Is it true to drive corpses out of Xiangxi?

Question 1: Is it true to drive corpses in Xiangxi? The most mysterious thing about corpse driving in Xiangxi is that it is a legendary magic that can drive corpses to walk. Corpse driving should be true. matter. In the mid-Qing Dynasty, this technology emerged to transport the bodies of Hunan immigrants who died in Sichuan back to their hometown. Corpse driving is a trade that takes place along hundreds of kilometers of mountain roads from eastern Sichuan to western Hunan. There are ships or roads for the journey before and after. However, in this section, the mountains are high, the forests are dense, wolves and tigers are infested, the ox cart carrying the coffin cannot move, and the boatman does not help, so we have no choice but to entrust it to the "corpse chasers". The deceased must first find the local "Corpse Exorcist Hotel", usually a small apricot-yellow flag with the three characters "Blessing Yuko" written on it. The person who drives the corpse will not admit this unpleasant name. You have to call him "sir". He thinks that he is a doctor of "Zhu Yuke" (ancient witch doctor specialist). The mourner negotiated the price with the "sir", delivered the silver and the body, and after explaining the location where the body would be picked up, he could board the boat and take the first step.

In the professional terminology of corpse chasers, there is no title of "dead corpse" or "dead man". The dead person is called "God of Joy" (a homophone of dead man). Each time the corpse chaser must have two corpses Otherwise, the corpses mentioned above would not be called driving, but would be called "carrying". Just find a bold person to carry the dead person back. When there were more than two corpses, in the evening, "Sir" began to practice the method. Set up an altar, light incense, burn paper, deal with the corpse in this way, and then set off. Every time he rang the bell and tightened the rope in his hand, the corpse team took a step forward - slowly. They all walked on inaccessible wilderness trails. "Sir" calculated the distance, and when it was almost dawn, they could always find a small hotel specially designed to serve the corpse hunters, and rest there. As for the dead people, there is also a place to park - these small hotels all have thick, black-painted wooden doors that open inward. Behind this door is where the body rests. There is a local custom of not allowing children to play behind the door, which probably stems from this incident.

"Why do dead people move?" This is probably the last mystery for readers. In fact, the mysterious corpse exorcists' mysterious day and night movements are probably to keep this secret. We know that people will stiffen immediately after death, which is called "rigor mortis". After forty-eight hours, the body will regain some softness, and then become stiff again. But at this time, large joints, such as hip joints, can still move in a small range (20 degrees) under the action of external forces. This is one of the physical conditions for the dead to walk. Line up the two corpses, straighten the forearms parallel to the ground, and then use long and thin bamboo poles to fix them with ropes along the arms. The two corpses will be connected into a three-dimensional shelf that will not tip over (this is Why two dead people). At this time, if you take a rope and connect it to the first corpse, and then pull it slightly with your hand on the other end, the corpse will start to walk with straight legs like a puppet on strings under the influence of external force. In fact, it is better to call it "drag" to make it clearer. From the edge of Sichuan to Xiangxi, the geographical conditions are downward sloping, and people usually walk on a downward slope. Potential energy is converted into kinetic energy, and the corpse rack can move more conveniently. These paths are carefully chosen by the corpse hunters. There are very few uphills. Even if there is an uphill that cannot be dragged, I have no choice but to carry it on my back one by one. This is the greatest secret of driving away corpses.

Question 2: Is the "corpse driving in western Hunan" really true? At the end of 1949, Meishan, Pengshan, Danling and Qingshen in Sichuan had just been liberated. At that time, I worked in the Minjiang River Water Transport Management Department in this area. Shortly after noon one day, I was walking on the road at the boundary of Pengshan. Then someone passed by me behind me, and I immediately noticed that he was walking in a weird way, with sticks poking at him, which was very unnatural. I couldn't help but stop and look back, and a soft voice sounded in my ears: "Screaming to death!" At this time, another pedestrian caught up with me. He saw the suspicious look on my face and deliberately woke me up. I suddenly realized it, so I looked more carefully: the "dead man" was wearing a long and big black robe with no sleeves, which was a bit bloated. His head seemed to be a little black and bulging. I don't know if it was a collar or something wrapped around it. It was a straw hat. Covered, the straw hat is slightly tilted back. His upper body was stiff, but he moved forward rhythmically step by step. There was another man in short clothes in front of the black robe, with a bamboo basket or something like that on his left wrist, and an old lamp in his hand, as if there was a little fire burning in front of him.

