Inheritance of corpse chasers Xiangxi corpse chasers demonstrate century-old skills and solve the mystery of ancient corpse chasers
Zombie films have swept the film and television industry for a period of time in the last century, these zombies dressed in Qing Dynasty costumes and with green fangs have touched the nerves of many people, especially the Taoist priests who lead zombies in some zombie films.
Fortunately, there are no zombie horror movies and film and television dramas in real life that leave people with a psychological shadow of zombie art, and the real mysterious Xiangxi zombie masters, especially those Taoist priests who are responsible for the zombie master's manipulation of corpses to embark on a long journey, are no less magical than the monks and Taoist priests in the movie.
However, with the development of modern science and technology, the art of exterminating corpses has gradually disappeared in the long river of history. In the fifties of the last century, in order not to let this technology disappear without a trace, the last group of corpse chasers in Xiangxi demonstrated the process of chasing corpses in front of the camera, and completely revealed the secret of a century-old corpse.
Xiangxi robbed the corpse. According to Xiangxi folklore, the robbery of corpses originated from the ancient history of the Yellow Emperor period, the war between the Yellow Emperor and Chiyou, Chiyou finally failed, and the tribal people suffered heavy losses and died in a foreign land.
In order for them to return to their homeland, the priests of the Chiyou tribe use a mysterious spell to control the body, resurrect the body, and leave the soul, taking them back to their homeland. Of course, this is just a legend and myth, and in real history, the physical body is associated with the origin of the Qing Dynasty.
At the end of the Ming Dynasty and the beginning of the Qing Dynasty, Sichuan was ravaged by the rebel Zhang Xianzhong. After the Qing army entered Sichuan, it burned, killed and looted, which led to the economic decline of Sichuan, the population plummeted, and the entire Sichuan became a large part of the scorched earth.
In order to stimulate the recovery of Sichuan's economy, the Kangxi Emperor adopted the Xianggui population policy in Sichuan, that is, allowing the population of Hunan and Xiangxi to move to Sichuan for development. The ancients always believed that the leaves fall back to their roots, so the body died in a foreign land and returned to its hometown.
At that time, it was not easy to transport corpses over long distances, merchants or caravans felt unlucky and did not agree to transport corpses, and the cost of hiring chariots and horses to accompany corpses was even more expensive, and ordinary families could not afford it, so zombies came into being.
Compared with the carriage to transport the corpse, the cost of chasing zombies is much cheaper, few zombies can transport a large number of corpses back to their hometown, and most zombies have special embalming cheats, which can effectively ensure that the corpses are rotting and smelling, and cannot lie on the ground for the world to see.
In addition, the corpses moved much faster than the carriages. The terrain between Sichuan and Xiangxi is extremely precipitous, many high mountains, many rapids, it is difficult for vehicles and boats to pass, but the corpse chasers are not subject to this restriction, there are only a few people in a team of corpse chasers, they can take a shortcut, through various streets and alleys to reach the residence, which greatly shortens the travel time of the corpse chasers.
Tough career.
In the concept of the aborigines, the corpse is a very unlucky thing, whoever touches it will be stained with bad luck, and even cursed by the ghosts and gods.
Due to the particularity of this profession, the corpse chasers are quite strict in the selection of apprentices, according to them, the corpse chasers must be physically strong, bold and careful, and ugly in appearance, these three conditions are indispensable.
Physical requirements: Corpse collectors often have to carry a group of corpses on their backs, walking thousands of kilometers, and without a strong physique, they simply cannot withstand this kind of high-intensity work. It takes courage because the corpse picker is in the company of the corpse day and night, and without courage, it is easy to develop psychological problems.
The ugly requirement is to discourage passers-by and stay away from the corpse, so as not to scare away the ghosts. Meeting these three requirements is just the beginning, and the zombie hunters will also teach them how to draw talismans with cinnabar when they take in the apprentices.
The ancients believed that this kind of auspicious thing in the yang world could make the ghosts and gods retreat and avoid deceiving the corpses in the process of driving out the corpses, so drawing talismans with cinnabar is also a must-do homework for zombie hunters. In addition, one needs to know about the big and small roads across the country.
As part of their work, they often have to travel all over the country to send people back to their hometowns, and if they are not familiar with the route, they risk missing the bodies returning home, or even leaving them to decompose on the way. Although these difficult conditions discouraged many people, the corpse chasers persevered.
If they don't have the right people, they'd rather walk thousands of kilometers on their own than seek the help of an apprentice. Therefore, there are fewer and fewer corpse hunters, and with the development of science and technology, corpse hunters have also disappeared in the long river of history.
Live performances. With the advent of various zombie movies, many people have a strong interest in the profession of zombie hunters, and some ** have also come to Xiangxi, the birthplace of zombie hunters, to find the descendants of zombie hunters, so as to uncover the true face of zombie hunters.
After some investigation, ** found the world's last witch doctor Tian Tieniu in a small village in Xiangxi. He had bemoaned the demise of witchcraft for years, but after an interview with **, he was happy to introduce witchcraft to the public in order to prevent it from disappearing completely.
In the evening of the same day, in order to demonstrate to his friends, Tian Tiewu invited several villagers to dress up as zombies, he lined up the villagers, tied ropes on both sides of their hands, and passed two long and big bamboo sticks through the rope, and then together with another friend, he and the bamboo sticks led everyone forward.
As the zombie hunter walks, the bamboo pole shakes, and the corpse on the bamboo pole jumps with it, perhaps this is why the zombies in the zombie movie look like they are jumping.
In addition, Tian Tiewu also showed everyone the secret of the zombie hunter world - a mysterious embalming potion made from plants native to Xiangxi, as long as it is smeared on the corpse, the corpse will not decompose seriously after a few months.
This potion allows the corpse hunter to return the corpse home unscathed. The interviewees collected all the information that Tian Tiewu told them and presented it to the audience, revealing the secrets of Xiangxi's corpse hunting technique.
There are no zombies in this world. The so-called corpse chaser is the way in which the corpse chaser uses labor and medicine to transport the corpse.
In the harsh traffic conditions of the old days, ordinary people wanted to return to their roots after death, and their families paid too much time and money, so the profession of corpse chaser came into being.
However, with the development of the times and the progress of science and technology, the funeral industry has developed today, and people no longer have to worry about the soul returning to their hometown, and the art of chasing corpses has naturally withdrawn from the historical stage.