Tomato Ghost Tips: The Believability and Unreliability of Black and White Impermanence
First of all, Tomato starts this extra chapter with a true story that I have seen on the Internet (the content is a bit scary, please stop if you feel uncomfortable!) This is a real thing, whether you believe it or not, I just want to share it with you...
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My home is in a small suburb of Tieling City. This incident happened when I was in elementary school, more than ten years ago.
I remember that my eldest sister and her brother-in-law had just gotten married at that time. My eldest sister was a relative of my family and lived in a small county in xx.
The young couple are both hard-working people, and they wanted to start a small business. Since they were unfamiliar with the place, they bought a small house opposite my house, so that we could take care of each other.
They just started opening a small barbecue restaurant in a small square not far from our home.
During the day, I was busy with the business in the store. After closing at night, I used a small stove to bake something for myself in front of our house. My brother-in-law and my father always drank a few bottles. They were very enthusiastic people and had a close relationship with our family.
It was also very good. At that time, I loved eating the meat skewers grilled by my eldest sister and brother-in-law. Now I still drool when I think about it.
But such days did not last long. Since the business in the store was not particularly busy, the eldest sister was able to take care of it herself.
So my brother-in-law found a job driving a large truck. The pay was good, but he often had to travel long distances. There were three drivers with him, one was responsible for working shifts with him, and the other two were responsible for following the truck and loading goods. My brother-in-law worked the day shift.
Yes, he can rest and sleep at night.
In the blink of an eye, more than half a year has passed, and it was at this time that things happened.
I came home from school that day. As soon as I arrived at the door of my house, I saw many people in the house and there were sounds of crying.
I walked into the house and asked my dad what was wrong, what happened? My dad said, "Your brother-in-law was in a car accident!"
"What's going on now? Is it serious?" I asked anxiously.
Dad didn't answer me directly, and I didn't dare to ask further.
Only later did I know the truth: It turned out that my brother-in-law was sleeping in the passenger seat as usual that night. When the night shift driver was driving on the xx National Highway, due to fatigue driving, he collided with a truck pulling an oil tank on the opposite side. The oil tank leaked and the car
There was a fire at that time. The brother-in-law was still resting, but he fainted due to the violent impact. The three people in the car ran away, and no one paid attention to the brother-in-law who was unconscious in the car. In this way, he was burned to death in the car. The body was pulled back
By that time, his body was burnt and his original appearance was unrecognizable.
A week later, my brother-in-law’s funeral was half over.
My grandpa told me about what happened to him on the night he returned to his soul.
In our Northeast, the seventh day after a person's death is called the Night of Soul Resurrection (that is, the soul of the deceased returns home to see his family for the last time).
That night, my grandfather got up and vaguely heard someone talking outside the window. He thought to himself who it was so late. So he came to the window and looked out the window. He saw three people standing at the door of the eldest sister's house, and one person was walking towards the door.
Walk inside the courtyard.
Another person said: "Zhou Wei, hurry up, the time is coming." When my grandfather heard it, he thought, isn't this my brother-in-law's name? Isn't he dead? He became more alert and asked him carefully.
I looked out the window. Not long after, the person who entered the house came out. Grandpa took a look under the moonlight. He was so frightened that he took two steps back. He had never believed in ghosts and gods. He was very frightened at that time.
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The person who came out was none other than brother-in-law Zhou Wei.
But the person beside him said: "Zhou Wei, it's time to go."
Only then did my grandpa take a closer look at the two men. One was wearing all white and the other was wearing all black.
Isn't this what people often call the Black and White Impermanence? It's just not as scary as the rumors say. Are they really here to summon spirits? While he was thinking wildly, the Black and White Impermanence pressed his brother-in-law in the middle one after another, just like in our family
Go to the west of...
Early the next morning, my grandpa got up and talked about it with my parents. My parents laughed at him for being dazzled and nervous. Thinking about it now, I believe what grandpa said is true, because after this
, I personally experienced such a supernatural event!!
The following is about Tomato’s little understanding of the impermanence of black and white, which started when he was a child. I believe everyone has heard about the impermanence of black and white. The first time Tomato knew about it was from "The Legend of the White Snake", which was ours at the time.
After Xu Daguanren was frightened to death by the true form of the White Lady, the image of black and white and impermanence was imprinted in his mind for the first time, and then he could never get rid of it. So far, he still remembers these two people with long tongues and clothes.
The two gods of the underworld are dressed in black and white and wearing high hats.
In folklore, Wuchang is a ghost, so it is also called Wuchang ghost. There are two Wuchangs, one is Black Wuchang and the other is White Wuchang. Bai Wuchang has a face as white as pink, wears white clothes, and wears a white high hat.
