Is Meng Po a traditional culture?

In ancient folk, stories about ghosts and gods were often heard as stories. One of them is Meng Po, who works at Naiheqiao in the underworld. Do you know the origin of Meng Po?

Meng Po is probably famous for the bowl of soup she cooked. As many friends know, most people who go to the legendary underworld want to eat a bowl of Mengpo soup. The function of Meng Po Tang is simple and not simple, that is, to erase the memory of ghosts. This may be the disappearing forest in Xia Lan, right?

There are many rumors about Meng Po. The first one is a relatively simple statement. In ancient times, she was a scattered official in heaven, because after seeing the people die, she was still tortured by the memories of past lives, so she could not completely start her new life. So she couldn't bear it, so she spontaneously went to hell to cook soup, so that the dead could forget the memory of past lives. All the grievances in previous lives are farewell.

Another way of saying it is that she was originally a girl named Meng in the Western Han Dynasty. She has been practicing since childhood, adhering to the practice philosophy of never thinking, never complaining, never asking about the past, and pinning her hopes on the future. Doing good deeds all the time has helped many people who were in deep pain in the past to regain their love for life. As more and more people get her help, her reputation is getting wider and wider. God saw that her behavior was conducive to the reincarnation and rebirth of the human world, so he named her a ghost and helped people in the underworld to take charge of the coming and going of the dead. So he cooked Meng Po soup at Naihe Bridge and gave it to every dead person who was reborn.

In some literary works in Ming and Qing Dynasties, Meng Po's former life was Meng Jiangnv who cried the Great Wall down in Qin Dynasty. At that time, Meng Jiangnv's crying not only made the Great Wall fall a lot, but also shocked the Emperor of Heaven. The Emperor of Heaven was deeply impressed, but his life and death were just right, so his dead husband could not be resurrected. However, Meng Jiangnv didn't want the world to suffer from lovesickness in previous lives like her, so the Emperor of Heaven ordered her to provide Meng Po Tang to the undead on the Naihe Bridge in the underworld, so that these undead could get rid of the memories of previous lives.

There is also the reincarnation of the empresses who were transformed into one of the four emperors in myth, so some people suspect that this Meng Po is a member of the empresses. In the underworld, the Empress is the CEO, Yamaraja, the 10th Hall, is the CEO, and the Earth Treasure Bodhisattva is a member of the board of supervisors. It is also possible that the queen controls the only way to reincarnate with the doppelganger.

According to the ancient book Shan Hai Jing, Meng Po was the daughter of Yao in ancient times. After her death, she became the Naihe Bridge in Meng Po. In fact, whether these legends are true or not, Meng Po culture is indeed an integral part of our traditional culture. If you meet Meng Po, will you drink the Meng Po soup she gave you?