Zhong Kui is an exorcist in China folklore. According to folklore, he was from Zhong Nanshan in the early Tang Dynasty. He was born with a leopard head and leopard eyes, a tough face and an ugly face. However, he is a brilliant and knowledgeable romantic figure, always upright and not afraid of evil. In the year of Emperor Xuanzong's accession to the throne (the fourth day of August in the first year of Emperor Xuanzong's reign, 765438+September 9, 2002), he went to Chang 'an to take the exam, and Zhong Kui wrote five articles "Waiting for a Banquet in Yingzhou", which was praised as the first in "Gong Shi" by the examiner. However, in the imperial examination, the traitor Qilu was repeatedly slandered for judging people by their appearances, thus losing the position of the top scholar. In a rage, Zhong Kui hit his head on the temple pillar and died, shaking with one hand and one hand. So Zhao named Zhong Kui as an exorcist and traveled all over the world to exorcise evil spirits. And buried with the official position of champion. Legend has it that a child stole Yang Guifei's purple sachet and the jade emperor of Tang Dynasty in his sleep and ran around the temple. GREAT GHOST caught the child and ate him. GREAT GHOST is extremely ugly, wearing a tattered gauze hat, a blue robe, a horn belt and a pair of boots. He claimed to be the last scholar in Zhong Nanshan, and was killed at the steps because he failed in the imperial examination. He swore to Tang that he would work with his majesty to eliminate evil in the world. "Tang woke up and fell ill. After his recovery, Wu Daozi, the painter of imperial edict, drew a picture of Zhong Kui catching ghosts according to his dream and reported it to the world to drive away evil spirits. Wu Daozi with a brush, the original Wu Daozi also had the same dream, so it seems obvious ",and thus became famous overnight. The explanation of Zhong Kui's Ghost Hunting Map, which is widely circulated among the people in Zhong Kui, comes from a story recorded in Yi Shi. Because this painting depicts the image of Zhong Kui catching evil spirits, which makes people think that it contains the meaning of seeking good fortune and avoiding evil, it is very festive, so it is often bought and hung at home on holidays. Actually, Zhong Kui is not a person's name, but a fungus's name. Compendium of Materia Medica by Li Shizhen in Ming Dynasty? Serve? Erya says' Zhong Kui, the name of the bacteria is also' and Kao Gong Ji notes' Zhong Kui, shiina is also'. Bacteria are in the shape of vertebrae, and vertebrae are in the shape of bacteria, so they are called the same. The popular painting god holds a vertebra to attack ghosts, so it is also named Zhong Kui: as a Zhong Kui biography, he is not a champion and can spit ghosts. It became a story, but I don't know its truth. "Zhong Kui originated in Zhong Kui, which is the name of a plant and belongs to a fungus. The spine is a tool for beating utensils and can be used as a weapon. So someone borrowed its homonym and invented a Zhong Kui with a sunflower in his hand. Because the story is about catching evil spirits, it conforms to people's psychology, so it is popular. In this way, the fungus sunflower becomes; The name of a plant became the name of a ghost-hunting hero after Zhong Kui caught ghosts. People used to hang pictures of Zhong Kui on New Year's Eve, but now they also paint Zhong Kui on Dragon Boat Festival, either as gifts or by themselves. This change originated in the 22nd year of Qianlong (1757), when many people died because of the plague. In desperation, Zhong Kui had to be invited out to catch ghosts by force, and it became a custom year after year. Over the years, Zhong Kui, the exorcist, has been enduring. Mr. Qi Gong's "Zhong Kui Riding a Donkey" is humorous and full of sense of the times. The cartoonist Fang Cheng painted a portrait of Zhong Kui. Zhong Kui's boots and hats were neat, his hands were in his robe, and he slept on the ground with a stone as his pillow. He also wrote a poem about me waking up easily in this spring morning. In five words, the snoring alarmed the birds. Human ghost