The way the man in short clothes walks is also strange: he always leans sideways, facing the black robe with a fairly half-face; his eyes are fixed on the black robe and behind him, and he tilts his head to look ahead from time to time. Everywhere he walked, a small piece of paper fell from his hand. I quickly thought that this was "paper money", the so-called "travel money" that is left along the way when carrying a coffin to a funeral. Driven by curiosity, I followed him for a long distance. When going uphill or downhill, on a bridge or under a bridge, the man in short clothes still calls out to the man in black robe; when turning or reversing, the man in black robe also listens to the voice of the man in short clothes. At that time, I thought: It is said to be "screaming people to death", but actually it is called "leading people to death", which is more realistic! This is a great adventure in my life. It's a pity that I was busy at the time and couldn't "follow" it to the end to find out what happened. However, as luck would have it, the next day I found out from an acquaintance the whereabouts of the men in black robes and short clothes, and my wish came true. It turned out that they left the hotel early yesterday evening. Anyone in the hotel industry who has encountered this guest will know their profession - they checked in very early, and they arrived before ordinary tourists came. The man in short clothes came to the counter and shouted: "The God of Joy is opening the shop!" When the boss looked at the black robe behind this man whose face was half covered by a straw hat, he couldn't help but be surprised and happy: he was surprised that he was a dead man, but he was happy that the income was more abundant than usual; besides, if the "God of Joy" came to visit, his luck would be great. of. So he immediately took them to a remote room. The man in short clothes brought the black robe in, placed it in the corner of the door, put the lantern on the table, then took out money to pay the boss standing outside the door, and asked him to prepare a sumptuous meal and buy some candles for the lantern; The rest is considered as shop account money, and the amount is quite considerable. For ordinary tourists, the boss only needs to prepare firewood and water quietly there, and does not care about making meals; but when it comes to this kind of tourists, he has to take care of it on his behalf. Before the meals were served, tea was served and a urine pail was brought because people in short clothes had to guard against going to the toilet. Two sets of utensils are required when bringing meals, one of which is used to honor the "God of Joy". The boss followed the request and sent it to the door, where a man in short clothes took him in. I will leave early the next morning and will no longer have contact with my boss. At that time, the area had just been liberated, and two *** soldiers were sent to the police station there. That day, a soldier went to the hotel to check the night, and the boss reported the truth. *** The soldier asked the boss to check the number. There was no answer at first when I knocked on the door. I knocked loudly and shouted, "Check the number and open the door." The only answer was "Screaming to death," but the door still didn't open. So he knocked loudly and shouted, "Here we come" from inside, but there was no movement. After going around like this for several minutes, the door was opened. The soldier stepped in and found the black robe in the corner of the door. He opened the straw hat and found that it was indeed a corpse. The man in short clothes reported his name and the name of the deceased, and said that he came from the north (probably Shaanxi and Henan). somewhere on the border). Under the light of the flashlight, the food on the table was all gone, the cups and plates were in a mess, and the two pairs of chopsticks were still wet. I looked everywhere, but found nothing. The soldier came out after checking his number and asked the boss in detail. The boss said that this was the first time for him to receive this guest. Fortunately, he had heard about it from his ancestors and colleagues before, so he knew that they would rest early and leave early so as not to disturb others. The soldier went back and pondered for a long time, and felt that there was a lot in it; first of all, a dead man would never walk, let alone such a far distance! Secondly, what is the explanation for the two pairs of chopsticks that were just used? Do dead people still eat? joke! He immediately made an appointment with another soldier and hurried back to the hotel to conduct a secret inspection. The night became quieter and snoring broke out. There was no sound in that room, not even the sound of sleepiness. It was probably because after checking the number, I was so shocked that I couldn't sleep. Not far from dawn, the guest opened the door and came out silently. At this time, the boss has already started... >>

Question 3: Is it true to drive away corpses in Xiangxi? Are there really zombies in the world? I heard that they are not the ones seen on TV. They had to be transported in ancient times. It is underdeveloped, and people are prone to decay after death. You have to rush to transport the body. Otherwise, it will be transported home too late and it will be unrecognizable. You will not know who is with whom~~~ So driving the body is to transport the body in a hurry. ! ! ! Don’t be misled by TV, TV is not necessarily true! ! !

