I believe that anyone who can turn life into a magical movie must be a magician. When a spectacular magic trick unfolds before your eyes, you might struggle to find the right words to describe its brilliance. In short, a magician can make the unbelievable happen right before your eyes. In China, magic is also known as "sleight of hand." Previously, people simply admired magic, but now most realize it's just a kind of illusion. Whenever a new magic trick appears, there are always people who, with a scientific and truth-seeking attitude, try to unravel its mystery. Are there any magic tricks that remain unsolved to this day? Of course, there are, such as the three we're going to talk about today.

The Indian rope trick, a magic trick that has puzzled people for thousands of years. Let me briefly describe the performance: A magician slowly raises a long rope into the air, where it disappears into the clouds. A little boy climbs up the straight rope and also disappears into the clouds. What happens next is even more thrilling: one of the boy's arms and one leg fall from the air. The magician places him in a basket, and after the rope hits the ground, the boy climbs out of the basket.

This magic trick has been passed down through generations in India, and the truth remains unknown to outsiders; therefore, the performers are usually father and son. Many magicians around the world have tried to replicate this performance, but the most they've managed is simply to keep the rope upright. Some researchers even believe it to be a form of group hypnosis.

The Baglas Effect is a magical trick performed by the famous magician David Baglas, which has remained unsolved for 50 years. The official explanation of the performance is too obscure, so I'll explain it in simpler terms: The magician asks one audience member to randomly say a number between 1 and 52, such as 22. Another audience member randomly says a card, such as the 3 of spades. Then a third audience member counts the cards, and the 22nd card is exactly the 3 of spades. (None of them are planted.)

Besides David Baggras himself, Chinese magician Liu Qian is the only person in the world capable of performing this magic trick. At the EMC Magic Summit (the ultimate magic competition), Liu Qian performed his version of the Baggras effect in front of David Baggras and over 30 of the world's top magicians. David Baggras himself admitted that Liu Qian not only succeeded but even surpassed the original in refinement, for which David Baggras wrote a letter of praise to Liu Qian. Two years after performing this magic trick, Liu Qian received the highest award in magic—the David Baggras International Magic Award. After David Baggras's death, Liu Qian became the only person in the world capable of performing this magic trick.

The third is the work of David Copperfield, the king of magic. Let's talk about David Copperfield first. He is arguably the greatest magician of all time, without exception. David's works have repeatedly exceeded people's imaginations. He has many feats in his life: he was the first person in history to escape from Alcatraz Federal Prison; he was the first magician in the world to fly without the aid of ropes and camera tricks; he even predicted the winning numbers of the German national lottery in 2001...

Today we're going to talk about one of David's classic magic tricks: the disappearance of the Statue of Liberty. The performance goes like this: the 93-meter-tall, 204-ton Statue of Liberty is covered by a huge curtain, and a few seconds later, the curtain is lifted and the Statue of Liberty has vanished. David specifically used two searchlights, directing beams of light through the Statue of Liberty's location, explaining that after the Statue of Liberty disappears, the light can still pass through unobstructed. Furthermore, radar was used to display the Statue of Liberty's position, and a helicopter was shown circling around it; after the statue disappeared, the audience only saw the helicopter still spinning in the air. In recent years, magicians around the world have studied this trick, but they only have a superficial understanding and have yet to fully crack it.