Why do Japanese monsters like to wear masks

This is a primitive religious belief ~ later this ceremony turned into a folk activity! This is not only in Japan, but also all over the world. At the earliest time, people held ceremonies to worship the gods. Wizards or venerable elders and wise men in villages would wear masks of various colors to represent some ghosts and gods attached to themselves ~ In primitive society, people regarded ghosts and gods as concrete creatures, and they thought that those elders or wizards were disciples of God, and their abnormal performances during the sacrifice (so-called ghosts and gods are all upper bodies, but folks now call them jumping around), such as jumping around. Say something in a language I don't know (also called nonsense, now it refers to vague words in my sleep). People with original thoughts think that this is the advice or guidance that God attached to them for everyone to see ~ Later people, without the concept of scientific outlook, classified the unfortunate elderly patients as evil spirits and had related ghost masks; With the gradual expansion of people's intelligence and cognition, the superstitious color of ghosts and gods has become a folk culture, and the restoration of some mythological scenes at that time has become a custom expression in the later social system ~

Most of Japan's blue-faced, fangs-toothed ghosts represent intelligent demons, and most of them are taken away by some colorful kids, who are the military advisers among ghosts; Most of the red-faced ghosts are recorded as ghosts with developed limbs and simple minds, which shows that they are extremely powerful and militant ~ so most of the masks of samurai armor in the Warring States period in Japan are red! In other countries, there are some corresponding masks. African aborigines mostly use white as the main pigment, and white symbolizes peace; Some African tribes also believe that white is the color of death, representing eternal life under the protection of death and warriors (most of the earliest cannibal tribes used white). There are also masks or totems dominated by animals ~! In India, the eagle represents wisdom and courage, the bear represents strength and courage, the crocodile represents modesty and modesty (crocodile tears mostly decompose salt, in ancient times, crocodile tears of cold-blooded animals were regarded as repentance and humility), and the monkey represents alertness and arrogance ~ In ancient Egypt, the lion represents king and power, which can be seen on the Sphinx. In the later development, people's belief in God is not only manifested in masks, but also in life and battle ~ (The shields of ancient Rome were mostly lions, representing courage and unyielding! Then there are horses, owls and so on. China is a dragon, a unicorn, a dumpling and a phoenix. And most of the royal yellow is transformed from the' yellow' of the Chinese people ~ You can read some myths and legends and some books related to the church (like the goat in Christianity represents the devil Satan) ~