Question 4: Does the extermination of corpses in Xiangxi really exist? The principle of exorcism of corpses in Xiangxi is "three drives and three don't"

The principle of exorcism: "three drives and three don't". There are many versions of the literature and related folk sayings that record "three rushes and three no rushes", with different contents.

Summarizing other people's records and combining it with our field interviews, the general meaning is as follows:

The "three drives" are -

First, those who were executed by the government can be driven away. Including those who were beheaded, those who were hanged, and those who stood in cages. The reason is that many of them were persecuted to death by the government. They died unconvinced and with injustice. In this way, they miss their hometown and relatives especially, and they should use magic to bring their souls back. Generally, the day before I was to be executed, the relatives of the death row inmate and the kind-hearted people from his hometown would pool some money to buy some items for the old man he invited. On the day of execution, Lao Si and his helpers had to wait outside the execution ground. At three quarters of noon, the sword and ax were raised and dropped, and the heads of the condemned prisoners fell to the ground. After the government supervisor and executioners left the execution ground, the old man in red performed the rituals and recited incantations, while his assistants helped sew up the head of the beheaded guest death row prisoner. Some bribed the supervisor and executioner to not completely cut off the head, but to keep a little bit of flesh attached to prevent it from becoming a decapitated ghost. Then, they placed talismans around the body and burned paper money to pray to the gods for release. Through a series of spells, they drove the dead people to climb mountains and ridges, even boarded boats and crossed water, and walked back to their hometown step by step.

Second, those who die in war can be expelled. Throughout the dynasties, there have been particularly many wars in Xiangxi, so it is known as the "war nest". The local wars are partly due to its special strategic location, and more to the intricate ethnic relations. Therefore, whether it is between the court and the local area, between large and small warlords, between tribes and tribes, or between villages, war is not a matter of one person, but a matter of all adult men in western Hunan. Responsibility has almost become a required course in their lives. All wars, big or small, are related to the peace of one party, or at least to the honor of a family. Therefore, Xiangxi pays special attention to the growth of men. When a boy reaches adulthood at the age of 18, the tribal village and family will hold a grand adult baptism ceremony for him. Before the ceremony, the man's father will ask the priest or elder of the tribal village to choose an auspicious day and preside over the ceremony. On this day, the tribal villages will be as lively as the New Year. Men, women, the elderly and children will gather in the square in front of the village to watch the man's adult baptism. The rite of baptism is complex. First of all, three animal offerings and ancestral shrines must be placed. Under the guidance of priests or elders, men first pray to the gods of heaven and earth. After paying respect to the ancestors and thanking the parents, various kung fu tests began. These contents mainly include running, carrying weights, wielding swords and swords, crossing fire pits, climbing knife ladders, etc. More developed villages also need to undergo corresponding etiquette and writing tests. All of this is a necessary test for the future survival of the tribe and family. When all these are passed, the priest will declare the man to be an adult and can participate in all activities with the adult men of the Zhaili tribe. Therefore, regardless of their age, as long as they unfortunately die somewhere in battle, their families and relatives will try to "drive" them back to their hometown. Moreover, the tribes and villages will treat such fallen soldiers with high courtesy and bury them grandly, and their relatives will also enjoy high honors.

Third, those who die accidentally while working outside can be rushed. Xiangxi has little land and little land, and lives in extreme poverty. When men reach adulthood, many of them go out to explore the world through various channels. Some leave their wives and go out after only three days of marriage. They left their hometowns with a lot of painstaking efforts in order to have a good future. The simplest thing is to find a few small coins so that they can go back to support their families and make a living for their wives and children. As a result, due to various reasons, some of them not only failed to make a fortune, but even lost their lives. For such a person, family members, relatives and friends endure their grief and try their best to scrape together some money so that his body can be returned to his hometown.

The "Three Don'ts" are -

First, people who die of unknown illnesses cannot be rushed. Western Hunan and some surrounding areas have high mountains and dense forests, and the miasma is very serious. Some young and strong people died of unknown illnesses; people are very afraid. Because at that time, the local medical conditions were very poor, and the causes of many diseases could not be detected, let alone treated. If he died from a general emergency, there would be no big problem. It is dangerous if you are infected with a contagious disease. A plague may break out in one or several villages, affecting innocent villagers.

