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Tengu

Tengu is one of the most well-known yokai in Japan. It is said that the tengu would abduct people who were lost in the forest, so the ancients called the abducted children "jinhi", as the name suggests, they were hidden by the gods. The legend of the tengu was later incorporated into the religion of the mountain religion (Tendai and Shingon Esoteric sects), and the Kamakura period "Kojibo Picture Scroll" depicts the battle between the Tengu and the monks of the Tendai sect, and the result is defeated. It is said that in this story, the Tengu army from China came to ask for help from the Japanese Tengu, but the Japanese Tengu put on an arrogant attitude, which is called "self-arrogance" and "high nose" in Japanese. Therefore, in ancient times, the tengu with the main image of "eagle" was transformed into "high-nosed tengu" in the late Middle Ages, and it was said that those mountain monks who were not in the perfect condition for cultivation and had an arrogant attitude would become tengu after death.

The valley sounds

The refraction of sound due to the topography of the mountains produces a huge reverberation, which is the origin of the "Valley Ring" youkai. Legend has it that in the shade of the mountain, there is the mountain god Yomiko, an animal like the Yomiko Bird that makes strange noises. There are also theories that "mountain man", "tengu", and "heavenly demon" make sounds, but they have one thing in common, that is, the sound of the valley is something that only happened after the appearance of the mountain god.

Hyakki Night Walk ranked third

The refraction of sound due to the topography of the mountains produces a huge reverberation, which is the origin of the "Valley Ring" youkai. Legend has it that in the shade of the mountain, there is the mountain god Yomiko, an animal like the Yomiko Bird that makes strange noises. There are also theories that "mountain man", "tengu", and "heavenly demon" make sounds, but they have one thing in common, that is, the sound of the valley is something that only happened after the appearance of the mountain god.

Inujin Bai'er

The dog god itself refers to the ghost of the dog, and there are many theories about the origin of this "dog god". Legend has it that if you put delicious food in front of a dog that has been tied up in advance, but you don't untie the rope and give it to eat, the more desperately it struggles to eat the food, the more concentrated the desire for food will become, and then suddenly cut off the dog's head and throw it far away; Or sacrifice the dog's head first, and then throw it on a rock in the sea or other distant places, and the dog's dead soul will haunt it, and it can be used as a dog god, and Bai'er is a youkai that serves the dog god and looks like a child, and it is said that it is the soul of those children who are bitten to death by dogs.

Red Monster

Born in the region, it is said to be a youkai who protects God and lives in a forgotten shrine. If someone plays a prank or does something bad, it will make a loud noise and suddenly jump down from the sky or rooftops to make people scary. The hair on the face and body is red, and there are a pair of large teeth.

Meat Man

A flesh man is a person with strong skin and flesh and a large body. There are three types of fat people, along with fat people and anointed people. "Soul Guard: Dysfunction": "Those who are fleshy are tolerant of the upper and lower. ”

There are three types of fat people, along with fat people and anointed people. "Soul Guard: Dysfunction": "Those who are fleshy are tolerant of the upper and lower. ”

Hundred ghosts walk at night ---------------- flesh man

A pile of meat without eyes and nose, it is said that if you eat it, you will never grow old. In the fourth year of Keicho (1599), a strange creature appeared in Sunfu Castle, where Tokugawa Ieyasu lived. The strange creature itself was like a piece of meat, shaped like a clay crumpled into a clump of clay, with hands but no fingers, and it didn't move its fingers in the direction of Kyoto. Later, the strange creature was chased away by Tokugawa Ieyasu's guards. It is the only record of this yokai appearing in Japan. (Similar to the legendary Tai Sui in China.) ）

Water Tiger

The water tiger, also known as the kappa, is a ghost in Han folklore. Originating in the upper reaches of China's Yellow River Valley, according to the Compendium of Materia Medica, the water tiger is a monster that lives in the rivers of Hubei Province, and looks like a 3 or 4-year-old child, but its body is covered with hard scales that cannot be pierced by a bow and arrow.

Li Daoyuan of the Northern Wei Dynasty

There are things in the water, such as a three- or four-year-old child, and the scales are like carp, and they cannot be shot in. In mid-July and August, fortunately, it was revealed on the moraine. The knees are like tigers, and the claws are often in the water, and the knees are out. The child doesn't know, and if he wants to make a joke, he kills people. Or say, people have a life, pick it out of it, but make it small (the word "zhi" is not the original)

Compendium of Ancient Chinese Books and Materia Medica

It usually has a mild personality, but if a child provokes it to play a prank, it will be bitten by it; In addition, if you catch a water tiger alive, you can pinch its nose to summon it.

Toriyama Shiyan's drawings of the past and present continue the Hundred Ghosts to quote the above account and describe the scales of the water tiger with pangolins.

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Hundred ghosts night walking, the first originated in China, the Eastern Han Dynasty Zhang Heng (78-139 years) of Tokyo Fuzhong, "there are peach trees on Dushuo Mountain, often read a hundred ghosts, ghosts are unreasonable, gods and Yu Lei, hold reeds, and feed tigers." "The Eastern Jin Dynasty (Year)'s "Sou Shen Ji" Volume 2 "Shouguang Marquis, Emperor Zhang of the Han Dynasty. It can impeach hundreds of ghosts and ghosts, and make self-restraint visible. ”； "Hug Puzi" - Inner chapter "If you forget to keep one, you will be harmed by a hundred ghosts." Or those who lie down and have nightmares, that is, go out of the atrium to see the auxiliary star, hold on to one, and the ghost will go. ”

It was later introduced to Southeast Asian countries around the 10th century AD, and it is also the origin of the Japanese yokai version of Hyakki (ひゃっきやこう).

Japanese customs

In order to ward off evil spirits, it is therefore on the day before the beginning of spring every year. This day is called "Sebuen". Objects that have not been discarded for many years must be thrown outside the house and burned with fire to prevent monsters from causing trouble. That's why there is a habit of cleaning that has been handed down, and this ritual is "removing the old and making the new". In temples and in every home, an activity called "bean scattering to ward off demons" is held.

Nowadays, when bean throwing is held, people rush to pick up the beans because they believe that eating as many beans as their age will ensure that they will be safe and disease-free for the year.

In every family, there is no special rule for those who scatter beans, and the father often puts on a ghost mask to play the role of a ghost, and the children throw beans at the "ghost", and at this time people shout in unison, "The ghost goes out, the blessing comes in!" "It was a very lively scene. Although the temperature outside is still very cold at this time, people can still feel the atmosphere of spring coming from this enthusiastic shout. (To be continued.) Mobile phone users, please browse and read, a better reading experience.