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What ghosts and monsters are there in ancient Chinese legends? Is there a system similar to Japan?

001, Gui Che:

Gi Che is a ghost bird that eats human souls.

("Ling Biao Lu Yi": "Ghost cars, during the spring and summer, will fly by when there is slight darkness, especially outside the mountains. They love to enter people's homes and sparkle people's soul. Or clouds One of the nine heads was once bitten by a dog, and if the house is full of blood, there will be evil. ")

002, Painted Skin:

Painted Skin is an evil skull. Ghosts often draw pictures on human skin. After the drawings are completed, they are draped over the body and transformed into beautiful women. They eat people's hearts and livers.

(See "Liao Zhai Zhi Yi Painted Skin")

003, Cat Rongpo:

Lingnan folklore, an old woman with the head of a cat and the body of a cat eats young children. Children, there is a similar legend in Taiwan, called Tiger Aunt, a tiger that turns into a spirit and likes to eat young children.

004, Laogui:

A kind of monster that looks like a sheep and a pig, hiding underground and sucking human brains.

("Sou Shen Ji": During the reign of Duke Mu of Qin, someone dug out a kind of monster that looked like a sheep and a pig from the ground. He captured it and wanted to sacrifice it to Duke Mu. On the way, he met two children, one The child said: "This thing's name is Yu (yin jacket). She hides underground and sucks the brains of dead people. If you want to kill her, insert a cypress branch into her head." After hearing this, the child said: "Those two children It is called Chen Bao. The one who gets the male can dominate the world, and the one who gets the female can dominate the princes. "This man went to catch the two children, and the two children turned into wild pheasants and flew away.)

005, Sprite:

Sprite (Yinwangliang) is a monster that lives in weak water. It looks like a three-year-old child, with red eyes, long ears, and red black color. It likes to imitate human voices to confuse people. It can be attached to wood and stone. He was originally the son of Xuandi Zhuanxu.

(See "Sou Shen Ji", "Confucius' Family Sayings", "Huainanzi", etc.)

006, Transformed into a snake:

The transformed snake has a human body It has a face, a body like a jackal, and a pair of bird wings. It swims in the shape of a snake, and its cry is like a woman scolding. It often brings flooding when it appears.

("The Classic of Mountains and Seas")

007, Dansheng:

The man-eating basilisk in Daze.

Once upon a time there was a scholar who picked up a little snake on the road and adopted it. The scholar always carried it on his back, so he named it Dansheng. The snake grew bigger and bigger, and the scholar could no longer carry it, so he released it into the swamp. Forty years later it will become a giant python, and anyone who passes by Daze will be swallowed up. When the old scholar passed by Daze, people said: There are big man-eating snakes here, so don't pass through here. But the scholar thought it was winter and snakes were hibernating, so he didn't care. After walking not far, he saw a big snake, but the scholar recognized it and said, "Aren't you a student bearer?" The snake bowed its head for a long time and then left. When the scholar returned to Fan County, the county magistrate thought there must be something strange about the scholar not being eaten by a snake when he passed through Daze, so he was thrown into prison. That night, a big snake came with a violent storm and flooded the entire county. Only the prison was spared and the scholar was rescued.

("Shui Jing Zhuo Zhang Shui": A person is walking on the road and sees a small snake. He suspects that it has a spirit, so he keeps it and raises it. It is called Dansheng. It grows and swallows people, and it is inside. He was attacked and arrested. Also seen in "Guang Yi Ji")

008, Plague Ghost:

The legendary son of Zhuan Xu led the plague.

(See "Zuo Zhuan", "Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio" and many other places, and the Song Dynasty's Anonymous "Unknown Stories": "When a shepherd boy heard someone knocking on the door in the cattle pen, he got up and looked at it, and saw a number of strong men. Hundreds of people, all wearing five-flowered armor and red robes, suddenly disappeared. When it came to light, all fifty cattle in the pen were covered with clouds of disease ghosts.") 009, paper clip:

Jia paper is a thin paper-like ghost. When unfolded, it takes on a human form. It changes randomly and is very scary.

(See "Notes of Yuewei Thatched Cottage", Cao Zhuxu, the Minister of Household Affairs, said: His brother went from She County to Yangzhou and stayed at a friend's house. The friend asked him to rest in the study, and Cao Sheng felt that It was very cool and he planned to sleep here at night, but his friend told him: "There are ghosts in this room and no one can live in it." Cao Sheng insisted on staying. In the middle of the night, a ghost as thin as a piece of paper entered the door.

After unfolding, she became a beautiful woman. Suddenly her hair was disheveled and her tongue stuck out, making her look like a hanged man. But Cao Sheng was not afraid at all. The woman took off her head and put it on the desk. Cao Sheng was still not afraid, and the ghost disappeared. Cao Sheng moved into this study again when he returned from Yangzhou. In the middle of the night, there was another monster crawling under the door. As soon as the monster showed its head, Cao Sheng cursed: "Why is it you again?" Upon hearing this, the ghost did not dare to come in. It’s so sad to be a ghost like this...)

