THE FILIAL SON
AUGUST, THE MONTH OF THE HUNGRY GHOST.
August, in the Chinese Luna calendar, it is the seventh month. This is the month when the gates of Hell are opened for the hungry ghosts.
These ghosts are the ones who died tragically or not remembered by loved ones. They roam the earth for 30 days, some say they look for victims to replace them, some say they are back for vengeances , some say they are back to teach their love ones to atone for their bad ways.
My grand aunt who was born in China and later went to Hong Kong then Malaysia to live used to tell us many many ghost stories. Some really frighten us so much that we had to sleep with the lights on.
Some we wonder till today if they were real happenings! Read on and judge for yourselves.
My grand aunt was said to be born with ‘yum yong eyes’ eyes that can see ‘the other side’ the ghosts!
During this month, just as the sun is setting she said she can see on the streets in china town strange sights. Many times she saw children, old and young ghosts walking around the food stalls. Some were even licking the sausages and wax ducks hanging in the shops.
Some were sitting on empty chairs and licking half eaten food left by people. Some were moaning and groaning walking along dark long walls or under long bridges.
Her advice during this month is long and many.
Don’t go out late at night, be back before midnight.
Don’t leave chairs empty, this will only invite unwanted guests, put something on them before you go to bed.
When you walk, try not to walk too close to walls, or dark corners, ‘they’ like to gather there.
If you hear your name being called, never answer if you don’t see any one. The ghosts are out looking for victims.
With all her many rules, it was wiser to stay indoors for 30 days!
This is one of her true stories. She said this really happened to her dear friend.
THE FILIAL SON.
The filial son lived with his mother in a village in China. When he got married, his mother, his wife moved to an apartment in HongKong. Everything in the apartment was small, the bedrooms, lounge, the bathroom, and the kitchen.
When they had dinner, the wife would tell her mother in law to eat in the kitchen by herself, because she said she was messy and slow.
She soon became a sad and lonely woman, and she died of loneliness. The filial son had a son too.
When his son was 5 years old, a week before August, he heard weeping in the kitchen at night. Going in to investigate, he couldn’t find any thing or anyone. This went on for 3 nights and he told his wife about it.
The next night he had a dream, in the dream, his mother came to him weeping, ‘you were filial before you married, but you disown me when you married, you made me sit alone to eat in the kitchen, down here, I’m mocked and laughed at. I cannot carry up my head, I’m ashamed’ the weeping went on till he woke up in a sweat.
The next night, during dinner, he took his food and set another place for his mother and ate in the kitchen. His son seeing this asked him why, he replied, ‘I was wrong to treat my mother badly while she was alive, now I want to correct the wrong I’ve done her. I’ll eat in the kitchen with her for this month.’
His son said, ‘father, I’ll join you too, I’ll eat with my grandmother, come mother, you come too’. His wife joined them, because she knew it was also her fault.
So the happy family ate in the kitchen for a month with the set place for his mother.
On the last day of the month, his mother in a dream told him, ‘you are a filial son and you have a filial son, I am at peace now and wish you all the peace and happiness you deserve’.
Copyright©byMayFam2005.
August, in the Chinese Luna calendar, it is the seventh month. This is the month when the gates of Hell are opened for the hungry ghosts.
These ghosts are the ones who died tragically or not remembered by loved ones. They roam the earth for 30 days, some say they look for victims to replace them, some say they are back for vengeances , some say they are back to teach their love ones to atone for their bad ways.
My grand aunt who was born in China and later went to Hong Kong then Malaysia to live used to tell us many many ghost stories. Some really frighten us so much that we had to sleep with the lights on.
Some we wonder till today if they were real happenings! Read on and judge for yourselves.
My grand aunt was said to be born with ‘yum yong eyes’ eyes that can see ‘the other side’ the ghosts!
During this month, just as the sun is setting she said she can see on the streets in china town strange sights. Many times she saw children, old and young ghosts walking around the food stalls. Some were even licking the sausages and wax ducks hanging in the shops.
Some were sitting on empty chairs and licking half eaten food left by people. Some were moaning and groaning walking along dark long walls or under long bridges.
Her advice during this month is long and many.
Don’t go out late at night, be back before midnight.
Don’t leave chairs empty, this will only invite unwanted guests, put something on them before you go to bed.
When you walk, try not to walk too close to walls, or dark corners, ‘they’ like to gather there.
If you hear your name being called, never answer if you don’t see any one. The ghosts are out looking for victims.
With all her many rules, it was wiser to stay indoors for 30 days!
This is one of her true stories. She said this really happened to her dear friend.
THE FILIAL SON.
The filial son lived with his mother in a village in China. When he got married, his mother, his wife moved to an apartment in HongKong. Everything in the apartment was small, the bedrooms, lounge, the bathroom, and the kitchen.
When they had dinner, the wife would tell her mother in law to eat in the kitchen by herself, because she said she was messy and slow.
She soon became a sad and lonely woman, and she died of loneliness. The filial son had a son too.
When his son was 5 years old, a week before August, he heard weeping in the kitchen at night. Going in to investigate, he couldn’t find any thing or anyone. This went on for 3 nights and he told his wife about it.
The next night he had a dream, in the dream, his mother came to him weeping, ‘you were filial before you married, but you disown me when you married, you made me sit alone to eat in the kitchen, down here, I’m mocked and laughed at. I cannot carry up my head, I’m ashamed’ the weeping went on till he woke up in a sweat.
The next night, during dinner, he took his food and set another place for his mother and ate in the kitchen. His son seeing this asked him why, he replied, ‘I was wrong to treat my mother badly while she was alive, now I want to correct the wrong I’ve done her. I’ll eat in the kitchen with her for this month.’
His son said, ‘father, I’ll join you too, I’ll eat with my grandmother, come mother, you come too’. His wife joined them, because she knew it was also her fault.
So the happy family ate in the kitchen for a month with the set place for his mother.
On the last day of the month, his mother in a dream told him, ‘you are a filial son and you have a filial son, I am at peace now and wish you all the peace and happiness you deserve’.
Copyright©byMayFam2005.
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