Why did the ancients have the habit of "rather staying in deserted tombs than in deserted temples"?
As the saying goes, "It is better to sleep in a deserted grave than in an ancient temple." There is also a simplified version of this saying: "It is better to sleep in a deserted grave than in a deserted temple." What does it mean? Is it ancient? Is a temple scarier than a deserted tomb? To tell you the truth, ancient temples are really scarier than deserted graves. This is a matter of personal nature.
Ningsu Desolate Cemetery
The cemetery in the wilderness is inaccessible. What you are afraid of is nothing more than ghosts and foxes that no one has ever seen. As long as you control your inner fear, Desolate Graves are nothing to be afraid of, just like ghosts will never invade the bed. If you are scared to death when sleeping alone at home, you will cover your head with a quilt and you will feel completely safe.
The theory of ghosts and gods is nothing more than whether you believe in them or not. The main factor in fearing ghosts is psychology. If you are open-hearted, ghosts and gods will not cause trouble for you. The so-called "Don't do bad things, don't be afraid of ghosts" "Knock on the door." In addition, it is said that ghosts are afraid of evil people. The more kind and timid you are, the more you will be entangled by ghosts (villains). If you really encounter a ghost, be brave enough to fight with him. When the ghost looks at it: I'm going to , I have encountered a hard problem, I can’t afford to offend you, so I say goodbye!
In addition, from the perspective of Feng Shui, if a person spends the night in the wild, a cemetery is actually a good choice, because the Chinese have been very concerned about the Feng Shui of ghost houses since ancient times, and the cemetery is usually in a higher position. , with mountains on its back and water on its side, it is relatively open, so even if it rains and winds at night, there will be a mountain behind to block the wind and there will be no accumulation of water.
In this way, natural disasters can be avoided to a certain extent. Furthermore, in the wilderness and inaccessible, there is basically no need to worry about man-made disasters. You have to know that if there are monsters and ghosts in this world, how terrible they are. It is far less terrible than the human heart.
Don’t live in an abandoned temple
Comparing the abandoned tomb and the abandoned temple, the intuitive feeling is that the abandoned temple is more comfortable and safer, because no matter how dilapidated the abandoned temple is, It also has walls and roofs, so it is not afraid of wind and rain, but you have to know that besides you choosing the deserted temple, other people will also choose to spend the night here.
For example, ancient pedestrians chose to spend the night in deserted temples, which is equivalent to modern people choosing to spend the night under the overpass when they are desperate. Who are the people who spend the night under the overpass? There are all kinds of people from all walks of life. I’m not saying these people are bad, but they are all strangers to each other. You don’t know what kind of people they are. The so-called people’s hearts are unpredictable, and maybe there are desperadoes among them.
It’s the same with the deserted temples in ancient times. The gangsters went to the deserted temple at night to make do. You don’t know where the fugitives are, the mountain kings of which mountains, or the warlords of which places. Moreover, in the deserted temple There may be monks in it. Are these people together really safer than the cemetery? Obviously impossible.
As I said before, if there really are monsters and monsters in this world, their terror is far less than the terror of human beings.
Let’s take a look at those terrible abandoned temples in ancient literary works.
Derelict temples in literary works
The most famous one is "Water Margin". In front of it, there is a red-haired ghost who is drunk and lying in the Lingguan Palace. Who is Liu Tang, the red-haired ghost? Bandits! He came here to find Chao Gai to discuss intercepting the birthday card. He can be called a desperado. If you want to be together in Lingguan Hall, you will be scared to death when you see him.
There is also Lin Chongfeng Snow Mountain Temple. Of course, Coach Lin is a good person, but he was framed in this mountain temple and almost lost his head; after Wu Song’s blood was splashed in Yuanyang Tower, he also fled to He spent the night in a small ancient temple, but was kidnapped in the middle of the night. Later, he encountered flying centipedes and other things, which I won't go into details. Lu Zhishen stayed in the Crock Temple for the night, and met the monks Cui Daocheng and Qiu Xiaoyi, and two demons. , is also a good fight.
Think about it, even Wu Erlang and Hua Monk would dare to tie them up, let alone you and me?
In "Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio", there are also many people who encounter strange things in ancient temples. Let's not talk about monsters like fox spirits like Nie Xiaoqian and mandrills. These belong to the category of monsters, so let's talk about them. "The Cloth Merchant", a traveling merchant went to stay in a temple for the night, but he encountered a group of evil monks who not only robbed his wealth, but also wanted people's lives. If the woman in red had not appeared as a saint and attracted the general who defended the sea, the cloth merchant would have died on the spot.
In many ancient literatures, whenever nighttime or ancient temples are written, nine times out of ten, it is a thrilling and bloody period, which shows the horror of deserted temples.
"One person will not enter the temple, two people will not look into the well, and three people will not lift the wood." is the same as the saying "I would rather stay in a deserted grave than a deserted temple". They are both talking about human nature. You are the only one. When a person travels alone and stays overnight in an ancient temple, the stranger who lives with him may seem polite and polite, and he may be a good person himself, but many tragedies happen because of the four words "seeing money and getting motivated".
Therefore, it is essential to be on guard against others. It is better to live in a deserted tomb than in a deserted temple.