It is said that Han Ba was originally Tian Nu Ba, the daughter of the Huang Di (the Yellow Emperor). After helping her father defeat Chi You, her divine power was exhausted, and no rain fell where she lived, so she was called Han Ba.
Legend said, in an ancient village in China, the sky hadn’t dropped a single drop of rain for months. The fields cracked, and the crops wilted. The villagers were worried and talked about whether a Han Ba had appeared.
The villagers recalled that a young man in the village had died the previous year, and his body had not decomposed. The area around his grave was always unusually dry. They speculated that the young man’s body might have turned into a Han Ba.
To bring rain, the villagers decided to dig up the grave, expose and burn the body. This was the custom of ”killing Han Ba.” With trembling hearts, they dug up the grave and indeed found that the body had not decomposed and had even grown green hair.
The villagers burned the body according to tradition, and soon afterward, dark clouds gathered, and heavy rain poured down, nourishing the thirsty earth. The villagers cheered and thanked the heavens for finally bringing rain.
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