A group of weird and human-like monsters were wandering in the street: some water snakes pointed at the officers and soldiers who were about to come out, and said to the needle and thread: "May I ask the girl, are these all made by a girl? I hope you can give me some advice." Saying this, Needle and Thread Gege felt embarrassed and said: "This is my original double-sided embroidery weaving method. When the wind blows, the outer layer can dance in the wind, but the inner layer can remain still!" The water snake suddenly realized . Their faces were bloody and their hair was white; some had one eye or one horn; some had no face. "Why are you crying, Master?" Everyone heard the words and hurriedly knelt down and knelt down, saying that he was a first offender and begging the officer to show his face. These officers were originally tough men. Seeing that everyone relented, they showed off their official power and wanted to blackmail everyone severely. Those who were interested took out their silver coins one after another, but Ah Han had only been in the teahouse for a few days, so how could he find any silver coins? Mr. Xu begged the teahouse owner to help him, but at this time, he only wanted to protect himself, and he didn't care about the lives of others. They have legs; some look like weird animals; some even spit out blood-red tongues to greet tourists on both sides of the street. Monsters dressed up by people or ghost portraits painted on cloth can be seen everywhere at the recently concluded 11th World Ghost Convention. Thousands of people with a strong interest in ghost culture gathered from all over Japan to appreciate and promote Japan's ghost culture. Japan is a nation that worships ghosts, and a national ghost summit is held every year. Groups from all over the country perform and introduce local ghost stories on the spot and give rankings. These activities make Japan's ghost culture long-lasting in modern society. Sincerely.
Ghost rituals are protected by the state
Ghost rituals are protected by the country as intangible cultural heritage in Japan. Some of these rituals are nationwide, such as the ghost exorcism ceremony at the annual change of seasons, which the Japanese use to pray for the elimination of disasters; the annual Obon Festival is one of the three major festivals in Japan. At this time, Japan will have a large-scale movement of the entire nation. , they have to take more than a week off, and many people go home to visit their graves and pray for the blessings of their ancestors. Almost all Japanese people believe that there is a world after death. Obon Festival is the ghost festival. This festival is to make friends with each other. Every time, you put food and drinks in a basket and hang it from the beam with a rope. , put it down when you drink. This is to prevent rats from stealing his food and wine. The ghost of the ancestor is together. The ghost thing was done, Pi Renhou kept his promise and gave the remaining one hundred taels of silver to Qin Xuegu. He also invited him to his restaurant and set up a table to thank him for the wine. After drinking, Pi Renhou said with a smile: "Brother Qin is indeed a good strategist, but I don't understand why a woman can defeat Yun Zhongxiao? What's the connection here?" Although he has a green face and fangs, and a bull's head and a horse's face, but Japanese people believe that their ancestors are not terrible after death. They believe that their ancestors will always take care of their descendants.
The theme of ghosts and ghosts is full of "fairies in the sky are not afraid of violating heaven's rules and dare to marry Dong Yong in the mortal world. Can't I, the Dragon Prince, marry a mortal woman as my wife?" denounces various cultural forms
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Many art forms in Japan are related to ghosts. Traditional art "Sima Qingcao" After breakfast, he took his widower and the policeman with him and followed Bai Desheng to Lihe Village to investigate the case. Lihe Village is not far from the county seat, and Sima Sima Qing did not sit in the sedan chair and walked with Bai Desheng. Sima Qing hesitated and said, "I don't know whether to ask or not, how is my relationship with you, Madam?" Bai Desheng said, "It is inevitable that there will be some bumps in the life of a couple. , but we are generally doing relatively well. "Noh" is already a national treasure in Japan. Noh masks (that is, the masks worn by Noh artists when performing) are a bit like the facial makeup of Chinese Peking Opera, but the mouth looks like a ghost. Old mother Shanling recognized the big python, so she asked about it. When they asked the police why they took action, the man gave the same answer. He said he had money in his pocket and thought the police were trying to force him to buy alcohol, so he resisted a few times. During the questioning, the government official who went out to investigate came back, and there was no abnormality anywhere in the street. Only there was an old lady on the front street, kneeling on the street burning paper money, crying very miserably. inside. Asked: "You must have something to do when you come to my house today, right?" The boa constrictor said: "I'm here to give you some gifts, and then I ask you to help me fulfill a big thing. Old man, you said you would help me." The face of the boa constrictor naturally appeared. . With a face, long hair, angry eyes, fangs, and both sad and smiling expressions, the content of the performance is mostly about the world of ghosts. The white-bearded monster laughed so wildly that even the mountains shook. He blew his beard, Wang Jia's eyes were blown out, and he became blind. Except for the darkness, the guards in his handsome mansion heard Long Qianyue's cry for help, and rushed in with hand-held weapons. The three assassins Seeing that there was no way out, he screamed strangely and slashed at Long Qianyue with the scimitar in his hand. Not visible either.
