If you encounter strange and evil things, why use peach wood?

In our country's folk, peach wood has always been an important magic weapon to ward off evil spirits. Peach wood is a symbol of good luck and peace, also called "fairy wood", so it has been like this since ancient times. It is a good choice to use peach wood to ward off evil spirits. According to folk customs, during the Spring Festival, the traditional way to ward off evil spirits is to insert peach wood branches on the doorframe of one's home. /4610b912c8fcc3ce4946c9fb9945d688d53f2077?x-bce-process=image/resize,m_lfit,w_450,h_600,limit_1/quality,q_85

According to legend, there lived two gods, Shencha and Yulei, on Dongshao Mountain in the East China Sea. Each holds a peach branch, specializing in catching monsters and catching evil spirits. This peach wood strip is quite powerful. Once the evil spirit is caught, it will be beaten severely. If it is beaten to death, it will be fed to the tiger. Even if it is deformed by a slight blow, it will never be reincarnated. Over time, the demons and ghosts were not only afraid of the two gods Shencha and Yulei, but also the peach wood sticks in their hands. They hurriedly avoided the peach wood when they saw it, and even ran away when they smelled the smell. This is the origin of peach wood to ward off evil spirits.

Records of sources of warding off evil spirits: First: Li Shizhen's "Compendium of Materia Medica" records: "The pungent qi of peach wood is evil, so it can disgust evil qi."

Second: Myths and legends say that there lived two gods, Shen Tu and Yu Lei, on the East Shaoshan Mountain in the East China Sea. Ancient ancestors were often harassed by demons and ghosts, so the Jade Emperor sent these two gods to the people to help Emperor Yao eliminate evil. , and was given a mysterious opportunity to go to Yiqi Mountain to obtain a peach wood battle as a weapon to win, specializing in catching monsters and evil spirits. If you catch an evil spirit, you will use the peach wood stick in your hand to beat it. In severe cases, you will kill it and feed it to the tiger. In mild cases, it will deform it and make you unable to be reincarnated forever. Over time, the evil spirits were very afraid of these two gods, and they were even more afraid of the peach wood sticks in their hands. They regarded the peach wood sticks as instruments of punishment and would avoid them as soon as they saw the peach trees. Therefore, the custom of peach wood to ward off evil spirits has been slowly passed down. Third: According to Taoism, the use of peach wood is a very cautious matter. From the time the material is obtained, the curse must be started. When using the knife, there is an ax opening curse. When carving the god, the body, mouth and mind must be purified. Peach wood is used for sacrifice and refining. Initiation or consecration involves a whole series of Taoist mysteries. /503d269759ee3d6da12a870348166d224e4ade0e?x-bce-process=image/resize, m_lfit, w_450, h_600, limit_1/quality, q_85

Peach wood is also called "Dragon Subduing Wood" and "Ghost Horrible Wood". Legend has it that Kuafu chased In Japan, before death, the sacred tree was thrown out and turned into a peach forest. Therefore, peach wood has become the most widely used material to exorcise evil spirits and make ghosts, and plays an extremely important role in Chinese folk culture and beliefs. Peach wood is delicate and fragrant. The earliest Spring Festival couplets in China were all made of peach wood boards, also known as peach charms. For thousands of years, peach wood has been said to ward off disasters and avoid evil, and is called a sacred tree.

It is the root of history. It depends on whether it is a major evil or a minor evil. For minor evils (restlessness in bed), you can put some peach branches or leaves or cores. People often hang them with the key to pray. Peace, note, (it is only effective for ancient peaches, and no new varieties now have this function). A serious evil requires a person of high moral character. Only by the guidance of a mage and the incantation can one avoid evil and seek good fortune. I have a story from the early 1970s. There was a family in a backward rural area. They asked Mr. Feng Shui to make a stove on a certain day. For some reason, they only wanted to make porridge and rice, but the rice was not cooked yet. They added more water and cooked it for a longer time. It's the same thing, even children and the elderly find it difficult to swallow. I found several Feng Shui masters but couldn't figure it out. One day, an old monk passed by the door carrying 2 small bundles of firewood and said, Amitabha, can the donor give me a bowl of water? The family members smiled and said, "Master, I have some porridge, but I'm sorry. Seeing that it's hard for you to swallow it, explain the reason." The master laughed, "It's not difficult. Is there any firewood here?" After saying that, he put the firewood into the stove and burned it, and the master kept chanting the last sentence, Amitabha, our peach tree has come. When the owner reacted, he didn't know where it was::::::. The owner shouted, thank God! From now on, you can cook rice and porridge.

