Mr. 7 (Qi Ye) & Mr. 8 (Ba Ye).
I took this photo in front of a temple while they happened to have a festival of the main god.
Qi Ye is the guy in back who have very long eyebrow and tongue, and Ba Ye is the guy who is in front of Qi Ye who has balck face and is much shorter than Qi Ye.
Qi Ye in Chinese means Mr. 7 and Ba Ye means Mr. 8. They are responsible for the human life as death messengers.
Most of the gods in Taoist system were human beings or other creatures in the world.
The story of Qi Ye and Ba Ye was interesting one.
Qi Ye and Ba Ye were very good friends when they were alive. They used to meet up for a tea together everyday under a bridge regularly. Qi Ye lived further than Ba Ye from the bridge even though he had longer legs than Ba Ye, it took longer for him to walk to the bridge.
One sunny day, Ba Ye as usual arrived early. When he was waiting for Qi Ye, the weather had changed. It started raining heavily. At the same time, Qi Ye was on the way to the bridge but he thought he's better return to take umbrellas for himself and Ba Ye. The rain had been pouring more and more and the river flowed. Ba Ye would not dare to move in case the Qi Ye could not find him when he arrived. He was drowned.
When Qi Ye finally got the umbrella and went to the bridge where they supposed to meet, the rain has stopped and the Ba Ye was gone. Qi Ye knew Ba Ye very well and knew that he would rather die than fail to keep the appointment. He was so regretful that he jumped into the river immediately, but Qi Ye was too tall that the water was not deep enough to drown him. He hung himself under a tree instead. Because Ba Ye was drowned his face turned into black, and Qi Ye hung himself so his tounge was sticked out from his mouth.
The lord of hell was deeply moved by the way that how Qi Ye and Ba Ye kept promise. He reported the event to the king of the heaven, so the king of the heaven named Qi Ye and Ba Ye the position of death messengers.
Don't you think this story is a bit gay? Well, you'd better not because they are death messengers. You might be in trouble if they are not out.
posted by DJH at 2:47 PM
5 Comments:
It seems that the digital camera makes you very actice. : )
Hello my dear sister,
How's everything going?
What is actice? I could not find it in my Dr. Eye. Do you mean "active"?
I still can not log on your blog. Please give it to me again. Did you get my E-mail about you ask me how the Chinese characters "thunder" and "lightening" were made?
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hey hey, "dear sister"??!! wow! it is not you, is it?! worried if you are still yourself... ; )
urg....actually that's a typo for "active"... sorry...
I didn't get your reply concerning "thunder" and "electricity". I was writing a blog entry about traditional and simplied chinese then. would you like to send it to me again? to my hinet account please.
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Why are you Machan now?
Is that how the Japanese boyfriend call you?
"Ma" "Chan"? In Japanese Chan as a sweet title for lovers or close friends, but why you are "Ma"?
I don't get it. Machan sounds like the game.
Thanks for the bolg link.
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