Water ghosts find substitutes. This is a saying that has been around since ancient times. It originally originated from Buddhism because many Buddhists, especially ghost-hunting disciples, believe that water is the most special substance in the world. It can be both tangible and
Intangible. It can be calm or manic. The temper itself is gentle, but it can destroy anything in this world. Life comes from water, and it also dies due to the loss of water. Therefore, in the eyes of Buddhists, water can trap
The thing that lives in death. At the same time, Buddhism believes in reincarnation. If a dead soul is trapped in water and wants to be reincarnated, the only way is to find the next person who dies and make it his.
substitute.
Although this is a saying that has been passed down for a long time, facts have proved that all this can be traced. As for the reason, does the water ghost harm people because it wants to be reincarnated or something else, and why can it become a rare creature?
Real dead objects, these are all too old, so no one can tell the reason. Hu Zongren said that in their Taoist culture, the so-called water ghosts looking for substitutes originated from another
a tradition.
As early as in ancient times, Huangdi inherited Fuxi's Taiping Jing, thus establishing the "Taoism" at that time, and used the skills and virtues in this religion to diligently govern the country. By the time of the Yellow Emperor's great-great-grandson, who is also known as Dayu
At that time, floods suddenly broke out all over the country. Dayu was ordered by Emperor Shun to control the floods. The most serious area was the Yellow River Basin. An immortal told him that if you want to cure the Yellow River, you must have three things: an ax to cut mountains and avoid water.
Swords, and river diagrams. There are mountain-opening axes and water-avoiding swords, but there is no river diagram. The river diagram is the root of the Eight Diagrams that Fuxi learned from the patterns of the Qilin beast in his early years. After Fuxi died and became an immortal, the river diagram was
The map was handed over to the God of Heaven. Later, a filial son named "Feng Yi" drowned while crossing the river. However, he was made the God of the River by the Emperor of Heaven and gave him the map of the river to take charge of.
Hu Zongren said that Dayu got the river map from the hands of the river god. Then he laughed and said that there is a river god in every water body, but later, many people had the same experience as Feng Yi - they were
The people who drowned in the water did not have the same good luck as Feng Yi, so they began to pretend to be river gods and bring trouble to the world. This is how the legend of "river gods snatching brides" has continued for thousands of years.
I asked Hu Zongren, so in your Taoist culture, what the common people call "the Dragon King looking for a son-in-law" is the river god robbing a bride, right? Hu Zongren nodded and said yes, but then he also said to Village Chief Wu
I told Sister Wu that in fact it has always been a myth that has been circulated for thousands of years. The positive image of the River God at the beginning has gradually become frightening to the common people. Since the Han Dynasty, the image of the River God has been relatively fixed among the people. It is said that it
He is short in stature, has a turtle shell on his back, and has a groove on the top of his head. There is water in the groove. If it is filled with water, he will be very powerful. If the water spills out, he will lose strength and die, etc. I asked Hu Zongren, do you still remember when you were a child?
We have all seen a children's TV series called Little Dragon Man?
Hu Zongren said of course he remembered it. He has sung that song to this day, and then he started singing. I am a little green dragon, a little green dragon, and I have many little tits and little titties... Then he probably realized that he was quite shameless, so he
I didn't continue singing. I rolled my eyes at him and said, when my master told me about the water ghost, he also mentioned the river god, but he called it a different way, called "water tiger", and his appearance was similar to what you said.
I asked my master if there was an old turtle among the Xiaolong people who stole food and was the river god. The master told me that he was. At that time, the master also said that our country was a powerful country during the Han and Tang Dynasties, so
Many surrounding countries have learned from our culture, and the one that has learned the most is Japan. Most of the descriptions of ghosts and ghosts in Japan's ghost books today come from Chinese myths and legends, but they are just copied.
It's just a story that belongs to Japan.
I told Hu Zongren that my master said that the Chinese river god is the Japanese kappa. To put it harshly, this is the water ghost and water monkey that everyone talks about. After hearing this, Hu Zongren nodded proudly to the village chief and others.
He turned his head, and then said to them, you see, this is the real water ghost. In a place where water ghosts are haunted, more than two people will never die at the same time, it must be one after another. He turned to Sister Wu and said,
The cry for help you heard on the way home that night was one of the most common methods used by water ghosts to trick people into approaching the water. They would simulate the sound of a drowning child to attract others' attention. And the man who died after you
Girl, I bet that they must have heard a cry for help from the water that day, and ninety-nine percent of that cry for help was the voice of a loved one in his family. Because the water ghost can also learn the sounds and learn what you care about most.
The human voice makes you lose your mind and before you can react, it's already too late.
Hu Zongren then told Sister Wu, "Sister, you are so fierce. You even used a flashlight to fight off the water ghost, and you were really beaten back. You are so strong... I really admire you. I think Hu Zongren is quite naughty in nature."
Looking at Sister Wu's expression, she looked satisfied with Hu Zongren's praise. She rolled her eyes in her heart, and then said to the village chief, "Mr. Wu, you see it's not too early now, it will get dark soon."
, can you please ask someone to inform the folks that we won’t go out tonight. We will go to the scene after dinner and try to find a way to clean up this thing as soon as possible.
