Lin Zhengying’s zombie movies were popular all over the country back then. I remember when I was playing Lin Zhengying’s movie in the rural outdoor film projection team when I was a child, it was a crowded street. The plot of the movie was very exciting, and I was scared to go home after watching. Our childhood has left us a lot of shadows. At the same time, it is precisely because of the influence of Lin Zhengying's zombie-type movies that he has a strong interest in Taoism as an adult. The following editor will introduce the Taoist tools that often appear in Lin Zhengying's movies. There is a plot in the movie
ink fountain
. Lin Zhengying ordered two apprentices to take the ink fountain bomb coffin. The apprentice was lazy and didn't flick the ink fountain line at the bottom of the coffin. As a result, the cup was lost at night. The zombie broke through the coffin and jumped out, causing many casualties. If the apprentice didn't slacken and play all the ink fountain lines, the zombies would be stunned. It can be seen that the ink fountain is quite powerful. The
ink fountain itself is a magical artifact, and the ink is mixed with chicken blood and other male objects, so it has mana. The ink fountain is the most commonly used tool for carpenters in the countryside. It is mainly used to draw long straight lines. Its structure is that there is a hand-rotating wheel at the back to wind the ink line. There is a round bucket-shaped ink tank at the front end with cotton yarn inside. Or sponge, you can pour ink. In the movie, Jiu Shu chooses chicken blood instead of ink. The ink thread is pulled out by the wooden wheel through the pores of the ink tank and fixed at one end. The wooden thread is lifted up and played at the place to be marked like a piano string. After use, the thread wheel is turned to wind the ink thread back. Therefore, the ink fountain is also called "line" in ancient times. ink". Chinese carpenters regard the ancestor Luban as a god, and the ink fountain, as a thing passed down by the ancestor, is endowed with a spiritual sustenance and belief by the carpenter. In the movie, the ink fountain represents righteousness and is designed to counteract the evil spirits of zombies. In addition, the ink fountain is added with chicken blood, black ink and glutinous rice. Those are things that are strong and yang, so it is a magic weapon to counter zombies.
Peach Wood Sword
Peach Wood Sword in the movie is Lin Zhengying's handy tool. Together with Huang Fu and Sanqingling, it is called the "three-piece method of practice" of the Jiushu, and it is also the most commonly used weapon by Maoshan Taoists. Peach wood can avoid evil, and the peach wood sword is the most effective way to kill zombies. At the same time, the peach wood sword is also a good home travel companion for Jiu Shu's daily self-defense.
Peach wood sword is a kind of Taoist magic weapon. Peach wood is also known as "Xianmu", "Jianglongmu" and "Ghostwood". Since ancient times, Tao Mu Zhuan's theory of "town house warding off evil spirits, exorcising evil spirits and satisfying fortune" has been a symbol of health and longevity, and it is also the most widely used ghost-making material in film and television works. The "Shan Hai Jing" recorded the story of Shen Tu and Yu Lei picking the branches of peach trees and whipping hundreds of ghosts. Therefore, there are folk legends that ghosts are afraid of peach trees, and the saying that peach trees ward off evil comes from this. Taoist monks generally have peach wood swords, which are also used to drive away evil spirits in Feng Shui. Other peach wood products also have the ability to seek good fortune and avoid evil.
Sanqingling
In the movie, a group of zombies shook the bells and jumped along the road with Jiu Shu chanting spells, and stopped after walking when they were tired. There is also this thing used in Lin Zhengying's practice. This bell is the Taoist magical instrument Sanqing Bell.
Sanqingling, also known as Emperor Bell, is commonly known as Shigongqin because of the sound of Taoism imitating it. It is generally about 20 cm high and 9 cm in diameter. It is made of brass and has a handle and a tongue inside the bell. The upper end of the handle of the Sanqing bell is a sword-shaped, divided into three forks, like a mountain character, symbolizing Sanqing. Sanqing is the three highest gods of Taoism: Yuanshi Tianzun, Lingbao Tianzun and Moral Tianzun. The bell rang, the ghosts were afraid. When the folk Taoist priests practice, they often take a three-cleared bell with a mantra to listen to the heavens.
yellow talisman
yellow talisman is an indispensable magic weapon to deal with zombies, no matter how happy the zombies jump, the nine uncle’s cinnabar yellow paper talisman sticks to their foreheads, and immediately becomes honest and motionless. When drawing the symbols, I also read the words "Tai Shang Lao Jun is anxious like a law." It is this talisman that makes many people become obsessed with painting talisman, and then they can't extricate themselves in the ocean of metaphysics and Taoism.
The common yellow symbols in these movies are a kind of Taoist talisman. In "Ci Hai", Fu Lu is interpreted as "the words of the heavenly gods" that Taoism believes can be used to "drive ghosts and gods, pray for prayers, and cure diseases." Painting amulets and chanting mantras is not something that ordinary Taoists can do. It must come from the hands of a high-level Taoist who has received a post before it can be considered as a valid talisman. It has no post, no support, and no service to make the power of all souls. . The general talisman is composed of talisman head, talisman talisman and talisman foot. Since ancient times, there have been many schools of thought, but each worships its ancestors, and the way of drawing talisman is naturally different, and the code of the talisman is also different.
