Xiangxi corpse-driving technique has been passed down to this day. Can a corpse really be driven away?

When it comes to corpse drivers, we all think of scenes from Ching-Ying Lam's predecessors' movies. As far as we know, the corpse driver is not a Taoist. His occupation is Lao Shi, which is different from Taoist. In the movie, Ching-Ying Lam belongs to maoshan taoist, Taoist's grandfather is in Jiangxi, and Lao Shi's grandfather is in Xiangxi. The practice of putting the altar is not for Sanqing, and it is hardly for immortals, and his clothes are different. He is wearing red clothes and holding horns, onlyno. " In fact, corpse driving was mainly popular in Qing Dynasty. During the Ming and Qing Dynasties, due to the sharp decline of population in Sichuan during the war, Hunan and Guangdong migrated to Sichuan, which made many Xiangxi people leave their homes and live and develop in Sichuan. So many people can't go back to their hometown until they die, but there is a custom of returning leaves to their roots in ancient China, which makes many immigrants feel sad. So there was a corpse drive, just to let the deceased return to their hometown.

It can be seen that although it sounds a bit scary, it is a good wish anyway. The starters all want me to go back to my hometown after I die, even if I am far away from my hometown. After all, hometown is the root. The body needs to be returned after death.

Then we must be curious about how to open the body. First of all, it is impossible for two people to carry four bodies. The two bodies are similar and it is a rugged mountain road. It's hard to get up and down. I don't know if you have walked through the night in the mountains. Four or five people must have two flashlights in tandem, otherwise the last person can't see the light of the first person at all. At that time, there was no flashlight, and it was too difficult for two people to resist the corpse and light their way. Some people say they have to beat gongs and drums and throw paper money.

The most reasonable explanation should be back, two people carry one, or three people carry two, even if it is heavy physical labor, but at least it is feasible. As for why a corpse whisperer draws a symbol on the corpse, and then the corpse will walk freely? Personally, I guess this should be the beautiful imagination of the corpse driver. After all, it's a long way to go in Xiu Yuan, and you have to be with the body. The corpse driver will also think, if he knows magic, it would be great if the corpse can walk back like a living person. So they took turns carrying heavy bodies and dreaming of beautiful imagination. Through the decoration after dinner, the artistic processing of rural literati, the secret occupation of corpse-driver, which was passed down from generation to generation in the old society without information exchange, has become such a mysterious legend today.

Mr. Ching-Ying Lam is a very famous actor, and most of his films are zombie movies. In this kind of film, there is a scene in which a Taoist priest walks in front with a bell, followed by a group of corpses. The corpse behind puts his hand on the shoulder of the corpse in front, sticks a yellow symbol on his forehead and jumps forward.

But in fact, corpse removal is a method of Miao nationality and a part of Chu witch culture. It is also related to the families of Maoshan, also known as wandering souls. It originated in Yuanling, Luxi, Chenxi and Xupu counties in Chen Gu. The rumor of "corpse-driver" in Xiangxi in Qing Dynasty was widely circulated, that is, corpse-driver used "secret technique" to bring the bodies of people who died in a foreign land back to their hometown and let them rest in peace.

In Xiangxi, you can often see such teams on mountain village paths. A row of people were wearing straw hats and black clothes. Except for the leader who rang the bell in front, the people behind him covered their faces with black cloth, which looked mysterious.

The earliest version of the legend of corpse driver is in the mythical age. According to legend, thousands of years ago, Apchiyou, the ancestor of Miao nationality, led his troops to fight fiercely with the enemy on the Yellow River for several days, with corpses lying everywhere and rivers of blood. After the war, Apchiyou ordered Apchiyou to send all his brothers who died back to their hometown. So Apushi dressed up as Apchiyou, stood among the dead soldiers, "awakened" the body with magic, and followed Jeff south in a proper way. Just like in the movies of Ching-Ying Lam's predecessors. Use spells to control zombies and prevent them from making trouble and hurting others.

In any case, modern corpse driving has become absurd under the rendering of popular culture. After all, no one has really seen the corpse drive. Of course, according to the statement, it is different to drive a corpse. According to the different abilities of each person, corpse drivers are divided into several grades: the most basic thing is that people walk with corpses on their backs; After the autopsy, the superior senior company will take the head and limbs of the corpse, treat them with cinnabar and other drugs, put them in wooden square boxes and take them to the destination; The most powerful thing is the old company's practice of hanging bells, holding yin gongs and knocking gongs as guides, so that the deceased can walk to their destination by themselves. I don't have enough hands, so I have to rely on my disciples to help me. Of course, legend is legend, and now we still have to believe in science after all.