What I mean is, it’s dinner time, it’s time to eat. The village may have understood what I meant, so they took a few village cadres and found a restaurant that was probably the largest in the area at the village market.
We were entertained. Qijiang’s Beidu fish is famous all over the world, so it was a feast for us.
After the meal, Hu Zongren and I asked Village Chief Wu to take us to the edge of the large pond, and then prepared two flashlights for us. We left our phones, wallets and other things that could not be soaked in water in the car.
I only had the necessary things with me for writing. I didn’t even bring my compass, I only brought ropes and soil, just in case I was suddenly attacked and I wouldn’t be helpless. The reason why I didn’t bring a compass was,
It's because the water ghost is underwater. First of all, my compass cannot detect it. Secondly, even if the water ghost comes ashore, it is very weak. It is a waste of time to look for weak reactions in such a large range. Furthermore, the water ghost is very weak.
Wherever it appears, there must be a fixed shore where its paw prints can be found. Since the paw prints have been found, why do we need a compass?
We used flashlights to search along several shores that were less accessible to people. After searching for a long time, Hu Zongren found traces on the edge of a bush pile. I walked over and took a look, and it was a small part of the soil that was exposed.
, it looks very much like a place where someone has been here. In fact, there are bushes behind it. There is no way to walk directly from the shore. However, there are bare areas near the water where no grass grows.
, this means that the water ghost has been here.
I leaned over and looked with my flashlight, and on the roots of two shrubs less than one meter apart, I found a few muddy paw prints that were probably about the size of my palms. There were also some marks on the ground, like
It is like a person climbing from the water to the shore and having to grab the mud with his hands. And the position we are standing at is relatively close to the center of the water compared to this irregularly shaped pond. Hu Zongren said that this is also
In line with the activity patterns of water ghosts.
In the opinion of Hu Zongren and I, water ghosts are relatively low-level ghosts, because they suffer because of themselves, and the way to get rid of this situation is to find a scapegoat. Not to mention that ghosts will not be punished for their own sake, just this
This kind of behavior is destined to be burned and destroyed.
There are many ways to deal with water ghosts among the people. Some of them have advanced techniques and will cast spells directly into the water to destroy them. However, such experts generally don't care about such trivial matters as water ghosts. Hu Zongren
I have caught water ghosts before, and his method is almost the same as mine. They all use the fishing method to catch the water ghosts. Why do you say it is like fishing? I want to explain here. The principle of fishing is on the fishhook.
There are things that fish like to eat on it, so it takes the bait. Although there is no bait specifically for water ghost fishing, the principle is basically the same. Hu Zongren and I found a stone of about the same size and put it on the stone.
I carved the root of a curse word for soul collection and used it as "bait". Then I tied the stone with a rope, and then connected all the ropes on my body together to a rope about two meters away from the stone.
Then tie a piece of wood larger than the stone. This is to ensure that the piece of wood can float on the water as a float when fishing for water ghosts later. Then hand one end of the rope to Hu Zongren. There is no special principle.
I mean, it's just because of his brute strength.
I drew a hash mark on the ground, and then circled it many times to form a maze. The purpose of this talisman is that after we catch it, we have to find a way to bring it into this talisman to prevent it from getting lost.
Go so we can slowly clean it up.
I asked Hu Zongren if he was ready, and he said yes. I picked up the stone bait engraved with a curse and threw it as far away as possible. Then I stood next to Hu Zongren and waited quietly. I waited for a while.
When there was no movement, I started to break off a piece of bush and slapped it at the water's edge, making the sound of playing with water. After doing this for a while, Hu Zongren suddenly whistled to me very softly. I knew,
He caught it.
So I stood back next to him, and he also started to wrap my rope around his palm. Under the light of the flashlight, I saw the wooden float floating on the water sink slightly for a few times, and then began to feel as if it was being moved by something.
The thing was swaying back and forth, and then Hu Zongren appeared to be grabbed by something and pulled into the water. After a few times, he yelled at me, "This stupid thing is so strong!" So I hurried to help him.
, we kept holding on to the rope tightly, but did not take up the line. Everything was just like fishing. When the thing flopped in the water and lost its strength, we pulled it up again.
The stalemate lasted for nearly twenty minutes. The wooden float pulled back and forth on the water, causing a lot of ripples. Hu Zongren and I were both very strong. As a result, it was a bit difficult for us to do it. At this time
, the float suddenly stopped moving, and the water surface returned to silence.
Hu Zongren and I were both struggling. We stopped suddenly. We didn’t know why. Just when we were looking at each other, a huge force suddenly came from the rope in our hands.
Hu Zongren wrapped the rope around his palm, and before he could let go, we were both pulled out.
With a splash, we fell into the water. Because we were unprepared, I took a few sips of water. Hu Zongren and I are not bad at water. We both know that after choking on water, we must float to the surface as soon as possible, so after we floated, I hurriedly
I searched everywhere for where Hu Zongren was. He was not far from me, and I found him soon. I asked him, are you okay? What the hell is going on?
He said I don't know... Before he finished speaking, Hu Zongren was pulled out of the water by something.