The Heibai Wuchang which are two chinese folk deities are in charge of catch and escorting the spirit of the dead people to the underworld. In folk legend, they were the officers and coworkers when they are alive. In one mission, they separated and went to different places for searching the criminals. They promised that they would meet under the bridge at the specific time. However, the white one who called "Eighth Lord" was late. The black one who called "Seventh Lord" want to keep their promise, so he didn't leave even though the river rose. Finally, he was drowned. Afterwards, the Eighth Lord felt embarrassed and guilty. He killed himself in the house, The deities' Emperor knew their story when they went to the underworld. Hence, he appointed them as the deities which are responsible for taking back the spirit of the dead people from the world.
Nowadays, people believe that they would reward the people who do the good things and punish the people who do the bad things. In addiction, people believe that they would take the bad spirit of the dead people to the underworld. Hence, people always pray to them during the ghost month. Also many temple will celebrate them by costuming as them and dancing.
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