After broadcasting the ancient times live, I handed the system over to the state.

[Will I be so scared that I pee myself if I see these things when I get up to pee at night?]

[Looking up, I saw countless ancestors above me.]

[Is this Brazilian bastard really that wild?]

[Isn't this the cured pork I dried last year?]

[It's quite interesting, but if I were hanging up there, it wouldn't be interesting at all.]

[I don't understand, but I respect it. Maybe they're already at the point of no return?]

[With these mummies hanging out to dry, will Mom and Dad bring the kids to recognize their ancestors later? The first one on the right is your great-grandfather, the second one is your great-grandmother...]

……

The thought of looking up and seeing those mummies, swaying in the wind when it blows, is unsettling. They seem to be grinning and greeting their descendants.

Those under the canopy felt a little short of breath.

Such customs... it's best to respect them.

Wipe the sweat.

Zhu Qinggu seemed to have also thought of this scene, and wiped his forehead, but there was no sweat.

"Actually, it's not too bad, right? Next, we're going to talk about some more extreme stuff."

"I won't post any pictures or videos, it's inappropriate and I'm afraid they'll be reported. I'll just mention them briefly, afraid they'll be censored and removed, and also afraid my fans will say they're not suitable for children."

Zhu Qinggu herself felt a little uneasy. She felt that she didn't need to eat dinner tonight, or that she wouldn't want to eat meat for a long time to come.

"Next, we're going to talk about a funeral custom that exists in African tribes: belly burial!"

[Could it be one of them?]

[Frowning face, I think I understand.]

[Uh, when I think of Africa, I always picture cannibalism.]

[My intuition tells me that it's pretty much the same.]

Zhu Qinggu forced back his nausea, his face contorted with bitterness. “After the deceased passes away, the tribal chief will cut open the deceased’s stomach with a knife, take out the internal organs, and distribute them to the entire tribe. Children will receive the brain, symbolizing the wish for their children to grow up smart and healthy.”

"Eyes are for hunters, and it is hoped that hunters will have sharp eyes."

"The heart is given to the chief, as it represents status."

"Not only that, but it's also divided into raw and cooked."

The ancient people under the sky: "..." Enough! Miss Zhu, you don't need to go into so much detail!

Even Liu Bang, who was used to seeing corpses and dead, looked pale.

Even Cao Cao, who had seen dried meat used as military rations, felt a bit disgusted.

Only those who starve to the point of cannibalism during times of chaos and famine have green eyes; everyone else looks disgusted.

“Such customs! They are utterly barbaric! Uncivilized barbarians!!!” Wang Anshi cursed.

Although the sky is always talking about respect, such customs are completely unnecessary to respect!

They've completely disregarded human ethics and anything else. I'd seen something on the sky about Africans before, and they looked like Kunlun slaves. I never imagined they had such customs!

The business of Kunlun slaves in the Tang Dynasty plummeted. Originally, Kunlun slaves were hardworking and capable, making them the best standard for showing off wealth, but now all the masters and employers who had placed orders were returning them.

The boss was practically in tears and quickly said, "These Kunlun slaves of mine are from Southeast Asia, as shown on the map in the sky, not from Africa!"

Their skin is dark, but not as dark as that of Africans; you can still tell they are native to Southeast Asia.

If the boss knew that the Kunlun slaves in those places still ate people, how could he dare to sell? He would be afraid that these Kunlun slaves would come and eat him.

It was through this kind of hawking that the owner managed to barely keep the business afloat.

This is too difficult. Miss Zhu, can't you give me a forecast?

Zhu Qinggu was unaware that someone was talking about her. She frowned and continued, "There's also the ash-banana soup... You all know what it is from the name, so we won't go into details here."

“In some places, the body is left to decompose naturally in the forest, and only the skull is brought back for worship.”

"There are many places in the world that have festivals similar to the Day of Cleansing."

"The understanding of death varies from place to place, which has led to a variety of customs."

While these words were being spoken, some videos were also displayed on the screen.

That was during a funeral procession in a certain part of China, a grand scene of filial sons dressed in white kneeling on the ground to see off their loved ones.

"Some people feel that the death of a loved one means separation by death, while others feel that the loved one has not yet left. There are various opinions."

"We're just having a brief chat here. If you have any opinions, you can leave them in the comments, or you can follow me and send me a private message."

Could you talk about secondary burials? I was really curious about it when I went back to my hometown for one.

[I also have a second burial in my hometown.]

[Really, why is that?]

Second burial...

Many people in the comments section started discussing secondary burials, and most of them were from the Guangdong and Guangxi regions.

Actually, Zhu Qinggu had considered whether to go into detail before. The custom in her family was secondary burial, but she thought that secondary burial was also included in the earth burial. Even the earth burial was only mentioned briefly, let alone secondary burial.

But now, after being mentioned in the comments, she feels that secondary burial is also a type of funeral custom, so it can be said to be.

Fortunately, she had also collected information on this topic last night.

"Secondary burial? I see a lot of people in the comments are interested, so I can talk about it too."

"Secondary burial has actually been reflected in ancient records. The earliest record should come from the Mozi: Frugal Burial, which records the secondary burial custom of the Baiyue people. It is also called 'bone relocation burial', 'bone washing burial', 'bone collection burial', etc. My hometown is where secondary burial is practiced."

"Secondary burial is actually a type of burial, which was once widespread in the Neolithic period and has a very long history."

"Actually, you can tell from the literal meaning that a second burial is a second burial, which is to put the bones that have already been buried once, without flesh, into a pottery urn and bury them again."

"In the new era, many places hold solemn ceremonies to rebury the remains of their ancestors, which is a way of showing respect and worship for them."

"However, after the Yin, Shang and Zhou dynasties, the funeral custom of digging up ancestral graves and collecting bones was considered unfilial and rebellious by the mainstream ideology. Therefore, this burial practice gradually disappeared in the Central Plains, but it still exists in some places."

"In ancient times, it was the Baiyue region, and now it is the area of ​​Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou and Yunnan."

Why does secondary burial exist?

“Many people have different opinions. Some experts think that secondary burial is simply ancestor worship, while others think that secondary burial is a product of matrilineal clans.”

“During the heyday of matrilineal clans, men had to marry into the wife’s clan and live with their wives and children, but they were not considered members of the wife’s clan. Therefore, after they died, they could not be buried on the wife’s side, but had to return to the mother’s side.”