010, Jing Yuanying:

Jing Yuanying is a beauty transformed from a mirror. She is coerced by a poisonous dragon and specializes in seducing men into falling. Go into a deep well to be eaten by a poisonous dragon.

("Bo Yinzhi")

011, Earth puppet:

The carrier that ghosts use when entering the human world can mate with people.

(See "Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio")

012, Yanwei:

Also known as Wei Snake, a ghost with the head of a human and the body of a snake. There are two heads, wearing purple clothes and a red crown. If the master sees Yanwei and sacrifices to him, he can dominate the world.

(See "The Classic of Mountains and Seas", "Zhuangzi": Duke Huan of Qi once saw Yanwei. Duke Huan of Qi went hunting in Zeye, and Guan Zhong was driving. Duke Huan of Qi suddenly saw ghosts and gods. He was so frightened that he urinated and pulled Guan Zhong. Guan Zhong shook his head and said no. After Duke Huan of Qi came back, he fell ill from fright. A man named Prince Gao Ao (surnamed Prince) came to see Duke Huan of Qi and said, "It's not the ghosts who want to scare you." , you are scaring you."

Qi Huangong asked: "Are there any ghosts?" The prince told Ao: "Of course there are, the ghost in the mud is called Lu, and the ghost in the stove is called Ji. . In the dirt of the house, there lived a ghost named Thunder. Under the wall in the northeast of the house, ghosts named Bea and Salli (pronounced Guilong) were jumping; under the wall in the northwest, a ghost named Jingyang (pronounced "Long") was jumping. The ghosts of Yiyang (Yiyang) live there. The water ghosts in the water are called Wangxiang, the ghosts in the hills are called Tong (Yin Shen), the mountain ghosts in the mountains are called Kui (Yin Kui), and the wild ghosts in the countryside are called Wandering and Chuanze. There is a ghost called Wei Snake."

Qi Huangong asked: "What does Wei Snake look like?" The prince told Ao: "Wei Snake has a body as big as a wheel and is as long as a chariot shaft. He wears purple clothes and wears a hat. Red Crown. I hate hearing the sound of Thor's car passing by. Anyone who sees him will become a overlord. "Qi Huangong laughed and said, "That's him I saw!" I got up and chatted with Prince Gao Ao, and my illness was cured before I knew it)

013, Black Water Black Snake:

A basilisk near Wushan that can swallow elk alive, was killed by Wushan. Yellow bird guards.

(Seen in "The Classic of Mountains and Seas")

014, Hanba:

Hanba is a small, naked creature with eyes on the top of its head, two or three feet long. People walk like the wind. Wherever it passes, there will be severe drought and the ground will be bare for thousands of miles.

("Shuowen", "Book of Songs Yunhan" Kong Yingda Shu)

015, Chishui woman Xian:

Xian is a girl in Tsing Yi. She was originally a goddess in the sky, and her name was Nujie. However, she was injured while helping the Yellow Emperor fight Chiyou and could not return to heaven, so she stayed near Zhongshan and lived with Zhulong as a neighbor. It never rained where she stayed. Shujun reported this matter to Huangdi, who placed her to the north of Chishui. Sometimes the concubine went out. If he wanted to expel her, he needed to dredge the river and communicate with the waterway. Then he issued an order: "God goes north!" People I often see a woman in green clothes on Zhongshan Mountain next to Chishui River, and I call her Chishui Nvxian.

016, White Ape:

The demon ape in the mountains near Jin'an County often kidnaps beautiful women to keep in his harem, and often transforms into a handsome man in white to seduce young girls.

(Tang Anonymous "Bujiang Zongbai Yuan Biography")

017, Jiuying:

Jiuying is a nine-headed snake monster who lives in Fierce water can spit out water and fire.

(See Gao Yuan's note in "Huainanzi")

018, Xiaoyushan Ghost Mother:

The Ghost Mother is an evil spirit living in Xiaoyushan, South China Sea. Ghosts can give birth to ten ghosts in one litter. They are usually born in the morning and eaten at night.

("Shu Yiji")

019, Mr. Yimuwu:

@ Mr. Yimuwu is five ghosts living in Zhejiang, but four They are all blind. Only one of them has one eye. Everyone depends on him to see and listen to his orders. In the year of plague, Mr. One Eye and Five will appear and use his nose to sniff people while they are sleeping. Jingqi, if one ghost sniffs a person, he will get sick, and if all five ghosts sniff a person, he will die.

