Chenzhou Talisman is the secret of the corpse exorcists in western Hunan. Generally no one knows about it, and even the timid ones are not willing to ask about it. Nowadays, the methods used to reveal the corpse exorcists are all conjectures, and they are not the same as what the elders said.
There are many things that science cannot explain, but people die like smoke, and there are countless souls who have been wronged for thousands of years in the world. There are indeed ghosts, and this earth is already crowded with ghosts. If you believe it, you have it, if you don’t believe it, you don’t have it. Everyone has their own beliefs, and there is no need to delve into them. Corpse removal is also a profession. No matter what method is used to drive the corpse home, it is a comfort to the family of the deceased and a respect for the deceased's return to his roots.
Xiangxi has a long history. According to archaeological findings, human activities began in the Paleolithic Age. The descendants of Tujia, Miao, Han and other ethnic groups worked hard to cultivate soil in the mountains and survive, forming a cultural phenomenon that even they themselves cannot explain. There are many explanations for the three unexplained ancient mysteries in western Hunan, but none of them can be given out: "driving corpses, bewitching, and crying marriage". Now, when we talk and listen to it, we can’t help but feel a tremor in our hearts and make our bones tremble. Driving corpses is a bit like reviving corpses. There are several methods. Use bamboo poles to fix the waist of the dead person, and lift the dead person in front, middle and back. The upper body of the dead person does not move, but the legs and feet move, just like the dead person walking. In addition, the body was also dismembered and the limbs and head were carried back in backpacks. There is also a method of walking with a body carried on someone's back. It's a bit like the scene in "Falling Leaves Return to Their Roots" played by Zhao Benshan. In the past, there were professional corpse removers. After liberation, with social progress and development, this phenomenon disappeared. Poison: Poison is an insect born in a vessel, including snake voodoo, frog voodoo, ant voodoo, etc. According to legend, in order to defend love, Miao women severely punished their love-minded elder brothers. When their husbands changed their hearts, they would ask witches for the poison and mix it into food and drinks. The poisoned elder brother would soon die slowly. At the same time, what is different from the Han people is the crying marriage. Crying to marry: Tujia people, whether newly married or old, have to go through five stages: proposal, meeting relatives, New Year greetings, farewell, and marriage. One month or half a month before the wedding, the bride begins to cry for her parents, brothers, sisters, and ancestors. The mother of the bride cries with her daughter. The night before the wedding, the wedding crying will reach its climax. The bride's best sisters cried with the bride. This custom has been followed to this day, and the crying may not be as fierce as in the past. I think that the mountains in western Hunan are still far behind big cities and developed coastal areas. With the progress of modern society and the advancement of common prosperity for all the people, the people of Xiangxi will achieve greater progress and improvement in spiritual and material civilization.
Xiangxi is the only ethnic minority autonomous prefecture in Hunan Province. In the eyes of many people in the world, it contains chaos, desolation, barbarism, and too many mysteries.
Of course, the three major evil arts in western Hunan are the most talked about: corpse driving, poisoning and falling flower cave girl.
Many people have given these three evil spells a scary color. In fact, behind all the terror is the history of blood and tears of the people of Xiangxi, and the deep affection of the people of Xiangxi.
Driving the Corpse: Fallen Leaves Return to Their Roots
A mage wearing a Taoist robe walked in front, shaking a soul-catching bell, followed by several people strung together with straw ropes, dressed in Qing Dynasty clothes. expressionless zombie in costume.
"The sky is dry and things are dry, be careful of candles. Old friends go home and pedestrians stay out of the way." These zombies have mysterious symbols on their foreheads and are jumping around in deserted places listening to the mage's instructions.
This somewhat terrifying scene is that of corpse exorcism, a kind of "evil magic" in Xiangxi that emerged in the middle of the Qing Dynasty and originated in the upper reaches of the Yuanjiang River.
