The Only Book of the Past: The Ghosts of Lubai Village

The Only Book of the Past: The Ghosts of Lubai Village

Yangzhou

It is said that in ancient China, in a place called Lubai Village in the Guangling area, people could always see ghosts near the village at night.

The ghosts and monsters that people see are all strange and ugly.

People with weak temperaments did not dare to pass through Lubai Village.

The villagers of Lubai Village suspect that there must be a reason for this strange thing.

So, ten villagers spontaneously organized themselves and excavated in the place where ghosts and monsters often appeared.

Villagers dug up the head of a decaying fang xiangshi more than a foot below the ground somewhere.

The villagers searched for the elderly living in the nearby area, asked the old people about the origin of Fang Xiang's head, and the old people all said: Once someone braved the rain to send a funeral, went to the place where the villagers dug out Fang Xiang's head and encountered thieves and robberies, the funeral people all ran and fled for a while, and Fang Xiang's head fell to the ground and sank into the mud.

Some people say that the Guangling in the story is roughly in the city of Yangzhou in today's Zhejiang Province, China.

Some people say that the story takes place during the Jin Dynasty in China.

Some people say that the head of fang xiangshi in the story is the head of fangxiangshi.

Some people say that the Fang Xiang clan head in the story is the Fang Xiang clan mask.

Some people say that the Fang Xiangshi head in the story is roughly an artifact that looks similar to the appearance of the Fang Xiangshi mask, but has a larger shape.

Some people say that the Fang Xiang in the story is also called the Fang Xiang clan, and some ancient Chinese believed that the Fang Xiang clan was a god who could drive away the epidemic and ward off evil spirits.

Some people say that in the ceremony of the yin nuan, there are often cases where someone plays the role of fang xiang.

Some people say that in the ceremony, the person who plays the role of Fang Xiang will wear a mask with four eyes, wear bear skin, wear a black or dark shirt, a red skirt, hold a goe in his right hand, and a shield in his left hand, leading the crowd to drive out evil spirits in the form of song and dance.

Some people say that some ancient Chinese believed that fang xiangshi was mainly to drive away a ghost called Fang Liang.

Some people say that some ancient Chinese believed that Fang Liang was a ray.

Some people say that some ancient Chinese believed that the rays were monsters that lived in rivers and lakes.

Some people say that some ancient Chinese believed that Fang Xiangshi could drive away all kinds of ghosts and monsters that relatives and friends of the deceased might encounter on the way to the funeral during the funeral.

Some people say. Some ancient Chinese believed that in the funeral process, someone needed to play the role of Fang Xiangshi in the funeral procession, or use various materials to make the image of Fang Xiangshi and place it on the vehicle accompanying the funeral procession to open the way for the funeral procession.

Some people say that some Chinese ancients believed that Fang Xiangshi could drive away all kinds of ghosts and monsters that may be hiding in the graves of the deceased during the funeral of the deceased.

Some people say that in ancient China, relatives and friends of the deceased would make masks of various materials for the image of Fang Xiangshi, or the head of Fang Xiangshi's image or the full body image of Fang Xiangshi, and place them in the tomb of the deceased as burial items for the deceased.

Some people say that in the ancient Chinese held a ceremony to drive out evil spirits, people wore a strange and ugly mask on their heads, called the head of the dragon.

Some people say that in the ancient Chinese held a ceremony to drive out evil spirits, people wore strange and ugly masks on their heads, and the gods they played were called the head of the dragon.

Some people say that some ancient Chinese believed that the stingray was a deity with a similar role to fang xiangshi, and the dress of the person who played the stingray was more similar to the dress of the person who played the fang xiangshi, the ceremony of the stingray to drive away evil spirits was more similar to the ritual of Fang Xiangshi's exorcism, and the mask worn by the person who played the stingray was two eyes.

Some people say that Fang Xiang's four eyes represent the four directions of southeast, south, and northwest.

Some people say that some Chinese ancients believe that Fang Xiang's mask has the effect of driving away evil spirits, and Fang Xiang's mask has undergone various changes in the process of evolution, and then evolved into a two-eyed mane mask to drive away evil spirits, and an independent image of a dragon head god appeared.

Some people say that some Chinese ancients believed that ugly images had the effect of driving away evil spirits, and such images had various changes in the process of evolution, and then evolved into the image of Fang Xiangshi with four eyes and the image of the stingray of two eyes.

Some people say that some ancient Chinese believed that the rank of the four-eyed Fang Xiang clan deity was higher than that of the two-eyed fang-headed deity.

Some people say that in ancient China, Fang Xiangshi was a profession and a position. The person who served as Fang Xiangshi specially played the role of Fang Xiangshen and presided over the ceremony of exorcising evil plague ghosts.

This story is from The Underworld.

"The Record of the Underworld" is a collection of Zhiwei novels written by Liu Yiqing.

Liu Yiqing (Chinese: 刘義庆; pinyin: Līng Yīng Yīng Đồng