——Those taboos awakened in the moonlight will eventually become a mirror that reflects human nature
When the neon lights of the city engulf the last earth temple, and when the highway rolls over century-old mass graves, ancient ghosts are still whispering in the cracks of modern civilization. This book uses the darkness that cannot be measured by science as its ink, and collects thousands of strange things that span urban and rural areas and span hundreds of years, constructing an "Encyclopedia of Chinese Folk Fear" that walks at the junction of reality and fantasy.
[Eerie aesthetics rooted in the soil]
Every story is a dark footnote to regional culture:
- The dense forest in western Hunan: The ringing of the corpse exorcist's copper bell is not only the obsession of the souls to return home, but also the mountain people's ultimate adherence to the ethics of "death to leave the corpse intact" ("Blood Thread Leads Souls");
- Jiangnan Water Network: The bronze river-suppressing beast excavated under the bridge pier reveals the bloody rules of the water transport empire behind the legend of "human sacrifice at the gate" ("The Record of the Sinking Coffin");
- Northeast Snowfield: The contract burning in front of Huang Pizi's grave interprets the reincarnation of grudges between humans and animal immortals spanning three generations ("Ask for Feng: 1987");
- The hometown of overseas Chinese in southern Fujian: The "ghost marriage package" sent back from overseas combines transnational capital and the bad habits of ghost marriage into a talisman ("Nanyang Ghost Bride").
(Recommended reading method of this book: On the first and fifteenth day of the lunar month, tie the pages of the book with a red rope. If you hear a sigh from behind, please close the book immediately - you have been selected to be the witness of the 1001st story.)