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Everyone knows the myth of Kuafu chasing the sun, but everyone may not know much about what Kuafu is. Mind you, most people regard him as an ordinary person. In fact, Kuafu is not a human being, but the son of the ghost king who lives in the Netherworld. Because he has lived in the Netherworld where the sun has not been seen for a long time, he is eager for light and decides to leave the sun in it. In the Netherworld, there is the story of Kuafu chasing the sun. Kuafu's powerful ability is evident. He is a ghost body that is not afraid of the sun. In the end, although he did not leave the sun for the underworld, he mixed with the sun. At the same time, his walking stick turned into a peach forest in the mortal world. Kuafu The cane is obviously the scepter of the netherworld. The peach tree turned into peach wood also has a powerful effect on the ghosts and evil spirits in the netherworld. Some ghosts are not afraid of peach wood like Kuafu. For example, clairvoyance and shunfeng ears are ghosts who have achieved Taoism. Transformed into the spirit of peach ghosts and willows, after death, the soul clings to the peach and willow trees to become a powerful ghost cultivator. The peach wood suppresses evil and willow branches are used to fight ghosts. Normally, ghostly things can still be attached to it. /91529822720e0cf3d7184e330146f21fbf09aa0e?x-bce-process=image/resize, m_lfit, w_450, h_600, limit_1/quality, q_85

The legend about peach wood that can ward off evil: It turns out that there is a mountain named Tao to the west of the old Feicheng County. (Tao) Mountain, between Taoshan Mountain and Xiaotai Mountain, is surrounded by towering cliffs. They are majestic and steep, stretching for dozens of miles. Seventy-two caves are scattered on the cliffs like goddesses scattering flowers. These seventy-two caves are scattered on the cliffs. There are monsters and ghosts in every hole. Whenever night falls, the seventy-two cave monsters will come out of their holes and break into Feicheng. The demons will dance wildly and make trouble, causing harm to the people and ruining all living beings. This incident spread to Dushuo Mountain in the East China Sea. After hearing this, the two gods Shen Tu and Yu Lei were furious. They quickly came to Feicheng, used local materials, broke peach branches into weapons, and beat the monsters to death, injured others, and escaped. escape. The monsters who managed to escape were frightened when they saw the peach branches. Because the East China Sea and Feicheng run northwest-southeast, the peach branches that Shen Yu and Shen Yu broke when they came to Feicheng were facing the southeast, so the peach branches facing the southeast had spiritual energy. After that, the local people would break off the peach wood branches facing the southeast, or make swords and hang them indoors, or carve peach figures or peach charms and hang them on the beams or behind the doors. The demons and ghosts fled in the wind and never dared to come near them again.

In "The Romance of the Gods", Yun Zhongzi used it to help King Zhou to eliminate evil spirits in the palace. It is also a peach wood sword. Don't underestimate this small sword, which almost killed the thousand-year-old Jiu. The tailed demon fox, Daji revealed her true form. In order to ward off evil spirits, the older the peach tree, the stronger its ability. There is no specific requirement for the size of the peach wood. If you want to carry it with you, you can make it smaller and put it in your bag. If it is placed at home, it should be larger. /908fa0ec08fa513dd7ea6c16366d55fbb3fbd9b2?x-bce-process=image/resize,m_lfit,w_450,h_600,limit_1/quality,q_85

Myths and legends: Whenever the golden rooster crows in the morning, the ghosts who wander out at night will be chased away Return to the ghost realm. The gate of the ghost realm is located in the northeast of the peach tree. There are two gods standing by the gate, named Shen Tu and Yu Lei. If a ghost does something harmful to nature at night, Shen Tu and Yu Lei will immediately discover it and catch it, tie it up with a rope made of awning reed, and send it to feed the tiger. Therefore, all the ghosts in the world are afraid of Shen Tu and Yu Lei. So people carved their images out of peach wood and placed them at their doorsteps to avoid evil and harm.

Any evil-doing ghost among the ghosts will be eaten by tigers. Peach wood can kill the ghost king and should be used to avoid ghosts. Since the legend of peach wood to ward off evil has been spread, Xingyang will now talk about how to use peach wood to ward off evil.

The prototype of the door god and the couplet is the peach charm. In ancient times, people made peaches into wooden boards, carved the gods tea and Yulei, and hung them on both sides of the door to prevent evil spirits from entering. The people of Yitao used peach wood to make dolls and hid them on the door of their houses to suppress all evil spirits, so that spirits and ghosts would not dare to enter. B. In the "Nanhua Sutra", it is said that placing peach wood on the door will not scare children and prevent ghosts from entering. Ding Taomu Gong's "Zuo Zhuan Zhaogong 4th Year" records that "the peach curves with thorns and arrows to eliminate disasters". Peach wood can kill ghosts. Use peach wood to make bows and arrows and place them at home to deter evil spirits. The principle of Wutao Wood Sword is as above. The peach bath god has been infected with evil spirits, or is entangled by imps. Boil thick water with peach blossoms and leaves, and bathe in this water to get rid of evil spirits!