How mysterious is China's first ghost village, "Closed Gate Village"?
Located on the outskirts of Qinyang City, Jiaozuo, Henan Province, Fengmen Village is a dilapidated village that has not been inhabited for a long time. According to local records and related inscriptions, during the Jiaqing period, this place was originally called Fengmen Village, and the inscriptions during the Tongzhi period also show that it was called Fengmen Village, and the military map in 1972 also showed "Fengmen Village". But I don't know when it was misnamed, and over time everyone thought it was called Fengmen Village.
The chinese ancients were more elaborate in their names, and generally had some special meanings. For example, the word "Fengmen" in Fengmen Village represents that it is easy to defend and difficult to attack and the geographical location is very auspicious. Because in ancient times, places with dangerous geographical locations, easy to defend and difficult to attack were called wind gates. The yin-yang theory believed by the ancients believed that the entire direction of the southeast 90 degrees was an auspicious area, and this area was called the "wind gate". Therefore, since ancient times, this place has been a village that pays more attention to feng shui.
Fengmen Village is built on the side of the mountains and rivers, and the natural environment is very pleasant. But since 1981, the villagers have moved away from this beautiful village. From some later information, we can know that the village is located next to a small river, and there are 39 buildings in the village, about 200 houses. These buildings have become desolate and dilapidated because they have been uninhabited for a long time, and the weedy village still has a sinister atmosphere.
Walking into the village of Fengmen, the first thing that catches your eye is an ancient tree at the head of the village that has grown for more than 500 years. Because of its age, the roots of the trees have also undergone serious deformation, some deep into the ground, and some exposed to the outside. And after careful observation, we can clearly see that there is a boulder wrapped in the middle of the root, and the strange picture adds a bit of mystery to the village.
Since about ten years ago, the legend of the village has been widely spread among outdoor adventure enthusiasts. Everyone said that there was a ghost village near Shennong Mountain, and there was no one in it, and there were several strange things that happened. For example, some adventure enthusiasts came to the village of Fengmen alone to explore, but when they hiked at night, they "ghost hit the wall", and finally they were able to get out of trouble with the help of the police. In the process of word of mouth, Fengmen Village has become more and more mysterious, and has been called "China's first ghost village".
Did the expedition dare not spend the night after discovering the closed gate village?
In 2011, after hearing about the story of Fengmen Village, an expedition team decided to go and find out for themselves. The team traveled along the valley of Shennong Mountain, and finally arrived at this mysterious village when they were about to exhaust. Although I have long heard that there are no people living here, it is always chilling to see a desolate village quietly as if it did not exist.
Naturally, the expedition team did not give up the opportunity to come on a special trip because of a hint of fear, so everyone had the courage to break into this desolate village. However, everyone is also very cautious, following in the footsteps of their teammates from beginning to end, for fear of accidentally being left somewhere.
After the expedition team walked through the Closed Gate Village, they couldn't help but sigh, and the mysterious ghost village really made people sweat. Even if everyone enters the village at noon at the highest day of the sun, they feel unusually cold. And the village seems to be full of oddities.
Oddity 1: There are three temples nearby, and the three temples are three-legged and surround Fengmen Village. According to the ancient Chinese saying of suppressing evil spirits, there must be something unclean here.
Oddity 2: Although the houses here have been vacant for a long time, many dilapidated houses have even begun to collapse. But some houses also have painted coffins in the center. Obviously, no one lives there, so why is the coffin placed in the middle of the house? Is it to give use to something invisible?
Strange three: Although the village is located by a small river, the small river is in a state of disconnection and seems to have dried up for a long time. If there were people living there and there were no wells in the village, where did this domestic water come from?
Strange Four: China has had the custom of revering and worshipping ghosts and gods since ancient times, but Fengmen Village is indeed dedicated to a pair of men and women wearing Ming Dynasty official robes, which is unique in any other place in China.