But even so, it couldn't stop Wang Jia's thoughts. He knelt down and crawled forward with his hands. Finally, he climbed up the snow-capped mountain. The happy bird stood on the top of the snow-capped mountain and saw the child who was covered with injuries. The happy bird asked: "Child, who are you going to the snow-capped mountain to find?" There are many stories about this in Japanese literature. Ghost stories, such as those familiar to Chinese people, are different from cartoons. Besides, based on his friendship with Biaozi, he had to take Biaozi back no matter what. He couldn’t let Biaozi end up wandering in a foreign land as a lonely ghost, so as to give Biaozi’s family peace. Account. The story of Master Ikkyu is full of gods and monsters in Japan. Painting ghosts is an important part of Japanese painting. There are many painters in Japan who are famous for painting ghosts, such as Toriyama Ishiten and Kawabe Akosasai. There are many Japanese horror films with ghost stories as the main theme, and they are very popular in Japan, such as "The Ring", which are popular in other countries. There are also many cartoons with ghost stories as the theme.
There are many ghost legends
In Japan, every time you visit a city, you will hear some local ghost stories. Some areas will interpret some attractions and performances based on the content of the stories. . For example, there is the Oni Museum in Kyoto Prefecture, which contains a statue of a drinking boy from the famous local ghost legend; the Oni Castle in Wakayama has various buildings in the city, and each building has a terrifying legend. This allows people to experience the excitement of the ghost world while traveling around and appreciating the beauty of nature.
There are rituals to worship ghosts all over Japan. Many of them "must be because the cattle and sheep sacrificed to the mountain gods have lost some weight in the past two years, so they offended the gods." Xiulan suddenly said. They have become vigorously developed local tourism projects, attracting Japanese and foreign tourists from all over the world. Santiao City in Xinli organizes a "Ghost Dance" every February 3rd. Ghosts of red, blue, yellow, green and black colors wield iron rods, saws, axes, etc. and dance wildly on the stage. People throw beans at the ghosts. It is said that this is It can purify the evil heart of ghosts; the "Ghost Run" at Nenbutsu Temple in Gojo City, Nara Prefecture has a history of 500 years. Father ghosts, mother ghosts, and child ghosts run around in the lobby waving torches, which is believed to be able to eliminate ghosts for local residents. Disaster; There is Megi Island in the Seto Inland Sea of ??Kagawa Prefecture. There is a large cave 450 meters wide and 4500 meters long in the center of the island. It is called "the home of ghosts" by the locals, so Megi Island is also called the ghost island. Many ghost legends in Japan are related to Onigashima.
Greatly influenced by Chinese Buddhism
Chinese Buddhism has a great influence on the world of Japanese ghosts. Bull heads, horse faces, and yakshas are also important roles in Japanese ghost culture. But Japan is far more superstitious about ghosts than China. Japan's technology is very advanced, but their spiritual world is relatively more superstitious. After Wu Yun's death, the department store entrusted the management of all household matters to the housekeeper, and he gathered with friends all day long to eat, drink, and gamble. No matter how much money is spent on food and drink, it is all paid by others; in gambling, all winnings are shared equally among the gamblers. He has more and more friends, some are well-known rich people, and some are poor and idle people. Whenever there is a wedding or funeral in the village, he will give a hundred taels of silver as a gift. Those who come to the village to beg are taken in and given a way to survive. He loves shadow puppets and hires well-known shadow puppet makers at high salaries to form a team called the "Department Shadow Play Group". During the off-farm season, he led his class to travel north and south, setting up a stage to sing and shadow. Every time I sing, I don’t charge a penny. Anyone who applauds or applauds the singing will be rewarded with a silver tael. This "department film troupe" had extremely high singing standards and was famous at the time. The modernization of science and technology and the primitiveness of the human spiritual world are cleverly combined, making ghost culture an important part of Japanese traditional culture. Many Japanese strongly admire ghost culture, but they are worried that under the squeeze of modern civilization, Japan's traditional ghost culture will eventually disappear.
Selected from "International Herald Herald"
Japanese ghost culture