Exorcism, in various ** romances, mostly uses the routine of "defeating magic with magic".
Whether it is the "holy water" of the West, or the various talismans and mantras in our traditional culture, this method selectively exorcises demons, which is a fatal blow to all kinds of evil, but has no effect on normal people.
Of course, in addition to this, there is also a way of exorcism that is "beyond metaphysics, regardless of good people and bad people, good things and bad things, all beings are equal" - physical exorcism.
In the Western movie "Hell Detective", Keanu Reeves uses a shotgun called the "Holy Shotgun" to blast all kinds of demons;"Blade Warriors" hangs all kinds of vampires with a long knife and a gun.
In my country's movie "Ghost Mission", the plot of Jacky Cheung's one-shot defeat of a female zombie has now become a textbook-level physical exorcism.
This kind of physical exorcism, because of its very tough guy temperament and the way to make people's blood run, is becoming more and more marketable at the moment.
The notion that gunpowder can drive away evil spirits has been around for a long time.
When we celebrate the New Year now, we will light firecrackers and set off fireworks to represent the coming of the New Year, and we also think that firecrackers can drive away evil spirits and eliminate plagues, which is also inseparable from the role of medicine.
As early as the Northern and Southern Dynasties, people began to burn bamboo with fire to make it make a "crackling" sound to expel the plague god.
According to the records of Zhiwei ** "Divine Strange Scripture", people in order to drive away the strange beast "Shanzhen" that steals food and makes people sick, they throw bamboo into the fire, and the air in the bamboo is heated and expanded, and the popping sound is bursting, and the firecrackers are also named after this.
The people of the Tang Dynasty were even more innovative, hanging strings of bamboo knots on long bamboo poles, or directly lighting the long bamboo poles, "rubbing cannons" into "string cannons", and named "burst rods".
After the appearance of gunpowder, people found that putting gunpowder into the bamboo, the sound of burning the bamboo would be louder, and after that, the rolling paper type firecrackers slowly appeared, and the name of the firecrackers gradually changed, and firecrackers, firecrackers, etc., with the gunpowder manufacturing of firecrackers, fireworks were also born.
After that, with the birth of the "assault gun", gunpowder began to be associated with war, according to the "History of the Song Dynasty: Soldiers".In the first year of Kaiqing, "the sudden musket was made again, with the giant bamboo as the barrel, and the inner security of the sub-kiln, such as burning and releasing the flames, and then the sub-kiln emitted such as the sound of the cannon, and heard more than 150 steps from afar."
However, this did not affect the connection between gunpowder and exorcism, but instead achieved another special magic weapon in addition to the "Peach Wood Sword" and "Fu Gong" - "Fire Gun".
Due to the popularity of firearms in the Ming and Qing dynasties, many ethnic minorities gradually possessed firearms such as firearms and bird guns for self-defense and hunting.
Because the Meishan people make a living from hunting, and every household has a hunting rifle, in the culture of the Meishan people, the fire gun is not only used for hunting, but also sometimes to drive away evil spirits.
Master Meishan, also known as Meishan Shigong, Meishan Shiren, and Meishan Master, refers to religious people who believe in Meishan Religion, which is mostly found in Sichuan, Hunan and other places.
In the Meishan faction, there is a method of "Tibetan guns", which refers to fire guns.
The text of the law reads:
"**Go out, save this gun, not a gun, this gun turns into a black-faced big thunder man, **take it in your hand, if there is an evil law, the teacher will come to make me, evil demons and evil ghosts, five hundred barbarian thunder dukes will not be forgiven. ”It is worth mentioning that "thunder" refers to the sound of gunpowder produced when the bird is fired like thunder, and Taoism believes that the demons in the world are afraid of thunder, and they dare not come out to harm people every time they encounter thunder or the birthday of Lei Zu.
"Black face" refers to black powder, thunder is often used in conjunction with fire as thunder fire, which has the ability to drive away evil spirits. This kind of black powder is naturally said to be a black-faced Lei Gong.
Master Meishan usually prays before using the fire gun, which means that the surrounding elves and ghosts will leave quickly and not be injured by mistake, and will only use the "fire gun" after this kind of prayer similar to "negotiation" fails.
For the purpose of exorcising evil spirits, the gun is loaded with only gunpowder and not lead, so as not to injure people, and then the possessed victim is immobilized, and the mage aims at him from a distance and shoots.
As tongues of fire erupt from the muzzle, the possessed person screams and passes out, and the symptoms of possession disappear.
Due to the great power of gunpowder and guns, over time, guns have become a special "magic weapon" to defeat the enemy and spread.
In "The Continuation of the Silence", a kind of evil that is only afraid of "shotguns" is recorded-Flying Yaksha.
Zombies can fly for a long time, no longer hide in the coffin, the hair is more than a foot long, and there is light in and out. After a long time, it will become a flying yaksha, and it will not die if it is not struck by lightning, but it can be killed by a shotgun.If the zombie survives for a long time, it doesn't need to hide in the coffin and can fly. The whole body is covered with hair more than a foot long, and the thin and long plucked ones glow when they enter and exit.
If it takes a little longer, it will become a Flying Yaksha, and in addition to being killed by lightning strikes, it can also be killed with a shotgun.
Reading Wei Caotang Notes" also set the conclusion that "all monsters are afraid of firearms":
All monsters are afraid of firearms. Shi Zhang Songtao said: Every time the yellow clouds rise in the mountains and Shaanxi, there will be wind and hail to harm the crops. Attacking with a huge cannon, there are fallen shrimp and toads like cars. When Yu Inspector was in Fujian, there was a sound on the mandrill or nocturnal roof tiles. When the cannon is fired, it staggers and rushes, and it is silent for a moment. Ghosts are also afraid of firearms. Yu was in Urumqi, where he had hit the ghost with a gun and could not reunite and take shape. Cover demons and ghosts are also yin.All monsters are afraid of firearms. Mr. Shi Songtao said: In Shanxi and Shaanxi, whenever yellow clouds suddenly appear over the deep mountains, storms and hailstorms will destroy crops.
Bombarding the yellow clouds with a cannon will sometimes drop the size of a wheel. When I was a school inspector in Fujian, at night, mandrills sometimes walked up and down the house, and the roof tiles rattled.
When the government fired a salute in front of the gate, it was so frightened that it stumbled and fled, and it suddenly fell silent. Demons are also afraid of firearms. When I was in Urumqi, I used to shoot ghosts with muskets to prevent them from gathering and forming, because monsters and ghosts belong to the yin category.
In a smoky enclosed space, the powder of herbs and ores is ignited, and the chemicals produce a wonderful and terrifying effect under the action of high-temperature energy.
This kind of chemical reaction, which can take people's lives in an instant in war, is like a god-like gift in metaphysics, helping people defeat the ** of another world.
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