At the same time, in order to protect themselves, the villages in western Hunan will not allow corpses that died of illness for no reason to cross the border, let alone... >>

Question 5: Is it true that corpses are expelled in western Hunan? Has anyone seen it? Pass? It's true, but it's not witchcraft or anything like that. There are three conditions for a corpse chaser: bold, strong physical strength, and ugly appearance. There is a method of driving corpses. From a distance, it seems to others that the corpses are jumping around like zombies. In fact, this is not the case. The corpse driving team usually consists of a master and an apprentice. One is at the front of the corpse team, and the other is at the end. People passed two long bamboo poles through the armpits of all the corpses, and tied the arms of the corpses to the bamboo poles with ropes. Then the people in front beat the gong to clear the way, preventing the corpses of animal monsters and keeping the living people away. , and the bamboo pole is tough, so it is not difficult to understand that the corpse "jumps". This is the most commonly used method of "carrying" the corpse. There is also corpse-carrying, which is to cut off the head and limbs of the deceased, then make a straw body and piece the corpse together, so that the weight becomes lighter. The corpse is carried on the body, and then the corpse is covered with a cloak, a coat, etc. Get up and walk to the deceased's hometown. The advantages of this are: first, the body becomes lighter; when carrying the corpse, you need to do embalming first, and there is no need to do embalming after discarding the body. Maybe you will ask the family of the deceased how they would react after seeing the body cut into pieces. The corpse chaser would say: "Please stay away first. You are too yang-y and you don't know magic. If you get too close to the deceased now, his soul will fly away." For this kind of words, you must know that people at that time were very superstitious. Of course they would believe. Then the corpse collector tidied the corpse's clothes so that the straw would not show any flaws. Then the family cried bitterly and asked the corpse collector to help bury the body. The secret of the straw is buried in the soil. As for the three conditions for corpse chasers, "boldness" is easy to understand, and "good physical strength" is not difficult to understand. They have to carry corpses when traveling from one province or city to another. As for the ugliness, it is to prevent the exorcists from getting married and having children and spreading the secret.

Question 6: Is the exorcism of corpses in western Hunan real? What exactly is going on in Xiangxi? There is no definite evidence that it is true. This has no credibility. China is a country of superstition, not faith. Hear me There is no need to study in depth as long as it is simple. At least for sure now

Question 7: Is there really Maoshan Technique in this world? Did the extermination of corpses in Xiangxi exist in the past? 10 points I am from Xiangxi, and there is still a corpse exorcist in the whole of Xiangxi. I didn't believe it at first, but he could chop a bamboo and practice a spell to make the bamboo fly into the air. This thing really exists if you believe it, and if you don’t believe it, it doesn’t exist.

Question 8: What is the truth behind the extermination of corpses in western Hunan? What is corpse driving?

In China, as early as the Late Paleolithic Age (about 10,000 years ago), people have already had the concept of "burying themselves in peace". To this day, burial is still the most common funeral method in our country. However, for those who have died in a foreign land, "returning fallen leaves to their roots" may be just a luxury hope. However, in Hunan, it is said that there is a special way to realize this extravagant wish - this is "corpse driving", a legendary magic that can drive corpses to walk.

[Edit this paragraph]The origin of corpse driving

Speaking of the origin of corpse driving, folk books record: According to legend, thousands of years ago, the ancestor of the Miao people, Apu (Miao language) : Father-in-law) Chi You led his troops to fight against the enemy by the Yellow River, until corpses lay everywhere and blood flowed into the river. After the battle, they were about to retreat to the rear. After the soldiers carried away all the wounded soldiers, Apu Chiyou said to the Apu military advisor beside him: "We can't leave the brothers who died here in battle. You can use some magic to make these good brothers How about returning home?" Military Advisor Apu said, "Okay. You and I will change our costumes. You will lead the way with the 'talisman' and I will supervise from behind."

So Military Advisor Apu dressed up as Apu. Pu Chiyu stood among the corpses of his brothers who died in battle. After silently reciting mantras and praying to the gods, he shouted loudly to the corpses: "Brothers who died in the battle, this is no place for you to rest and die. You died in vain." It's really sad. My parents are looking forward to your return to my hometown. Please don't worry about me. Just like the law, get up!" All the corpses that were lying on the ground suddenly stood up and followed him. Pu Chiyou walked southward in an orderly manner behind the "talisman" held high. The enemy's pursuers are coming, and Apu Chiyou and Apu's military advisor work together to attract the "Five Great Fog" and trap the enemy in the enchantment formation...

