The translation for "" in English is "flower demon".

Author: Ye Zhaoyan
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Publish Date: 2001-08-01
Features: A legendary story vividly depicts the clash of Eastern and Western cultures, filled with humor and thought-provoking insights. "Hua Sha" is an ominous ghost who loves to play tricks on newlyweds. Legend has it that a bride once committed suicide in her bridal sedan chair with scissors, turning into a Hua Sha deity. Writer Ye Zhaoyan gives the novel its name, "Hua Sha," with profound meaning. It portrays a historic day when many Westerners with blue eyes and blonde hair arrived in Mei City. Some citizens quickly secretly converted to the faith, rumored to have been bewitched by the foreigners' "hypnotic wine." This led to the "Mei City Incident," a widely known incident of burning churches and killing foreigners. The incident's leader, Hu Da Shao, was sentenced to death but became a hero in people's hearts. To ensure the hero had an heir, a woman known for making men in the entire street fall into debauchery went to the prison to "impregnate" him, giving birth to a son named Hu Tian. Twenty years later, Hu Tian became a bandit leader, while the other son, Hu Di, became a local landowner and bully. Together, the Hu brothers plunged Mei City into chaos for half a century.