The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-05-07
GHOST BUSINESS In CHINA.
SIGHTS THAT TERRIFY THE Az
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one pcculiarity about Chinese ghosts ia
that they do not always fully matrrialize Inn,
first becoming Visible. then lie feet thVn tns
body, and 80 on. Another quaint belief ia thai
ghosts hieS rs chm, and 10 say To a Cantonese
" M mo ha.pa".yOu'Ve no chin-is ,uuivIlent
to saying you're a ghost" like lsn5Iish
ghosts. they appear during the hours Of diary,
ness, and are compelled to vanish Al cock. crow.
but the conventional white clothing L. absrnt
from the Chinese idea, A ghost IN China always
appears in the dress he commonly wore during
life, and his advent Is announced by candIes
burning not blue but green; the Greeks call
supernatural terror =" green fear.'
Animals also have their ghosts. A resident a
Clnton. named Ling. had very Intelligent nom
some mischief, became sulky, refused food and
died. Shortly after the monkeys ghost BEGAN
TO haunt the house. Food placed on the tables
ances took place. At length n fire broke out In
the house unaccountaoly, aud Mr.. Ling shifted
his residence. But the monkeys ghost still fol-
lowed and prosecuted him. Again he moved,
and again the ghost accompanied him, until a.
a last resource he took room in the emple Of
the FIVE Hundred Worthless; the monkey ghost
did not dare to face the gods, and left him In
peace. Mr.. Ling was still residing In the Temple
last year.
Ghost stories Of the ordinary kind are numer-
Gus. mandarin met his death In the late coli
lision between the Chinese steamer Fusine and
the British steamer Ocean. The fus,ne was
sunk. and over sixty drowned. The mandarn's
ghost appeared to his wife, who was living In
Soochow, streaming with water from head TO
foot. He told her he had been drowned, and
that he n I'D sent by n certain friend some money
for her use before he took passage in the Fusine,
and that the friend would arrive shortly. Two
days after the friend named arrived with tho
money, hnu snoriiy after came the intelligence
OF the Flsng's disaster.
The commander OF a Chinese mau-of-war be-
longing to the fcochow Arsenal feet, was taken
suddenly III and died at friends house. After
his death the friend frequently saw his ghost,
and one night addressed it. saying, " You should
not lament u was your fate You should DO
satisfied with It," Thereupon the ghost disap-
peared, and never showed itself again to the
same party, but continued of en- 20 appear to
the men on board the ship he had been COM
handing. being frequently seen to pace up and
down the deck as he was wont during his life
lime at night, aud would sometimes place him
self In the attitude OF drilling the men.
Here il a parallel to the celebrated Berkelv
square story. 1t must be noted tn at the ghosts
Of suicides are distinguished by wearing red
Hang-chow there was house haunted by evil
ghosts, where no human being dared reside, OF
A scholar named Tsai bought the houset
people all told him he was doing a dangerous
thing. but he did not need them. None Of his
family would enter the house. SO Isl went bv
himself. opened the doors. lit a CANDLE and sat
down. In the middle OF the night woman
slowly approached. with a red silk handksr.
chief hanging to her neck, and having saluted
him, fastened rope TO the beam Of
the ceiling and put her neck In the moose.
Ts'ai did not in the least change couutenance,
The woman again fastened a rope and called on
rs'ai to do AS she had done, but lie only lifted
his leg and put his foot in the moose. The won au
said, You're wrong Tsai laughed and an-
swered, On the contrary, 1t was you who were
wrong long time aRo, or else you would moi
have come to this pass The ghost cried b,t-
terly, and having bowed to Ts'a, departed, and
from that time the house was no longer haunt
ed. This ls'si was afterwsrd a very distin-
Ruished choiHr, known as the Provincial Cham
celor."
The writer remembers having read some time
ago a similar curious story of q police cell. In
which woman had committed suicide by hang
ing herself, alter which inmate after inmate
continued to attempt to do the same, TIL at last
girl declared that fendish little woman APP
peared 10 the cell at night and commanded her
to hang herself, which she felt irresistibiy i'm
PEELED to attempt doing. The cell, It Is said, had
to be closed ana abandoned.