Yin People Go on the Road, Yang People Avoid It!

"Yin people go on the road, Yang people avoid it!" Introduction In the twenty-sixth year of the Republic of China, Yang Tian, who inherited the dual skills of a corpse exorcist and Zheng Yiyi in western Hunan, wore a starched navy corpse exorcist gown, black cloth shoes with seven layers of copper on his feet, and held a peach wood sword and an ebony cinnabar box. He led three corpses covered with "dead corpse guide talismans" onto the dry road. He abides by the rules of the trade: drawing talisman at the hour of the day, tying the corpse with a three-foot-three-inch ink stick thread, shaking the silver tongue bell to attract the soul every three steps, telling the direction to the corpse when there is a fork in the road, finding a habitable place to stay before dark, and sticking "house-holding talismans" on the four corners of the place where he sleeps. On the way, there are the ordinary situations where villagers see the door closed, and there are also the thrilling situations of breaking into a temple and encountering evil spirits in the middle of the night, and using "golden light spells" and talismans to drive away evil spirits. From a first-person perspective, Yang Tian lays out the details of cinnabar drawing talismans, the particularity of ink lines soaked in dog's blood, and the doorway of "separating yin and yang" clothing when exorcising corpses. Against the background of modern troubled times, he restores a process of exorcising corpses full of traditional taboos and details of real spells, making the ancient rules of "yin people go on the road, yang people avoid" more vivid and perceptible in the golden light of bells and spells.