What are the images of ghosts and monsters in traditional Chinese mythology?

Kui: Legend has it that there is a mountain called "Liubu Mountain" in the East China Sea, on which Kui resides. Kui's body and head resembled that of a bull, but he had no horns and only one leg, and his body was greenish-black in color. It is said that the kui put out as the sun and moon like light and thunder-like scream, as long as it is in and out of the water, will certainly cause a storm. In the Yellow Emperor and Chi You war, the Yellow Emperor captured the Kui, with its skin to make drums, with its bones as drumsticks, the results hit the drum sound can be spread all over the circumference of 500 miles, so that the Yellow Emperor's army morale, the Chi You army was horrified.

Yujian: "Yujian" is the legendary god of the sea, wind and plague, also known as "Yujiang", "Yujing", is the grandson of the Yellow Emperor. Yujian, the god of the sea, ruled the North Sea and had a body like a fish, but with human arms and legs, and rode on a two-headed dragon; Yujian, the god of the wind, was said to have the character "Xuanmei", and was a minister of Zhuanxu, and was portrayed as a bird with a human face, with a green snake hanging from each ear, and two green snakes at his feet, and ruled the north. It is said that Yujian's winds can spread plague, and that if one meets its northwesterly winds, one will be injured, so the northwesterly winds were also known as the "severe winds" by the ancients.

The pill of pills is called "pills of immortality" (yayu), which is also known as "useless". Legend has it that Pillsbury was once a god of the heavens, but was killed by a god named Gui, who later resurrected him and turned him into a man-eating monster. There are many stories about the appearance of Pillsbury, such as a dragon with a human face and the size of a civet, a bull with a human face and a horse's legs, or a dragon with a tiger's head and body (as shown in the picture). It is said that Emperor Yao ordered Hou Yi to kill Pillsbury because it liked to eat humans.

The Pillsbury pills were originally a reference to a legendary minority group that lived in southern China, but they were described as a demonic beast with the appearance of a dog, which devoured canine feces and spewed out flames. Fires broke out wherever the Boudou went, so the ancients regarded it as an omen of fire and a symbol of extreme bad luck. It is also said that it eats fire and emits fire-carrying feces.

The Wudou is supposed to be a symbol of the southern Chinese tribes that were demonized in mythology.

The Nine Vermin: Originally known as the "Ghost Car", the Nine Vermin had ten necks and nine heads, the tenth of which was said to have been shot off by a hunter under the orders of Zhou Gongdan. That no head of the neck constantly dripping blood, the ancients claimed that if the nine-headed bird flew by, to blow out the lights, put the dog to drive it away. Some legends claim that each head of the nine-headed bird has a pair of wings, and as a result, the 18 wings are crowded against each other, rendering all of them useless. The bird is also known as the "Gushu bird", which preys on human children and prefers to live in groups.

Poor Qi: "Poor Qi" is the evil god of Chinese legend, which is as big as an ox, looks like a tiger, wears the fur of a hedgehog, and has wings; Poor Qi's bark is like a dog's, and he eats people for a living. It is said that Poor Ki often flies to the scene of a fight and bites off the nose of the one who has the right to fight; if someone commits an evil act, Poor Ki will capture a wild beast and give it to him, and encourage him to do more bad things. The ancients also called the kind of person who did not value his heart and was far from a gentleman and close to a villain as Poor Qi.

However, there is also a beneficial side to the poor. In a ritual called "Nuo" exorcism, there are twelve kinds of devouring evil spirits beasts, known as the twelve gods or twelve beasts, the poor is one of them.

***Work: ****Work is the ancient legend of Shennong's descendants, belonging to the Yandi clan, as a water god, ****Work has a human face, hands and feet and the body of a snake. After rebelling during the reign of Zhuan Xu, the successor of the Yellow Emperor, and being defeated by Zhuan Xu, ****Work angrily smashed his head against Mount Buzhou (the legendary pillar that supported the world), causing the world to tilt to the southeast. After that, ****Worker continued to rebel (representing the outbreak of the flood) and was finally killed by Yu (referring to the success of the water cure).

False Consumption: False Consumption is an evil spirit that brings misfortune to people. Legend has it that False Consumption wears a red robe, has a bull's nose, has one foot on the ground with a shoe on it and the other hanging from his waist, and has an iron fan stuck in his waist. It is said that Emperor Xuanzong of Tang Xuanzong once saw in a dream a small ghost stole his own jade flute and Yang Guifei's incense pouch, Emperor Xuanzong called the small ghost, the ghost claimed to be called "virtual consume", like to steal other people's belongings, but also to steal away other people's joy, so that he became melancholy. Xuanzong was furious and immediately summoned someone, so a big ghost appeared and tore the ghost in half and ate it.

The great ghost refers to Zhong Kui.

Wutong Shen: Five lecherous devils in Chinese legend are said to haunt the south, and there was once a saying that "the fox in the north and the Wutong in the south", and that the Wutong Shen often went to people's homes to look for beautiful women. In fact, Wutong Shen is also known as the five manifestations of the god, is the god of Taishan's five sons. Liaozhai Zhiyi (聊斋志异), which contains some accounts of the Wutong God, says that a scholar surnamed Wan beheaded three of them and seriously injured another, and that the last one was XXed by the maid of the daughter of the King of the Golden Dragons, who finally Xed to death.

Hun Chaos: also known as "Chaos", is an ancient god of evil. Legend has it that it is fat, round and red like fire, with four wings and six legs, and although it has no five senses, it is able to understand songs, dances and music. There is also a saying that Chaos is an animal like a dog or a bear, and human beings can neither see nor hear it, and it often bites its own tail and giggles; if it meets a noble person, Chaos will do violence; if it meets an evil person, Chaos will obey his command.