【Historical Live Broadcast】Watching videos and being seen by our ancestors

【Let those bones, don’t forget to go home】

[See the clip of "Xiangxi corpse-driving" going viral online]

[I just found out that the custom of carrying corpses in Xiangxi really exists]

[Also, it is not as mysterious and scary as we imagined]

【In the late Qing Dynasty】

[When the Eight-Nation Alliance invaded China]

[The Qing government was vulnerable due to its corruption and incompetence]

[General Luo Rongguang, at the age of 67, led 3000 brave soldiers and led by example]

[Defend Dagu Fort to the Death]

[They shouted on the battlefield:]

【People are in Dagu! 】

[Later, due to the huge disparity in military strength between the two sides]

[At the time, they were almost out of ammunition and food, and had no choice but to die heroically]

[However, the Chinese have had the custom of returning to their hometowns since ancient times]

[People in Xiangxi are no exception]

[They are all Chinese people, and they love their land and their families equally]

[So there are countless local young people who take the initiative to bring those heroes who died in foreign lands back home]

[Due to the rugged mountain roads in Xiangxi]

[Thus, the special profession of corpse driver was born]

[They fixed the bamboo under the armpits of the corpse]

[Then each person lifts up the bamboo pole]

[In this way, they brought generations of heroic souls back to their hometown]

If you say

[This is a horrible feudal custom]

【It is better to say】

[This is the endless longing of the people of Xiangxi for their families]

"The ghost you are afraid of is a relative that others miss day and night. Use your eyes to take a good look at his appearance for me so that I can compare it with the first time I met him."

"Thinking of Lianhua dragging Nezha's body and reading Nezha's message as she walked, it shocked me as much as Nezha's mother. As long as there is one person in the world who cares about you, you will want to see him/her even if he/she is thousands of miles away."

"I have always found corpses scary, but when I think that the corpses I am driving are those of our country's martyrs, I am not afraid at all."

"Hetu's "Lingding Ballad" is about corpse-driving in western Hunan. The opening line the blogger mentioned is a line from the lyrics."

"Chinese horror and Chinese romance have always been inseparable. Another purpose of the corpse-driving form is to prevent passing robbers from disturbing the peace of the dead."

"I've seen a person from Xiangxi say that before driving the corpses, they would say "Fellow villagers, we are going home." Then they would dance to the slogans as if they had no consciousness.

(Actually it wasn’t jumping, it was the people in front and behind who lifted them up so it looked like jumping from a distance, but after shouting slogans, they could be lifted up. Otherwise, how could two people lift four or five people over mountains and hills?)

He also said that the family members should not cry before reaching the village entrance.

As soon as he cried, all the corpses fell down.

I couldn’t lift it anymore, because I knew I was home [bitter][bitter][bitter]”

"I don't think it's scary at all that fallen leaves return to their roots. Is it wrong for people who died outside to want to go back?"

“Everyone can come and see more of us, and learn more about us. Come to our village. Maybe the famous scenic spots are more lively, but what you feel when you come to the village is the real folk customs.

Many TV dramas talk about bandits in Xiangxi, but in fact, as long as they have enough food and clothing, no one would be willing to become a bad guy with a bad reputation and risk being killed to become a bandit.

There is a book saying that the Miao people love beauty and wear silver jewelry on their heads and bodies. In fact, it is not true. Our ancestors had a hard life and experienced many wars. They had to move constantly to avoid the wars.

We wear silver jewelry on our heads, which makes it more convenient to escape into the mountains with our luggage. Of course, most of these people are women. Men protect their families in the front, while women guard the survival and reproduction of the family in the back.

(I am a Miao, of course I am not sure what I said is correct, you can correct me, and welcome everyone to come to Xiangxi [laugh][laugh])

"Everyone is making fun of the corpse-driving in Xiangxi and the poison-releasing in the Miao ethnic group, but as a Hunanese and Miao person, I was really moved after watching the related movies [cry] It's Mid-Autumn Festival, and our ancestors are going home to celebrate the festival [cry]"

Ancestors from earlier dynasties: corpse-carrying in Xiangxi?

Originally they were quite interested in this topic, thinking it was some strange story novel written in later times, but they did not expect it to be a tragic event that happened in a later dynasty.

The war was lost, the warriors died heroically, and their bones died in a foreign land...

Alas, war has been so cruel since ancient times.

But fortunately, there is a group of kind-hearted corpse-carriers in western Hunan who transport their remains back to their hometown so that their parents can see their children and bring them back to their roots, instead of wandering around outside as lonely ghosts.

Some families whose able-bodied men had been drafted into the army and had not returned for a long time could not help but burst into tears after hearing this.

My two sons may have died in the war. They have loved the apricot tree at home since they were young. When they die and become ghosts, will they be able to find apricots as delicious as the ones at home?

Could it be that the two ghosts were bullied by a group of ghosts outside? They have been timid since childhood and don’t say a word even when they are bullied.

It would be great if we had corpse chasers here too. I would be satisfied even if I only saw their incomplete remains.

By then we can settle them down well, under their favorite apricot tree, so that they can eat ripe apricots every year.

His father and I stayed at home together to protect the two of them. The ghosts outside didn't dare to come and bully them, so we just chased them away with carrying poles.

During the Qing Dynasty.

Those in power finally heard Tianmu talk about the affairs of their dynasty and suddenly became very focused.

I want to hear how Tianmu praises them for being emperors with fear and trepidation all day long, and for doing a great job in allowing the people to live in peace and prosperity.

It was just the right time to spread their reputation as diligent and patriotic rulers to the people and to enhance their own majesty as emperors.

After all, compared with the Ming Dynasty emperors who had been in chaos for decades, they really felt that they were extremely good emperors and could be called wise rulers.

Unexpectedly, Tianmu's words that the Qing government was corrupt and incompetent and vulnerable instantly made them lose their sight.

Although Tianmu did not mention them explicitly, but was referring to the Qing government, during the Qing Dynasty, when the imperial power was at its peak, didn’t the Qing government completely represent the emperor’s will?

If this isn't a slap in his face, what is it?!

After hearing the insults at the beginning and some of the words that came later, they were in no mood to read on.

Slander, slander, this is blatant slander!

What the hell is Tianmu? It’s just nonsense and it’s causing chaos among the people.

I think it is a demon who wants to destroy the destiny of the Qing Dynasty. It is a demon who is used to deceive and deliberately incite those fools to rebel. It is really a demon who harms the country! ??(◣д◢)??