The living people in the tomb are buried together, and the survival time is beyond imagination
From ancient times to the present, the Chinese have many traditional concepts that have been passed down for thousands of years. For example, "there are three unfilial pieties, and no queen is the greatest", thinking that it is necessary to have children; Another example is that burial is mandatory after death, and until now many people have not been able to accept cremation of the body after death.
However, these notions pale in comparison to the more brutal traditions of the monarchs. The monarchs even believed that the burial of the body of a beautiful woman was a guarantee that they could enjoy the service of others after death in order to maintain their dignity.
In ancient times, beauties would be buried with nobles, but if they were lucky enough to survive in the emperor's tomb, how long would they survive in the tomb? What is the history of the funeral system?
First of all, the funeral system was most prevalent in the pre-Qin period. Although there is no record of exactly when it began, during the Shang Dynasty, someone would have been buried with the king after his death.
They sent all their wealth during their lifetime, including their wives and concubines, to the cemetery. According to archaeological records, there are 164 corpses of young women in the ancient tomb of King Shang in Houjiazhuang, the site of Yinxu in Anyang, and they are all buried together.
Of these, some were the king's concubines, some were servants, and the rest were captives. Their method of death is known as "killing", that is, killing the beautiful woman first and then dismembering the body.
During the Shang Dynasty, merchants believed in sacrifices very much. The status of priestesses and witches in China is very high. When a king dies, the king who inherits the throne will lead the shaman to perform ancestor sacrifices.
The most famous of these is the historic Qiang.
Historically, most of the Qiang people were slaves of the Shang Dynasty. When they sacrificed to their ancestors, they not only slaughtered the flock, but also offered these slaves as tribute to their ancestors. Therefore, the number of living sacrifices during the Shang Dynasty was large.
Depending on the status, the number of people to be sacrificed will also be adjusted. Common rituals include "beheading", "roasting", "chopping", "burial", and "drawing blood".
This cruel custom improved during the Zhou dynasty, but it did not change completely, only it was not as cruel as it was during the Yin Shang period. In the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, the funeral system prevailed, and many princes and kings began to use the corpses of beautiful women as burial objects in order to show their noble status.
Wu Yue Chunqiu records that in order to realize the beautiful life of King Wu's daughter in another world, he ordered more than 100 people of Shu to be buried in the tomb. This act is full of tragedy and deeply deplorable.
In the early Qing Dynasty, Nurhachi's concubine Abahai was martyred after her death, and during the reign of Emperor Shunzhi, this cruel system was finally abolished. In the case of martyrdom, in order to ensure that the body of a beautiful woman does not decompose, they will be injected with liquid mercury by professionals after death, forming a state similar to that of an "Egyptian mummy".
But how long would the bodies of beautiful women live if they were left directly in the tomb for burial? In ancient times, burial was a major event, especially when the emperor died, a lot of financial and material resources would be used, from the imperial mausoleum built by the king during his lifetime to the funeral items after his death.
When archaeologists opened the king's tomb, they found that in addition to various precious toys and ancient books, there were also human bones scattered around.
These skeletons are ornately or plainly dressed, some sitting, some standing. This reveals a cruel custom from the period of feudal society. So, how long can the body of a beautiful woman survive in a mausoleum?
Based on past experience, the body of a beautiful woman can survive for more than 30 days without food and 7 days without water.
In these thousand-year-old tombs, there are often cries and cries for help for 2-3 days. According to ancient records, after the death of the king, the mausoleum keepers continued to guard the emperor's mausoleum, and at first they could hear the constant crying from the emperor's mausoleum, but after three or four days, there was no sound.
It is assumed that hundreds of innocent people were buried with the king, and hundreds of people in small areas could pass out due to lack of oxygen. And in the sealed imperial tomb, these people may not be able to hold out for a day.
Therefore, to survive in the imperial tomb, it is necessary to consider not only the problems of food and water, but also the situation of oxygen. The minimum survival time may be only one day, but the maximum survival time may be only 3-4 days.
And the corpses of the beauties in the tomb will also die in a very short time. That's a surprising answer.
The Evolution and Cultural Influence of Ancient Burial Systems. From the belief in gods and ghosts in the Shang and Zhou dynasties, to the burial of beautiful women's corpses in the Qing Dynasty, and then to the strict prohibition of Emperor Kangxi, China's funeral system has undergone thousands of years of evolution.
The abolition of this system is not only a historical progress, but also a manifestation of the concept of equality. Although the cruelty of the funeral system cannot be ignored, it also reflects the development characteristics and ideological concepts of each era from one side.
Although this system has been abolished, its influence is deeply rooted in the traditions of Chinese culture.
During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, people increasingly used terracotta figurines or wooden figurines as burial objects, showing the improvement of the level of social humanistic care. With his care for the people, Han Gaozu decreed the abolition of the funeral system.
Genghis Khan had a high degree of respect for combat effectiveness, and after his death, he also hoped to be accompanied by a BMW beauty. China's civilization is broad and profound, and countless customs, habits, and rules and regulations constitute China's rich cultural heritage, while those bad traditions and bad habits have gradually disappeared and improved in the long river of history.
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