Why did Zhong Kui become a ghost catcher?

Zhong Kui is an exorcist in China folklore. According to folklore, he was from Zhong Nanshan in the early Tang Dynasty. He was born with a leopard head and leopard eyes, a tough face and an ugly face. However, he is a brilliant and knowledgeable romantic figure, always upright and not afraid of evil. When Emperor Xuanzong ascended the throne, he went to Chang 'an to take the exam. Zhong Kui wrote five articles "Waiting for a Banquet in Yingzhou", which was praised as a "wizard" by the examiner and was the first in Gong Shi. However, in the imperial examination, the traitor Qilu was repeatedly slandered for judging people by their appearances, thus losing the position of the top scholar. In a rage, Zhong Kui hit his head on the temple pillar and died, shaking with one hand and one hand. So Dezong named Zhong Kui as the "exorcist" and traveled all over the world to "exorcise evil spirits"; The official position of the champion was used for funeral. Legend has it that a child stole Yang Guifei's purple sachet and the jade emperor of Tang Dynasty in his sleep and ran around the temple. GREAT GHOST caught the child and ate him. GREAT GHOST is extremely ugly, wearing a tattered gauze hat, a blue robe, a horn belt and a pair of boots. He claimed to be the last scholar in Zhong Nanshan, and was killed at the steps because he failed in the imperial examination. He said to Tang, "I swear to your majesty to eliminate evil in the world." Tang Ming woke up and became ill. After his recovery, Wu Daozi, the painter of imperial edict, drew a picture of Zhong Kui catching ghosts according to his dream and reported it to the world to drive away evil spirits. With a stroke of Wu Daozi's pen, it turned out that Wu Daozi had the same dream, so he "seemed to see it" and did it overnight. People used to hang pictures of Zhong Kui on New Year's Eve, but now they also paint Zhong Kui on Dragon Boat Festival, either as gifts or by themselves. This change originated in the twenty-second year of Qianlong, because many people died of the plague. In desperation, Zhong Kui had to be invited out to catch ghosts, which became a custom year after year. Over the years, Zhong Kui, the exorcist, has been enduring for a long time. Mr. Qi Gong's "Zhong Kui Riding a Donkey" is humorous and full of sense of the times. Fang Cheng, a cartoonist, painted a portrait of Zhong Kui: Zhong Kui slept on the ground with his boots and hats neat, his hands sleeved in his robe and a stone as a pillow, and wrote a five-character poem: "Wake up in the morning in spring, and snore scares the birds. There are too many ghosts on earth, and Zhong Kui is exhausted. " This fable is extremely profound. Xu Zhou, a young Beijing painter, painted a picture album of Zhong Kui, and Monta gave me one. Zhong Kui in the photo album is very vivid and resonates with many founding fathers-"This is indispensable". It seems that modern people need Zhong Kui more.