("Zi Buyu": A rich man was staying in an inn, all the guests were sleeping, but he was not sleeping alone. The light suddenly shrank, and he saw five ghosts jumping in. Four ghosts were about to sniff one guest, The Master said: "This is a great good person, not allowed." Another visitor was about to smell him, and the Master said: "This is a very blessed man, but not allowed." Another visitor was about to be sniffed, and the Master said: "This is a great evil person, even more unacceptable." The four ghosts asked: "But what kind of meal will you have, sir?" The gentleman pointed to the two guests and said, "These people are neither good nor evil, have no fortune and no fortune, so why don't we eat them?" The four ghosts sniffed them, and the two guests' snoring gradually became fainter, and the five ghosts sniffed them. The belly of the ghost is getting bigger and bigger. )

020, giant hand:

The spirit in the mountains robs people of their property with their giant hands.

("Youyang Zazu": "Hui Ke, a monk from Longxing Temple in Lingzhou, does not follow the precepts and lifts the stone mortar. He is hospitable and relies on him when he comes. He often meets with more than ten monks in the temple at night to make pancakes. 2 At the same time, there was a giant hand with hair like a deer, saying loudly: "Begging for a pancake." The monks dispersed in shock, but Hui Ke picked up a few pancakes and put them in his palm, and the monk grasped them with all his strength. Mei mourned and prayed loudly, and Hui Ke asked his family to cut it off, but it was a bird feather. Tomorrow, he followed the trace of blood out of the temple and entered the creek in the southwest. Hui Ke led his people to excavate it. "It's a pit of rock.")

021, Fuyou:

Fuyou was originally a minister of Gong, but later Gong was defeated by Zhuan Xu, Fuyou committed suicide and became a resentful spirit.

("Shaoshi Shanfang Bi Cong": In the Spring and Autumn Period, Jin Ping Gong dreamed of a red bear in front of the screen, and he couldn't afford to fall ill ever since. Ping Gong asked Zheng Guo's Zi Chan the reason, and Zi Chan replied : "In the past, Fuyou, the minister of the Communist Party of China, drowned himself in the Huaihe River after being defeated by Zhuanxu. Later, he transformed into a red bear and harmed the world. If you see Fuyou in the palace, the regime will collapse; if you see Fuyou at the door, If you see floating in front of the screen, nothing serious will happen, and your illness will not cause death. As long as you offer sacrifices to Zhuanxu and Liang Gong, it will be eliminated." Ping Gong did as Zichan said, and the illness was gone. Recovered. )

022, Pipa:

("Sou Shen Ji": "Yang Du went to Yuyao. On the way at night, a young man holding a pipa asked for a ride. Yang Du He asked him to get in the car. The young man played dozens of songs with the pipa. After playing, his eyeballs suddenly popped out and he stuck out his long tongue to scare Yang Du. Then he disappeared. Yang Du walked about another twenty miles and saw An old man named himself Wang Mingjie. Yang Du asked him to give him a ride again, and said to him in a daze: "I just met a ghost who is good at playing the pipa, and he plays it very sadly." Wang Jie said, "I can also do it." "After that, he stared and stuck out his tongue. It turned out that he was the ghost just now. Yang Du was so scared that he almost died.") 023, Wutong Shen:

Wandering in the countryside , a monster who lusts after wives and daughters.

(The story "Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio" is over 18 years old, just search it yourself if you want to read it.)

024, Forbidden Water Ghost Bomb:

An invisible ghost that lives in the forbidden water in Yongchang County. It will throw things at people, and people will die if they are hit.

("Sou Shen Ji": There was a river in Buwei County, Yongchang County in the Han Dynasty called Forbidden Water. There was poisonous gas in the water. It was only possible to cross the river in November and December. From then on It is impossible to cross the river from the first lunar month to the tenth lunar month. Anyone who crosses the river at this time will get sick and die. There is a vicious monster in the water vapor of this river. Its shape cannot be seen, but it makes a sound when it moves, as if it is throwing. Hit something. If it hits a tree, the tree will break. If it hits a person, the person will be killed. Therefore, if there are criminals in the county, they will be sent to the forbidden water. Ten days later, they were all dead. )

025, Daqing Xiaoqing:

Ominous cries, like dozens of people crying in mourning, and wherever they appear, there must be corpses. , When Da Qing cries, more people die, while when Xiao Qing cries, fewer people die.

("Sou Shen Ji": Within the two counties of Lujiang County and Songyang County, there are Daqing and Xiaoqing, living in seclusion in the mountains. We often hear crying, and when there is a lot of crying, There were dozens of people, including men and women, adults and children, as if someone had just died. People living nearby were frightened and ran to look, but they often couldn't see anyone where the crying was coming from. There must be a corpse. Generally speaking, if the crying is louder, it means someone from a larger family has died, and if the crying is quieter, it means someone from a smaller family has died.)