What does' corpse driver' mean?

Corpse driver, a mage in cassock, is a profession that uses special witchcraft to lead the corpse to walk.

Zhangjiajie also has mysterious corpse-driving activities. In the early days, if you stayed in the mysterious mountain village inn in western Hunan, you would probably see dead bodies walking. Before dawn, a row of bodies staggered in front of the inn, all covered with a wide black shroud. In front of these bodies covered with black shroud, there is a living person holding a gong. This living person is called "corpse driver" by local people.

In fact, he is not so much a "corpse-driver" as a "corpse-driver", because he is beating the small yin gong in his hand and leading the group of corpses forward. He didn't play lanterns, but shook a bell that could evoke memories, told Nightcrawler to avoid it, and informed the dog owners to lock them up.

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Origin:

In the mid-Qing Dynasty, corpse removal appeared, which was to transport the bodies of Hunan immigrants who died in Sichuan to their hometown. In the initial transportation process, the body took the waterway and did not need to "catch up". However, in this section of the Three Gorges, the current is fast, the reefs are densely covered, and ships often sink. The ancients were superstitious and never wanted to carry the dead on the steep river, so the profession of "driving the corpse" came into being.

It is said that during the Anti-Japanese War, under the eaves of a family in Datong Street, Chongqing, a note was posted on the door frame, which read "Send the corpse back to Hunan on behalf of the agency".

With the gradual development of people's wisdom, the widespread use of explosives destroyed reefs, modern roads and cars appeared, and steamboats that did not believe in evil began to transport corpses. People's local concept has also faded, and Sichuan immigrants no longer demand that the bodies be transported back to their hometown. Just as the appearance of the train shattered the myth created by bodyguards and greenwood robbers, the corpse-driver was gradually eliminated by history.

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