Japanese fortune-telling fox _ Who is the Japanese fortune-telling fox?

In Japanese folktales, the fox is one of the common monsters. As early as the ninth century BC, the legend of the fox demon was recorded in the Japanese paranormal. It is said that a man met a beautiful woman in the wilderness, married her, and gave birth to a child in Daye County (present-day Gifu County) of MINO County. I didn't expect his wife to be a fox. One day, after showing his true colors, he barked like a dog and returned to the wilderness. The husband still called out to the fox and said, "Please don't forget me!" " ! The child still needs your care, come back to sleep quickly! "The last sentence" hurry back to sleep! In the local dialect, it is pronounced kitune, which is similar to the pronunciation of fox in Japanese. It is said that the Japanese pronunciation of the Chinese character "fox" comes from this. The Japanese think that if they put on new sandals when the sun goes down, they will become foxes. This superstition is widely circulated all over Japan. Therefore, whether it is slippers or leather shoes, if you want to wear new shoes, you must choose in the morning and you can't wear new shoes at night. If you have to wear them, remember to coat the soles with 10% coal ash or ink until they are dry. In addition, the Mi Lian shrine dedicated to the fox spirit is quite popular all over Japan, so the fox spirit is also called Mi Lian God, and is regarded as a god who prays for prosperous business (good luck). Just like our land temple here, it can be seen everywhere. Originally, the fox fairy had the characteristics of a god of agriculture, and farmers always prayed for a bumper harvest of grain. Among them, the most famous is the Inada Literature Society in Kyoto, which is the base camp of the Japanese Inada Shrine. In addition to the lovely fox statues, there are thousands of the most distinctive torii. The horse painting here (a small wooden board for wishing, with words of blessing written on it, is hung on a special frame for horse painting to achieve the wish) is a lovely fox shape. You can also draw a beard for it and pray for the fox spirit to fulfill your wish. In addition, there is a kind of bean skin sushi in Japanese cuisine, which tastes sour and sweet. It may be made of vinegar and sugar. It's called Daohe Sushi. Why is it called "Daohe Sushi"? Because it is said that foxes like to eat tofu skin, in the name of Milian, it is said that eating Milian sushi will bring good luck and spread like wildfire. In the famous fox Tamamo no Mae's Romance of the Gods, da ji was transformed by a fox from Kyubi no Youko, and there is a legend of a fox from Kyubi no Youko. Tamamo no Mae, a talented woman who was favored by the emperor's bird feathers, was charming and captured the essence of the emperor, making her ill in bed. Later, Yin and Yang teacher Abe Taicheng saw that she was a thousand-year-old fox in Tianzhu and subdued her with a trick. As a result, the fox's resentment turned into a killing stone, and everyone who accidentally met would die. Only when monks recite scriptures can a fox become a Buddha. The story that the fox still turned into a monster after death became a bridge often quoted by legendary novelists later.