During the Ming and Qing Dynasties, Huguang occupied Sichuan, causing many Hunan people to leave their hometown and come to Sichuan. People in Xiangxi love their hometown and their hometown. People who died in a foreign land often had to be transported back to their hometown for burial, which gave rise to the special business of exhuming corpses.
So exorcism is not only a mysterious witchcraft in legends, but also a long journey home for countless people in Xiangxi on the rugged mountain roads. As for this long journey of soul return, there will naturally be many rules to abide by.
For example, when exorcising corpses, the exorcists usually cannot light lanterns, but hold soul-catching bells in their hands and jingle them to guide the souls of foreign countries to find their way and prevent their souls from leaving. body. And you can't stop when driving the corpses, otherwise you will die in the wilderness...
The time of driving the corpses is also very particular. The corpse drivers usually walk by day and night, and will not go through villages or towns. Instead, choose to walk slowly in the wild mountains or mountain paths.
On the one hand, this is to avoid scaring people, and secondly, it is taboo for cats, dogs and other animals to collide with the corpse. If the corpse is mutilated, there is no way to explain it to the employer.
Corpse driving is a difficult profession, and the technology of corpse driving, a special logistics service method, has no scientific explanation. Nowadays, communication between Sichuan and western Hunan is no longer difficult, and corpse driving has gradually withdrawn from the stage of history.
Lower Gu: If you wish to win the heart of one person, your hair will never be separated
In many people’s impressions, Miao girls in western Hunan often have beautiful but dangerous faces. , Love and hate are clearly defined. You can fall in love with someone in an instant, and you can hate someone to the point of death in the blink of an eye.
Therefore, in Xiangxi, it is said that the people who can cast "gu" are women, commonly known as "Gu Po", also known as "Grass Poison Po" and "Grass Ghost Po Po". This skill is only passed down from women to men, and it is only passed down to one person from one generation to the next.
Gu is a poisonous powder that has been tested to be non-toxic. The so-called poisoning is to put a special medicinal powder into food, so that the person who accidentally eats it will become confused and controlled by the person who ingested it.
There are many strange ways to make this kind of medicinal powder. The main powders are snakes, centipedes, ants, toads, etc. It is usually passed down from family. There are as many kinds of poison as there are grass witches.
In Xiangxi, there are usually three types of voodoo: hate voodoo, love voodoo and fear voodoo. The "fear poison" is to change a man's temperament, the "love poison" is to win his love, and the "hate poison" is to punish those who betray love. Therefore, among the three poisons, the hate poison is the most terrifying.
This kind of voodoo is usually a kind of voodoo used by wives who have no choice but to cast a vood on their husbands when their husbands are snatched away by other women. The purpose is to force the husband to change his mind.
The elders in Xiangxi say that as long as a person who is possessed by the poison thinks about the person he cheated on, the poison will gnaw at his heart. If he does not know how to turn back, he will most likely die.
The Girl from the Luohua Cave: In this cold world, all we want is love
Western Hunan is located in a deserted area, but there are constant wars there, and many good men have traveled thousands of miles to resist the Japanese pirates. In the endless wars, the phenomenon of more women than men appeared in Xiangxi. Many women who have reached the age of marriage have not yet found a suitable husband.
They fantasize about love and eventually reach a state of obsession. They cry in the wind, can tear down leaves, walk into caves by themselves, and can smile for days without eating or drinking.
At this time, if she can betrothed to her, there is still a way out. However, due to backwardness and the superiority of men to women, everyone believed that she was recruited by gods such as mountain gods and tree gods to become their wife.
So after these girls died of depression, others held funerals, but the family of the Luohuadong girls not only did not hold funerals, but also held weddings for them to show their happiness.
It is said that they were smiling when they left, because they imagined that they were finally walking together with their sweethearts.
The story of the Girl in the Luohua Cave is not scary, but there is only endless desolation behind it. In this desolate world, I hope there will be no more tragedies, and I hope everyone can hold hands with the person they fall in love with throughout their lives.