What are the ghosts in the ancient legends of China?

Waste is one of the ghosts in the ancient folklore of China, and waste is an evil ghost that brings disaster to people. Legend has it that the waste material is wearing a red robe, with a bull's nose, one foot on the shoes, the other foot hanging at the waist, and an iron fan inserted at the waist. Therefore, China people hang a statue of Zhong Kui on the door to drive away the waste.

2. Witch

Hag originated from ancient Indian mythology, which refers to a demigod, the attendant of the god of wealth, guarding his garden and wealth in Mount Girodi. According to Vishnu, Hag and Luo Cha were born at the same time by the soles of Lord Blaudy or Brahma, and they are usually hostile to each other.

According to Buddhism, "Hag" is the family of Vishnu, the king of the north, and one of the Eight Dragons. Its image is sometimes described as a beautiful and strong young man, and sometimes as a dwarf with a drooping abdomen.

3. Head and horse face

Cow's head and horse's face are based on the image of headhunters in China traditional culture. According to the Tiecheng Mud Plough Classic, Abang, when he was a man, became a bull's head in the underworld after his death because he was unfilial to his parents, and served as an official on patrol and searching for fugitives. It is said that Buddhism is originally a bull's head. When it was introduced to China, it was only because the people in China were the most symmetrical and paired, that it was matched with a horse face.

However, it is also reported that the horse face is also called Luo Cha, also from Buddhism. However, I didn't find a horse face as a servant of hades in Indian mythology. There is a "horse-faced king" in tantric school, but he is a great god in tantric school. According to legend, it is the incarnation of Guanyin Bodhisattva, far away from the officials of hades.

Extended data

The concept of monsters in ancient China can be divided into broad sense and narrow sense. Before the Han Dynasty, the concept of monsters was broad, referring to all weird and abnormal things and phenomena. The narrow concept of monsters gradually matured from the Han Dynasty to the Southern and Northern Dynasties and the Sui and Tang Dynasties, which refers to animals, plants and inanimate objects that have acquired supernatural abilities over time.

With the spread and prosperity of Buddhism, the concept of "magic" in Buddhism has entered China culture, and its characteristics and nature are similar to those of monsters in China, and the magic of Buddhism has been assimilated into a demon. That is to say, animals, plants and inanimate objects, which have acquired Yin and Yang of heaven and earth for a long time, can be transformed into human forms and move around the world with superhuman skills and unpredictable abilities.

They not only have the characteristics of thinking, emotion and personality, but also have some characteristics of the original; Behaviorally speaking, on the one hand, they disturb people and harm people, but sometimes they can get along well with people, and even in some ancient narrative literature, they can help people.

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