On the hat, there are four words written: "Peace in the world". He is holding a white mourning stick, and the whole body is white, only the long tongue that occasionally spits out is bright red - this shape, to describe it, is quite weird and terrifying. Black and impermanent
In appearance, everything is the opposite of Bai Wuchang, all black. The four characters on the top hat are "Get rich at first sight". Naturally, the long tongue that sticks out is bright red.
According to some information and gossip, it is said that Bai Wuchang's name is Xie Bi'an and Hei Wuchang's name is Fan Wujiu, also known as Qi Ye and Ba Ye. It is said that they are both from Min County, Fujian, China, and have been sworn friends since childhood.
Brothers and sisters love each other. One day, the two of them walked together under the Nantai Bridge. It was about to rain. The seventh master asked the eighth master to wait for a while and go home to get an umbrella. Unexpectedly, after the seventh master left, a thunderstorm poured down and the river swelled. The eighth master did not want to
He missed the appointment and drowned due to his short stature. Not long after the seventh master came with an umbrella, the eighth master had disappeared. The seventh master was so miserable that he hanged himself on a bridge pillar (so many images of Bai Wuchang are with long red tongues sticking out)
.The King of Hell commended them for their deep faith and ordered them to catch the lawless people in front of the City God.
Some people say that "Xie Bian" means that if you reward the gods, you will be safe; "Fan Wujiu" means that those who break the law will not be saved.
Of course, the above is just the most touching one among many legends. There are other legends about Black and White Wuchang. Let Tomato tell you one by one: Bai Wuchang and Hei Wuchang are both called the Second Master Wuchang, and they are gods who specialize in catching evil ghosts.
Hei Wuchang is listed among the top ten sinister handsome men. Bai Wuchang is always smiling and wears a long hat with the words "You are here too" on it; Hei Wuchang has a fierce look on his face and the long hat has "Catching"
The four words "you".
Why is impermanence divided into black and white?
I think there are several reasons: First of all, many of the gods in religion have human nature. To catch evil spirits, you cannot have just one person doing this job all day long. You have to take turns. Otherwise, if one god does this job for a long time,
It is unbearable. Therefore, there is one during the day and one at night; secondly, from the perspective of black and white yin and yang, it is consistent with the Taoist theory of yin and yang; thirdly, from the analysis of many folklore stories, Bai Wuchang is mostly used to punish those who are "not worthy enough"
Yes, and Hei Wuchang specializes in catching evil ghosts with chains and shackles.
In the "Tianzi Hall" in the famous mountain in Fengdu, there is the second master Wuchang; in the "Wuchang Hall" there are statues of Wuchang and his wife; in the "Chenghuang Temple" there are Wuchang and his wife. White Wuchang is accompanied by his wife, but black Wuchang does not have Wuchang's wife.
Since our Uncle Bai Wuchang has a wife, naturally there is also a legend that he has a wife. If there is an effect, there must be a cause.
There is a typical story about Bai Wuchang and his wife. One year during the Qingming Festival, Bai Wuchang passed by a place on business and saw a woman with two children crying in front of a grave. She was very sad; she also saw an old man.
Not far away, he shook his head and sighed, feeling very sympathetic. Bai Wuchang asked the old man and found out that this woman had been greatly wronged.
It turned out that this woman's surname was Chen, and she was the third daughter of a wealthy businessman. The wealthy businessman had quite a fortune, but had bad luck and only gave birth to three daughters. The third daughter still had a pock-marked face. The mother saw that the third daughter had contracted this condition due to smallpox.
I blamed myself very much for my illness and loved my third daughter very much. She died last year.
There was a clerk in the Chen family named Ao Da, who was honest on the surface but very scheming in his heart. He figured that Miss Chen San was a pockmark and a young man from a rich family would definitely not want her. It would be better to seduce her as his wife and wait until his father dies.
Don’t all the wealth belong to you?
Miss Chen San was involved in many marriages, but because of her pockmarked face, she refused to accept any of them. She saw that Ao Da was strong and made her father like him.
Over the past few months, Miss Chen San's belly has gradually grown. Miss Chen San's father had no choice but to make Ao Da his son-in-law. After Ao Da truly became his son-in-law, his father-in-law appointed him as the general manager, and he took charge of all matters in the family. Gradually, Ao Da became the son-in-law.
The elder was not so respectful to his father-in-law, and he drank wine and went whoring with women outside. When he came home, Miss Chen San persuaded him and even humiliated Miss Chen San. Mr. Chen became ill and died of anger. Ao Da Ri went whoring.
The gambling at night becomes even more powerful.
