In a remote mountainous area in southern China, there is a strange legend known as "ghost marriage". The story takes place in a small village called Poplar Village.
It is said that whenever a young man in the village goes missing for no reason, a female ghost wearing a red wedding dress will appear in the village to look for her next "husband". And the origin of this female ghost can be traced back to a tragedy decades ago.
At that time, there was a beautiful woman named Ah Lian in Baiyang Village, who fell in love with Ah Hai, a young man from the same village. However, in a traditional mountain village, the love between the two is not favored. In order to break them up, Ah Hai's parents designed a car accident and killed Ah Hai. After learning the bad news, Ah Lian couldn't accept the reality and committed suicide in her wedding dress.
Since then, every full moon night, the village will hear the cries of women and the sound of marriage. Some say it's Ah Lian's ghost looking for her lover, while others say it's her warning to those who don't respect love.
Time flies, and one year, a young man from outside the country was inadvertently lost in the mountains and forests near the village of Baiyang. As night fell, he discovered a small village, which was the village of Poplar. The village was unusually quiet, but he didn't think much of it, and walked to a lighted house for help.
In the house, a seemingly kind old woman warmly welcomed him and told him that the whole village had gone to the temple fair, and that she was the only one at home tonight. The young man was so grateful that he agreed to spend the night at her house.
At night, when the young man was immersed in sleep, he was suddenly awakened by a piercing wedding **. When he opened his eyes, he saw that the house was brightly lit, but there was no one but himself. And the ** sound and the woman's cry are getting closer and closer, as if the whole room is surrounded by a strange red halo.
Suddenly, a Ah Lian in a red wedding dress appeared in front of him. Her face was as pale as paper, her eyes were blank, but she had a strange smile. She said to the youth, "I have come to find my husband, stay with me." Then she stretched out her hand, her nails sharp as hooks.
The young man screamed in fright, and sat up from the bed suddenly, only to realize that everything was just a dream. But the fear in the dream was so real that he no longer dared to stay in the village, and fled from Poplar Village overnight. Since then, the story of the "ghost marriage" has become more deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, and has become one of the reasons why the villagers do not stay out of the house on the night of the full moon. And the female ghost who was looking for her husband has also become the most terrifying existence in the village.