Without doing advanced cultural academic research here, we will express our own opinions to talk about the demons, ghosts and ghosts in Chinese culture or folklore. The Son does not speak strangely and chaotically, but I am not a gentleman, nor am I Confucius. [Treacherous laughter]
So, how did "things" like ghosts come about?
Whether it is a person or an animal, there will be their own thoughts and emotions (everyone do not take the single-celled grasshopper as an example Ha, we usually chat, do not do rigorous academic research), some emotions we can control, but some are difficult to control, even if the surface does not appear, the heart is also helpless, such as "fear" and "nostalgia", fear is the most primitive and strongest emotion, and the strongest fear comes from the "unknown", The unknown includes death and alienity, as well as unsensitive darkness and natural catastrophes.
Man is very intelligent, and when he feels powerless against the fear of the unknown and the thought of the deceased, he needs a relatively reasonable explanation to soothe the soul that is about to collapse. In today's era, science as the dominant, some strange phenomena can get a reasonable scientific basis, but in the early days of human society, the way to dissolve the unknown fear mainly depends on myths, religions, etc., thus giving birth to all kinds of ghost legends.
Ghosts, the souls and souls of people after death, can also be called ghosts. This is different from the ghosts in Japanese culture, in Japan, the ghosts in the hundred ghosts of the night are mostly strange-shaped yokai, and the souls of people after death are called ghosts, not ghosts.
Popular ghosts are roughly divided into several categories:
Wronged ghosts, who have died unjustly, or who have been wronged by the judge after becoming ghosts.
For the dead ghost, this kind of ghost is very unauthentic, but it is also a helpless move, hanging ghosts, water ghosts, etc. all belong to this category, because the soul of the horizontal death can not enter the reincarnation, can only wander at the accident site, only to find the next unlucky person to replace to leave, in fact, to put it bluntly, some places, such as ponds, roads or some buildings, etc. The composition or layout is not very reasonable, resulting in frequent fatal accidents, people do not know the reason, they can only say that there are substitute ghosts in this place, constantly looking for substitutes, so that there are fewer people to go, There will be fewer disasters.
Evil spirits, this kind of ghosts are specially harmful to people, they were originally evil people before they were born, and they are evil people on the "Tao", they like to cultivate evil magic, and they will also suck people's yang qi after death.
Officials, that is, officials, official titles are not large, generally some good people after death, no different from ordinary people, can travel through the yin and yang worlds, so even if he is around you, you can not find, fortunately, this kind of ghost is kind in heart, will not harm people.
Obsessed ghosts, children love long, obsessed with the world, go to see Nie Xiaoqian, a typical idiot.
Ghost, there is a word called "for the tiger to do tricks", this type of ghost is very special, feel like a pyramid scheme, the person who is bitten or eaten by the tiger will become a ghost, the ghost will be enslaved by the tiger, become very vicious, like being brainwashed will help the tiger to find people, especially like to find their relatives, lure them to be eaten by the tiger, so repeatedly, if the tiger dies, they will also be very sad.
Powerful ghosts, this is the result of people's death with great resentment, they are spontaneously not into reincarnation, even if they become rootless lone ghosts, they must take revenge on the enemy, but generally to this point, the enemy is not the enemy of the enemy is not much difference, their goal is the world, the living people.
Xici ghosts, this kind of ghosts are more tragic beings, they are the kind of righteous people who "know that they can't do it", those who dare to commit crimes for the sake of relatives and friends, or those who do wrong things with good intentions, and they are often sacrificed by the people who helped them before they die, so they eat and drink without worry.
Dashi ghosts, also known as Luo cha jiao, medicine forks, or Gong cha, like to live in temples and palace ruins, there are also some like mountains and valleys, is the biggest kind of magic among the ghosts, good at flying in the sky, haunting, happy to settle and enjoy, like money and materials, no money where there is no money will not go.
Zombie, this is a very special existence, can be called a ghost, can also be said to be strange, he is not an illusory soul state, but a real figurative thing, that is, the corpse of a person or animal, his formation and the feng shui environment in which he is located has a direct relationship, so that some people also specifically choose this feng shui place to cultivate zombies for their use, as for what to do, it is not easy to say, anyway, most of them are not a good thing. Zombies have been mentioned in many Chinese works, such as "Zi Bu Shu" and "Notes on Reading Wei Caotang", most of which describe stiff corpses, jumping and walking, infinitely powerful, and magical.
Today's most powerful zombie is Guanyin's mount Golden Retriever (a mount of Rulai), the zombie body does not melt for three years, flesh and blood penetrate into the bones, give birth to red tendons, and then give birth to white hair, called white hair, and then repair five hundred years to become black hair, and then five hundred years of red hair, and then five hundred years to become a golden retriever, and then a thousand years will be born with wings on their backs, the lion body is nine heads, zombies will suffer from heavenly thunder in the process of cultivation, so basically they are all killed by heavenly thunder, only this one succeeds, to this extent, there is no need to come down and eat human flesh. Floating in mid-air and opening his mouth can suck human brains, a suck is a large piece, mana through the heavens, even the descending dragon Luo Han JiGong can only outwit, on the mana alone can not hold him at all.
Demon and monster, the original meaning of the demon is charming, gorgeous. Extended to dress or look improper, because of evil and confuse others, later used for abnormal things, is regarded as an ominous sign, the so-called abnormal things must have demons, the demons here are not monsters, and then the demons cover the concept of demons, flower demons, mountain demons, etc., and often connected with "strange" use, demons This thing is not necessarily a living thing, even stone tiles in a specific situation may become a demon, demons can be understood as a more abstract phenomenon, and monsters are more concrete, or understood as strange and strange behavior, Now it seems that demons pay more attention to appearance, and monsters are ugly or strange monsters.
Mountain ghosts, for the mountain ghosts are said to be a variety of opinions, the more common recognition is qu Yuan's "Nine Songs - Mountain Ghosts" described in the mountain ghosts, although called ghosts, but not real ghosts, but mountain gods, but not officially canonized by the Emperor of Heaven, so it is called mountain ghosts. Its image is a graceful and beautiful woman, driving a red leopard followed by a flower beaver, and The Osmanthus of the Xinyi Wooden Car is tied up with a bunting flag.
Jing, the best in the same category, can also be understood as a monster, the difference is that this category is better at transforming into a human form, representing the species "fox essence".
The devil, generally regarded as the opposite of the gods, evil and powerful symbols, can refer to an individual, can also refer to a group, his strength is not only the figurative demon king, mana through the heavens, but also used as a distraction in the practitioner's heart, commonly known as the heart demon.
In fact, it is three kinds of little ghosts or monsters, such as the fish, the charm, and the fish, the yellow, looks like a dragon, has no horns on its head, haunts the mountains and forests, and waits for opportunities to harm people. Charm, better at illusion, charming mind, is not a good thing. 魍魉, one of the three sons of the Yellow Emperor's grandson, Ju Ruoshui was a ghost, and later generally referred to as a water ghost. The glamorous rays are generally used in conjunction, to compare all kinds of bad guys.