Hanba is a legendary monster that can cause droughts. There are two theories about its origin:
First, in ancient times, the Yellow Emperor once accepted a woman as his adopted daughter. The name is "Nvba", and she is the god who controls fire. During the battle with Chi You, she was contaminated with the turbid air on the ground and could not return to the sky. Because she is the god of fire, she carries a burning aura with her body, no matter where she goes. Wherever he went, he was chased away and cursed by people. As time passed, the female demon gradually lost her character and became a monster that brought disaster to all parties.
2. When a person dies, he or she becomes a corpse. A corpse does not rot for a long time and becomes stiff. A zombie survives for thousands of years and is not destroyed. After absorbing the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, it can become a demon. The demon will continue to live for thousands of years, waiting for its body. All the white hairs were converted into red hairs, and they became the Drought Demon. When the Drought Demon appeared, the red ground was thousands of miles away.
Folklore says that after more than a thousand years of zombie life, the body will become softer, no longer rigid and can only beat, and the mind will also have thoughts, and it will no longer just suck human blood and eat human flesh everywhere. In other words, Said: The zombies have become spirits. After a thousand years, the zombies that have become spirits can become the zombie king and finally evolve into the form of Drought Demon.
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Ancient folk methods of dealing with drought demons:
The folk methods of dealing with drought demons in ancient China mainly used the urine of children and the blood of black dogs. Deal with drought demons. Children's urine and black dog blood were also the main items used in ancient times to ward off evil spirits.
The concept of zombies as "drought demons" was very popular during the Ming and Qing Dynasties, which also led to customs of praying for rain such as "driving bone piles" and "burning drought demons". The folklore recorded in "History of the Ming Dynasty" , whenever there is a drought, people will excavate new burial mounds, drag out the corpses, and mutilate their limbs, which is called "drought bone piles."
Although the Ming Dynasty banned the popularity of this style, it was still very popular among the people until the Qing Dynasty. Interestingly, this trend is also seen in foreign countries. For example, when farmers in some areas of Russia encounter drought, they often dig up the corpses of drunken people and sink them into the nearest swamp or lake, or even mutilate their limbs in order to get rain.