Poor Qi, a descendant of the Western emperor SHAOHAO, is called the “four fierce beasts” of ancient Chinese myths and legends together with chaos, chunwu and Taotie. The following China story net Xiaobian will bring you a detailed introduction, and then read on.
It is said that poor Qi can understand human language and often swoops down from the air to catch people to eat. He is an evil god who does not distinguish good from evil.
If anyone sees someone arguing or fighting, he will choose the upright and reasonable among them as food to eat. When he hears that someone is loyal and honest, he will bite off that person’s nose; It is said that someone has committed many evils. Instead, he wants to kill wild animals and make them poor. These actions of helping the evil and suppressing the good cover up his side of helping others.
In ancient times, people were often hurt by poisonous insects. When faced with poisonous insects, people had little power to parry. But poor Qi loves to eat Gu poison. It has immunity to all Gu poisons, and the more poisonous it is, the more he likes it. Cannibalism is just an accidental act of poverty, and Gu poison is its favorite.
It has been looking for and eating Gu poison all its life, helping and protecting the people on earth to some extent. Therefore, some ancient books extol poor Qi’s extraordinary achievements in expelling Gu poison. Therefore, poor Qi is regarded as a positive god beast
On the day before the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month, a grand “big Nuo” ceremony will be held in huangguanli to expel demons.
Before the ceremony, 120 children over the age of 10 and under the age of 12 were selected from the officials’ homes as “Sons”.
These children, with red handkerchiefs wrapped around their heads, wore black Luo shirts, and big drums in their hands, followed Fang Xiang.
Fang Xiangshi dressed up as a ghost king, wearing a mask on his head, a bear skin on his back, a black coat and a red skirt, and four eyes made of gold foil flashing with gold. He holds a dagger in his right hand and a shield in his left hand, leading the way.
Twelve other people, dressed in hair and horns, dressed as twelve monsters, followed Fang Xiang. Among the twelve “beasts”, there is poor Qi, whose duty is to eat poisonous insects with another monster named tenggen.
Although poor Qi ate Gu to help others, his absurd behavior of not distinguishing right from wrong was also criticized by people. Later, he was expelled by Emperor Shun. As poor Qi was a descendant of the Western emperor SHAOHAO, Emperor Shun exiled him to the West.
In ancient legends, many poisonous insects were put in vessels to make them swallow each other. The last remaining undead poisonous insects were called “Gu” and used to put them in food to harm people.
“Etiquette annals of the later Han Dynasty” says: “poor and strange people eat poisonous insects together.” Poor Qi, as one of the Twelve Gods of “chasing evil and evil”, is also beneficial to the world. Disclaimer: the above content originates from the Internet, and the copyright belongs to the original author. Please inform us if your original copyright is infringed, and we will delete the relevant content as soon as possible.