咣咣”地敲锣,把人们招拢来了,围成一圈,开始介绍自己的籍贯、生平和主要演员(猴子)的能耐,并说些请各位父老乡亲多多关照之类的话。那猴子穿着礼服,打扮成绅士的样子,配合着主人做一些作揖行礼的动作,煞是可爱。猴子表演的无非是立正、稍息、齐步走、拉车、推磨、翻筋斗等等小把戏,往往能引来大伙连连大笑。也有利用猴子表演魔术、杂技的,那就更好看了。在精神生活荒芜的年代, Playing the monkey is a traditional Chinese folk practice. Some of the entertainers en route to the rivers and lakes train the monkeys into performers and feed themselves through monkey performances. I saw many monkey shows before the age of twenty, and now such shows are seldom seen on the piazza. Play a monkey to a village or market, first “咣 咣 咣” "to beat the gong, the people came to come in a circle, began to introduce their native place, life and ability of the main actor (monkey), and Say some kind of words, please take care of a lot of fathers and folks. The monkey dressed in a dress, dressed as a gentleman look, with the owner to do some pompous movements, truly cute. Monkey shows nothing more than just, at a stretch, walking in parallel, pull the car, push the mill, tumbling and so small tricks, often lead to everyone laughter. Also use the monkey performing magic, acrobatics, then look better. In the barren days of spiritual life,