What is the story of the pied piper?

"1On June 26th, 284, on John and Paul's Day, 130 children in Harmon City were taken away by bagpipers wearing colorful clothes and never found again ..."

The above words were found on a wooden sign in "No Drum Street" in Hamern, Germany. It can be seen that1June 26th, 284, a tragic thing happened in Harmon. Why did the children run away? Where are you going? Who took them? It is still a mystery.

According to legend, in 1284, Harmen was attacked by plague. That year, a stranger of unknown origin dressed in colorful clothes came, and he promised to drive away the rats in the city with the agreed money. He played the flute, and all the mice followed him to the Weser River and drowned. But the ungrateful citizens failed to keep their promises and refused to pay. The revenge of the man in colorful clothes is terrible. He played the flute again, 130 children followed him. Walk through the east gate of the city to Geben Mountain, where the earth splits and engulfs the children.

This is the legend of the "flute painter" that has spread all over the world and been recited by people of all ethnic groups, and has become the source of inspiration for many novelists, poets, playwrights and composers.

In the field of literature and history, some people call the Painted Skin a fable similar to myth, which is widely circulated among the people. This folk story is popular because the legend of "The Piper" contains a moral philosophy, so it is also a political fable. Research experts pointed out that the story of "The Piper" is wonderful, and this unfortunate ending makes this folklore more attractive. The purpose of this legendary story is to remind future generations of the moral norms of valuing credit and not being ungrateful, and to satirize those hypocritical gentlemen who only talk but don't do it. It is not based on real people in history. Like many ancient legends in European and American literary works, the story of "the flute painter" has also become the material created by many later generations.

However, the museum in Harman City is full of commemorative cultural relics related to the strange legends of the city, among which a manuscript of15th century records the story of "the flute painter". The manuscript describes him as a handsome man of about 30 years old. The silver flute he played was so charming that the children followed him out of town. A woman named Luther and a boy aged 10 witnessed their departure. Grieving parents searched everywhere and never found them again.

Another manuscript says that in 1300, the citizens of Harman installed a memorial window in the church, which was destroyed in 17 century, and recorded: "All the children went through difficulties and obstacles to reach Geben Mountain, and then they never heard from each other again."

After years of painstaking research, some scholars and experts also believe that the "Magic Piper" is not a fictional story, but a real thing in history. The truth of the matter is this:1On June 26th, 284, this "pied piper" named Spigel Berg led 130 teenagers to migrate eastward to Pomerania along the Baltic Sea. He is an amiable old man with a beard. He used to be a local immigration officer in Germany. He often goes back and forth between Harmon and Pomerania near 1284. His two younger brothers are also local administrative officials in charge of transferring immigrants, who once settled near Harman.

Obviously, maybe 130 teenagers did disappear at that time, so where did they go? Why is there no news?

According to historical records, when 130 children disappeared, Spigel Berg also disappeared for a period of time. 1On July 8th, 284, on the first 1 1 day after the children disappeared, Spigel Berg was seen with his own eyes at the German port of Szczecin (now Poland), which was the only place for immigrants at that time, about 250 miles away from Khamene, and the journey was about 10 day. /kloc-in the 3rd century, there were many immigrants in densely populated German towns, and the vast east was called "blessed land", which was rich in wheat, honey and meat, so people longed to move eastward. Slavs and Hungarians living in the area also welcome immigrants from Germany, because their arrival can strengthen the defense force and be used to stop the invasion and plunder from Russia. As a result, with the support and encouragement of princes and nobles, the number of immigrants who migrated eastward from Germany at that time was increasing. Under this historical background, it is not surprising that Spigel Berg led 130 children to move eastward. Unfortunately, on the way eastward, their ship sank near the Baltic coast, and Spigel Berg and 130 teenagers were killed, no one lives.

In order to solve the mystery of the magic piper, Xie Bolt, who spent most of his life exploring this historical unsolved case, rummaged through a large number of historical books and commemorative cultural relics in the Hamen Museum. He believes that in order to know the truth, we must find out the authenticity of the rat-catching incident. Scientific experiments have proved that it is completely feasible for the "pied piper" to trap mice with his flute. He used a high-frequency flute to make the nerves of mice nervous and disordered, thus inducing them to rush into the river and commit suicide. Historically, some people in Britain used tin flutes, and rat catchers used the high-frequency vibrato of tin flutes to drive thousands of mice into traps. In the Middle Ages, rats were rampant in continental Europe. Therefore, it is not surprising that stray rat catchers have appeared. It is entirely possible to lead rats into the river and drown them with high-frequency flutes.

Today, during the religious festival on June 26th every summer, the drama about "The Piper" is also staged in Harman City.

What is the truth about "The Magic Piper"? Where did those children go? Today, this unsolved mystery attracts hundreds of thousands of tourists to visit Hameen every year, and many of them are interested in studying the mystery of the "flute painter".