Picture of a coat of clothes
Although the expedition felt very scary at that time, they took advantage of the hasty adventure during the direct sunlight during the day and left, and did not dare to stay here overnight. But the results of their expedition have attracted a lot of attention. Later, CCTV Channel produced an episode to unveil the strange phenomenon here to everyone.
decrypt
1. The explorer who encountered the "ghost hitting the wall" in the night detective Closed Gate Village was actually a video anchor, who pretended to have encountered a supernatural event in order to attract people to watch and tip the live broadcast.
2. In many ancient villages, there will be several small temples, and these temples have different functions, some are asking for children, some are asking for rain, and some are asking for wealth. Therefore, there is no such thing as suppression of sneaky things.
3. There are coffins in empty rooms because China has had the custom of preparing coffins for the elderly in advance since ancient times, but because the coffins are too large to be moved, and they are generally not lost, they are left in the house when the people in the village move.
4. Although we cannot find a water source in this village now, according to the results of the investigation, the small river at the mouth of the village used to have abundant water flowing, so there is no water for local residents to drink.
5. As for why the village does not worship ghosts and gods and worship officials, this is because some temples themselves will bow down to worship officials when they sacrifice, but such scenes are not common, so it will look very strange. There is also a theory that this place was once a hermitage for an official, who had a deep pocket and made people bow down to his statue.
Since there were no supernatural incidents in The Gate Sealing Village, why did the entire village move away? In fact, the reason is very simple, the villagers can not eat, drink water, children can not go to school, naturally moved away. Due to the remote location of the village and the intermittent water source, it is very inconvenient for the villagers to use water for domestic use. In addition, no teacher is willing to come to such a desolate place to teach, and the children cannot travel long distances to go out to study, so the villagers have gradually moved out of the village, and this has become a deserted place.
The abandoned village is gradually covered with weeds and wild plants, the more terrifying it is under the rumors, in fact, there are no supernatural events happening here, the so-called sleeping in the village will be unconscious because of the miasma into the body, and the rest of the rumors also have scientific explanations. Therefore, the expedition team found that the refusal to enter the village for the night after the closed door was only a psychological effect.
Are there ghosts in the world?
One of the most terrifying ghosts in foreign countries is the vampire, which is said to have a miserable white face and sharp teeth, hide in the dark environment during the day and do not go out, and at night will take advantage of the night to find live creatures to suck blood. Once bitten in the throat by a vampire, it will be sucked dry of all the blood and die. I believe that such horror stories are the childhood shadow of many people, but in fact, vampires are human beings who can be explained by science.
The prototype of the vampire is actually a porphyria patient. Because porphyria patients have many symptoms that can be described as vampires. For example, porphyria patients do not like to be exposed to sunlight because porphyrins are very sensitive to sunlight. Porphyrin, which is exposed to sunlight, produces a toxin that then burns the body's exposed skin. For example, most people with porphyria have severe symptoms of anemia, so they always look miserable and very permeable. Porphyria patients' teeth also look longer because their gums are badly damaged.
Genes for people with porphyria
In addition to foreign countries, China has also had magical explanations for many unsolved mysteries since ancient times, such as in ancient times, people did not know why there was a lunar eclipse, they would say that it was "tengu swallowing the moon", it was the god dog in the sky that ate the moon, and people needed to beat the gong and drum to scare it away in order to save the moon. After modern science began to advance, people learned that the moon was partially obscured when it was running around the earth, so the lunar eclipse phenomenon appeared.
For example, in ancient cemeteries, mass burial sites, broken temples and other places, there were often ghost fires that followed people's movements, which everyone thought was an ominous and terrifying phenomenon. Don't say ancient times, this matter can scare people enough when placed on people who do not understand the principles in modern times. But after modern science has given a correct solution to this phenomenon, no one will be afraid.
Ghost fire is actually phosphorus fire, because the phosphorus element ignition point is too low, so spontaneous combustion occurs in the air. The reason why the blue phosphorus fire fire will follow the person is because the air flow generated by the person walking drives the phosphorus fire to move. Phosphorus fires often occur in cemeteries, mass burial sites, broken temples and other places because there are more phosphorus elements here, so it is more likely to appear phosphorus fires. Therefore, there are actually no ghosts at home and abroad.