How cruel is the crock tomb?

As one of the four ancient civilizations, China has a history of 5,000 years. In the long history, we have also formed many customs and habits, such as eating jiaozi on New Year's Day, dragon boat racing on Dragon Boat Festival, eating zongzi and eating moon cakes on Mid-Autumn Festival. These customs have been passed down for thousands of years, but with the passage of time and the development of social civilization, some customs have gradually withdrawn from our lives. For example, there was a very cruel folk custom in ancient China-"earthen pot grave". Today, let's take a look at how cruel this crock grave is!

Speaking of "earthenware tomb", as the name implies, it is to build a earthenware tomb, but a vent will be left temporarily. When the old man reaches the age of 60, he will be sent to this earthen pot grave, and he will not be in a hurry to seal the grave after being sent in. After the elderly move in, their children will also send them three meals a day, but every meal means that the elderly are one step closer to death. Why? It turns out that when the old man eats a meal, he will build a brick in the vent. When he eats more and more, there will be more and more bricks. This vent will be blocked slowly, and the old man will die quietly in the hole.

Many people call it cruelty after understanding it, so why is there such a custom? This is because at that time, China's productivity was backward, many families didn't have enough to eat, and the elderly over 60 had lost their ability to work, so it would be more difficult for their families to save some rations for them. What society needs is a young labor force. Old people who lose their ability to work will be sent to graves, and even some healthy old people will be worse than death.

Of course, the authenticity of the "earthen pot tomb" needs further investigation and certification by relevant personnel, because in the Spring and Autumn Period, those elderly people over 60 still lived safely in this world. There is also a legend about the "pottery tomb". It is said that a very ferocious monster appeared on the earth at that time, eating everything! As a result, crops were destroyed, many livestock were eaten, and some people could not escape bad luck, becoming a monster's dish.

Just then, an old man who was about to be sealed in the earthen pot grave told everyone how to defeat the monster. Although they were puzzled, there was no other way, so they tried to attack the monster with the old man's method, and finally the monster was killed. People saw the value of old people in this matter, so this cruel custom was abolished. The old man can finally spend the last moment of his life safely.

If such a custom really exists, it would be terrible. The so-called earthen pot grave is actually burying your parents with your own hands. It's really inhuman for people who raise themselves to do such a thing. Our parents gave us life and raised us. They are old, and we should be filial to them. This is what we should do!