Illusion (Fu's Illusion)
Illusion is the ancient Chinese name for magic, and it is called "magic tricks" in folk culture. Illusion had already appeared in my country during the Western Zhou Dynasty; by the Han Dynasty, magic performances had become very mature. The idea of "Planting Pears", a famous article in "Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio", came from illusion. "Fu's Illusion" is a magic (illusion) performance that combines ancient illusions with foreign magic. It is a representative of Chinese folk magic and was rated as a national intangible cultural heritage in 2014. Fu's Illusion originated in the early 20th century. The founder Fu Zhiqing once learned foreign magic techniques from Japan and combined them with traditional illusions to create the prototype of Fu's Illusion. "Fu's Illusion" insists on giving equal importance to innovation and inheritance, and each generation of inheritors has their own original characteristics; at the same time, it insists on giving equal importance to theory and practice. Over the past few decades, more than 70 professional books such as "History of Chinese Acrobatics" and "Magic in China" have been published.