What is the story of Xiangxi zombie driving?
Catching corpses is mainly a folk custom in western Hunan, a traditional custom of the Miao people. The person who drives the corpse is usually a mage wearing a Taoist robe, and in front of the corpse there is a ? Catching corpse maker? , who wears only a pair of straw shoes all year round, in wind and rain, with a green cloth tunic, a black belt around his waist, a green cloth cap on his head, a gong in his hand, and a packet of charms on his back. The mage then leads the way in front of the corpse, the mage does not carry a lantern, while beating the small gong in his hand, while leading the corpse forward, and in his hand also shakes the soul-sucking bell from time to time, so that the night walkers make way. When walking at night, the corpse is wearing a tall blanket hat on its head, with a few pieces of yellow paper with charms written on its forehead. On the way to catch a corpse there are? Dead Body Inn?
The corpse is resting behind two large door panels, while the necromancer arrives at the necropolis before dawn and departs at night.
In the fast arrival at the home of the dead body, the necromancer will notify their families in advance, so that they are ready to coffin things, in the process of coffin is not allowed to be close to the body, so as to avoid the emergence of? The body is not allowed to approach the corpse during the process of encoffining, so as to avoid the emergence of? and? Fraudulent corpse? The case, the coffin time must be in the middle of the night.
Xiangxi zombie have? Three to catch three not to catch? The saying. Beheaded (must be the head and body connected to the body), hanged and die, stand cage stand dead so that three is within the scope of the Xiangxi zombie; but all the sick dead, hanged himself in the river, thunder and fire burned limbs are not within the scope of the zombie. Xiangxi zombie driving as a special industry, zombie driving craftsmen to accept apprentices also have certain standards. First of all, the apprenticeship must be first by the parents of the bill, followed by the interview of the necromancer, generally speaking, is more than 16 years old, taller than 1.7 meters, while the appearance to look a little bit ugly.
The interview is more complex, mainly divided into three, first of all, looking at the sun rotating in place, and then identify the east and west, north and south; second, is to find something, picking up the stretcher; and finally in the dark night to retrieve a piece of the leaves placed on a deep mountain cemetery hill. Because the necromancer must be in the dark night to distinguish between north and south and east and west, better physical strength can go to the back of the corpse, of course, must have too much courage, only with these three qualities to become a necromancer. After a successful interview, the necromancer first teaches the apprentice to draw talismans, and then learns thirty-six kinds of kung fu (mainly?). The main ones are "Standing", "Standing", "Standing" and "Standing". The main ones are: "Standing Gong", "Walking Gong" and "Walking Gong". Walking? and "Walking" and "Turning"). Turning? What's your name? "Returning Soul"? "The Soul", "The Soul", "The Soul", "The Soul". Bridge Crossing Kung Fu etc.).
Miao is the earliest invention of weapons, criminal law, witchcraft of the nation, and catching corpses is a part of witchcraft, the Xiangxi catching corpses in-depth understanding of the culture of the Miao people is conducive to understanding.