Because it was the magic of "Si" (implementation, operation intention) used by Military Advisor Apu that allowed everyone to escape from danger, everyone called him "Lao Si" from then on; and because the magic that Lao Si Apu finally used to defend against the enemy was actually the "Mist Technique". ", and "fog" had too many strokes and was difficult to write, so it was rewritten into the word "witch" instead. In fact, this witch character is also a hieroglyph: the upper horizontal line represents the sky or fog, the lower horizontal line represents the earth, and the vertical line in the middle represents "talisman"; there is a human character on each side of the vertical line, and the one on the right represents a Puchiyou, the one on the left represents Apu Laosi, which means that two people must unite to perform witchcraft.

Revealing the ancient custom of killing corpses in western Hunan

According to people from the four counties of Yuanling, Luxi, Chenxi and Xupu in western Hunan who have the strange custom of driving corpses, people from four counties in western Hunan say: driving corpses is not allowed. Human beings can see that corpse exorcism takes place during the day and at night. Who dares to go out in the middle of the night to look at the walking dead? However, according to the people who run hotels in the four counties, the dead are not carried on people's backs, but the dead themselves jump like sparrows. Because the ones who drive the corpses have to stay in hotels, they know better that there are indeed only three or five corpses. Only one person can drive away the corpse.

According to the unanimous statement of the locals: the person who drove away the corpses was a mage wearing a Taoist robe. No matter how many corpses there were, he would drive them away alone.

In terms of its actual form, it is better to say "drive" the corpse than "lead" because the mage is not behind the corpse, but leading the way in front of the corpse. He beats the gong as he walks to avoid the night walkers and dogs. People lock up dogs. When there are more than one corpse, they are connected with straw ropes, one every six or seven feet.

When walking at night, the corpses all wore tall felt hats, with several pieces of yellow paper with talismans drawn on their foreheads hanging down on their faces. The hotel, which is engaged in the business of removing corpses, keeps its door open all year round, not only during the day but also at night. It has two purposes:

Behind the two gates is the resting place of the corpses. If you arrive before dawn and leave after dark, the corpses will stand against the wall behind the doors. When the weather is bad and you cannot leave, you may Stay for several days and nights.

No one moves the door of this kind of hotel except the passing corpse exorcist. Due to the fear of corpses, the door behind this door has become an extremely mysterious and terrifying restricted area. No one in the hotel looked around. Even though they knew there were no bodies there, no one wanted to look behind the mysterious door.

The corpses come and go after nightfall and before dawn. In fact, they are both at night. In order to facilitate the entrance and exit of the corpse, there is no need to close the door. Closing the door only prevents theft. This kind of hotel will not encounter theft, and thieves will not dare to patronize it. Even if they dare to steal, they will not steal anything.

It is said that the reason why corpses can jump is because of the yellow paper talismans on their faces. So when they stop somewhere, the mage will immediately remove the paper talismans on their faces, otherwise they will jump out on their own. .

During the Anti-Japanese War, under the eaves of a house in Datong Street, Chongqing, there was a note on the door frame, which said: "Agent to transport corpses back to Hunan"

I've heard of it The person who "drove out corpses" knew that he was expelling corpses after reading the note... >>

Question 9: Is the exorcism of corpses in Xiangxi a real thing? ? Can dead people really still walk? Yes, but it gradually disappeared after liberation. In fact, I have read a lot of relevant information, and it is not that mysterious. First of all, there must be two people driving the corpses, and there must be 2 to 3 or more corpses. The corpse driving people work in tandem, with the one in front leading the way and the one behind driving the corpses away. The scientific explanation is that it is best to use two long bamboo poles placed in the arms on both sides of the corpse to fix it. We say that the corpse will not move, but in fact it is the exorcists who pull and push it back and forth.

Question 10: Why is there such a thing as exorcism in Xiangxi? It has something to do with local customs and geographical environment.

First of all, we here used to attach great importance to burial, and even now, we pay great attention to the deceased. After a person dies, he must be laid to rest and not cremated. And they all pay attention to being buried in their hometown.

Furthermore, there are many mountains in western Hunan, and there are no roads or even big roads. People who want to return to their hometown can only rely on their backs.

Finally, the bandits in western Hunan became famous. From Qi Jiguang's subordinates in the Ming Dynasty to the later Hunan Army. There are people from Xiangxi, Hunan. This inevitably increases the number of people dying in foreign lands.

These factors will lead to the birth of the Mummy Sect.