What Is Most Mysterious Ghost Parade Like in Rural China? 🇨🇳 Life in China

[00:00:00]What is most mysterious ghost parade like in rural China?

[00:00:06]Hi, I'm Coobo. I live in Chandu Suchan in southwestern China.

[00:00:13]Many people know for its giant pandas and spicy hot pot.

[00:00:20]But it's also have many ancient traditions that are still alive today.

[00:00:26]So today I'm taking you to one of the most fascinating ones.

[00:00:32]Let's see what China's most mysterious ghost parade is really like.

[00:00:47]>> To see everything from the beginning, I arrived before sunrise.

[00:00:54]This is a traditional folk ritual from Suchan.

[00:00:59]>> The parade is being prepared at Chun Huang Temple.

[00:01:05]At 6:00 in the morning, the temple is already busy.

[00:01:18]>> [bell] >> People were putting on costumes, painting their faces, and getting ready for the parade.

[00:01:35]>> They are not performers. They are local villagers.

[00:01:47]They are almost all elderly people. Many have been taking part in this tradition for decades.

[00:02:08]Foreign speech. Foreign speech. Foreign speech.

[00:03:19]This villager is playing the role of an official from the underworld.

[00:03:47]This is a charge of the underworld.

[00:03:56]This is the chicken food spirit.

[00:04:00]A nest word serving under the hall of yama inside of the Chonguan temple where the king of hell precess over justice.

[00:04:25]It seems like a final look photo is a must once you are all dressed up.

[00:04:35]Villagers who are not join in the parade also get here.

[00:04:50]This place looks very old and has a lot of chapter.

[00:05:51]These two villagers are portraying ox hat and the horse face.

[00:06:31]Upon learning that the parade wouldn't start for a while, I went into the temple to rest a bit. Since the temperature was 37°, the temple prepared a traditional Chinese medicine soup for everyone to help relieve the heat.

[00:06:51]It's really, really bitter.

[00:07:33]I'm What are you doing?

[00:08:24]Hey, the text on the green banner is it means the boundary between the living and the dead.

[00:08:51]Behind the banner is Ender. Before it is the world of the living.

[00:09:04]The smoke signifies that the underworld is coming to the human world.

[00:09:11]This means driving away evil and protecting the villages peace and safety.

[00:09:22]The one wearing a smark is the chicken footed spirit. His hat made from ceremonia paper. His max made from real pig nons and the pig tongue and the chicken feathers tied around his leg.

[00:09:45]It looks frightening, but every detail has been passed down through generations.

[00:10:20]I'm pick them up.

[00:10:39]The street is filled with people.

[00:10:44]>> But for the local community, this isn't a performance.

[00:10:49]It's a tradition and a way of asking for peace and good fortune.

[00:11:08]But the most unforgettable part wasn't the costumes.

[00:11:13]It was the people. [music] Most of the participants were over 17 years old.

[00:11:36]The temperature reached 36°.

[00:11:41]So before the parade, everyone drank a bottle of herbal medicine to help with the heat.

[00:11:53]Year after year, they continue showing up. I just simply to keep this tradition alive.

[00:12:27]People often say traditional culture is disappearing.

[00:12:31]But today [music] I saw something different.

[00:12:40]The people keeping these traditions alive.

[00:12:44]anti museums or history books.

[00:12:51]They are ordinary villages.

[00:12:54]Maybe that's why traditions like this have lasted for more than 230 years.

[00:13:19]Since it's summer now, the water dragon dance is also performed.

[00:13:27]After the parade, I went to the village market.

[00:13:40]These are all vegetables grown by local villagers themselves.

[00:13:59]There are many people saving peanuts. It looks like peanuts season.

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[00:15:25]What do you mean?

[00:15:43]How can >> we go down?

[00:16:02]>> Can you light up?

[00:16:05]I'm not Some people say the gods live inside the temple, but after today, I think they also live in the people who continue showing up year after year.

[00:16:38]Thanks for coming with me. I will see you in the next video.