旧时每逢农历七月初七,各戏班都争相贴演应节戏《天河配》,且在海报上书明:“真牛上台,五彩灯光。”被拉上台的真牛,大都没经过特殊驯使,上台后锣鼓一响,惊呆恐惧,弄得屎尿满台。这样就割断了剧情,影响演出。在上海天蟾大戏院演出《白蛇传》时,还曾出现过真蛇上台:有一位姓陈的艺人豢养着一条大蛇,有一次这位养蛇艺人扮演许仙的姐丈。在“酒变”一场,他将这条大蛇放在大帐子后边,待许仙向白娘子进奉醒酒汤时,见到此蛇,惊死在地。许仙的姐丈进室捉蛇,然后便叫蛇攀臂缠身,表示与蛇捕斗,耍出各种花样。谁知,观众正聚会神观戏时。那蛇脱了手,从台上直奔台下钻去,惊得观众喊叫着躲闪。旋即,许仙的姐丈跳下舞台,将蛇捉住,退入后台。观众才慢慢静下来,接着看 In the old days, on the seventh day of the seventh lunar month, the troupes competed with each other for the teaser festival “Tianhe with” and said in the posters that “real cattle came to power and colorful lights.” Special tame, came to power once percussion, shock fear, confused feces full of Taiwan. This cut the plot, affect the performance. In Shanghai Tianchan Theater performed “White Snake”, there have been real snake came to power: there is a surnamed Chen’s artist owns a big serpent, once the serpent artist Xu Xi’s sister. In the “wine change ” a field, he will be behind this big snake on the bill, until Xu Xian into the White Snake sobs, see the snake, scared to death. Xu Xian’s sibling into the room to catch a snake, and then called the snake climbing arms, said fighting with the snake, playing a variety of tricks. Who knows, the audience is gathering God watching. That snake took off, went straight to the stage from the stage to drill, scared the audience shouted dodge. Soon, Xu Xian sisters jumped off the stage, the snake caught, back into the background. The audience slowly calm down, then watch