After hearing what the old man said, Bai Wuchang became angry and decided to teach Ao Da a lesson and show Miss Chen San a way to survive.
He followed Miss Chen San home. There happened to be a gambler who came to collect gambling debts. When he saw that it was Ao Da, he had to pay him one hundred taels of silver. Seeing that there was no one at home, the gambler hugged Miss Chen San and wanted to be rude.
Suddenly she was slapped three times. Miss Chen San pushed away the gambler, fled into the back room, and opened the door. She couldn't think of anything, so she took a rope and wanted to hang herself. She hung one rope and broke the other, feeling very good.
Strangely, Bai Wuchang opened the door and carried her two children into the house. Miss Chen San saw Bai Wuchang smiling very kindly and was not afraid.
Bai Wuchang said: "Why commit suicide? Why don't you pack up the remaining money at home and go to another place, and you will have to raise your two children!" After hearing Bai Wuchang's words, Miss Chen San left with her two children. Waiting for Chen San
After the lady left, four shops in the Chen family caught fire at the same time. Ao Da was hugging his daughter in Chunxiang Courtyard and smoking a big cigarette. When he rushed home, all the family property was burned down.
There are many legends about Hei Wuchang, and one of them, "Hei Wuchang Changes Evil and Becomes Good", is also quite typical. Legend has it that once upon a time, there were two fathers and sons. The son was indolent, smoking and gambling since he was a child. The father disciplined him, but the son refused to listen. Once, the son came back from gambling.
, and lost everything. The father accidentally beat his son to death. After his death, his bad habits did not change, and his ghost continued to do evil and harm others in the world.
A few years later, one night, his son came outside his house. When he was about to enter the house, the dog in the yard kept barking. His father knew that another dead ghost was coming to harm people, so he held a knife in one hand and a knife in the other.
The tung oil lamp came out of the house to collect the ghosts. When the son saw his father approaching with ferocious force, he jumped onto the house and said, "Father, I am not here to harm anyone. I just want to come back and see you, old man."
My father said: "You did evil in life, and even after you died, you disturbed the neighbors. After I accidentally killed you, I felt uncomfortable for a long time. You continued to do evil, but I felt less uncomfortable."
The son said: "What you said makes sense. My son has discovered his conscience now and vowed not to do evil again. He will change his evil ways and become good again in the next life to repay the kindness of raising him."
My father said: "That's good, otherwise it would be difficult for me as a father to see the folks."
The son said: "Father, don't worry. If we say goodbye from now on, my son is going to suffer torture and will not come to visit you again. Please take care of yourself, father."
From then on, the son really did not harm anyone again. He went to the eighteenth level of hell to be tortured. After suffering all kinds of hardships in the eighteenth level of hell, he understood the value of life and that the evil things he had done in the past were really sinful.
Once, King Qin Guang of the Ten Palaces of Yama summoned him and said, "Why don't you go and get a substitute to return Yang?"
He said: "In my previous life, I did all the bad things that were hated by thousands of people. Wherever I went, people used knives and sticks to kill me. Doing bad things really makes people reviled. I want to be a good person again."
Qin Guang said: "It seems that you are really an evil ghost who can change evil into good. Let me tell you, if you remain a good ghost for three more years, I will definitely ask Emperor Yin to grant you an official position."
Three years later, the King of Hell of the Tenth Palace summoned him again and said: "In the past three years, you have indeed changed from evil to good and done many good deeds. I have reported to Yin Tianzi for his approval and appointed you as the official of Hei Wuchang, the Division of Rewards and Punishments.
Specializes in catching evil spirits."
From then on, he wore black linen clothes and patrolled various places in the middle of the night, conducting overt and covert inspections. He reported the good deeds to Yin Tianzi and the evil deeds to Judge Cui, and captured many evil ghosts.
Another very interesting phenomenon is that those who created the image of black and white and impermanence wrote the eight words "Peace in the world" and "Get rich at first sight" on their high hats. What these eight words write is exactly the meaning of Yang.
The wish of many people in the world is to live in peace and prosperity, and to be rich. What else is more worthy of joy and happiness than this?
But the paradox is that no matter who sees the impermanence of black and white, his soul will go to the underworld. Whether the world is peaceful or not, whether he will get rich or not seems to have nothing to do with it, because he has passed away!
Okay, let’s stop talking about the story about black and white. Now let’s get back to the main topic. Due to time constraints, Tomato originally planned to write some more stories, but some were not typical, so we had to delete them. The following is a quite
The typical intentionality is about human psychology. The tentative name is "Rat-Eating Monster"! If the name is changed when I publish the article, please forgive me. Tomato sometimes likes to change it temporarily, but the premise is that I must have a good idea.