Franklin once said that there are only two things in a person's life that cannot escape, one is death, and the other is to pay taxes. The latter can be repeated many times, while the former never rehearses, and once it comes, it is forever.
Whether it is ancient or modern, many people's fear of death is very similar, perhaps the holding of funerals and the continuous evolution of funeral customs, not only a part of culture, but also a ceremony for the deceased to bid farewell to the world, but this ceremony is completed by future generations.
However, in ancient times, there was a kind of funeral called "crock pot grave": when the mother turned 60 years old, the son personally sent the old mother into the grave, and every meal was given a brick, how cruel!
A "crock pot grave" funeral where the living are buried dead
We often hear that "filial piety comes first", in ancient times, people enshrined filial piety as a guideline, and the sacrifices that appeared during the Shang and Zhou Dynasties were manifestations of the "filial piety" culture, and if the emperors of the dynasty did not hold sacrifices, they would be referred to by millions of people.
In the Spring and Autumn Warring States, a hundred schools of thought contended, and each family wrote books and expressed their views on "filial piety."
When the feudal dynasty was consolidated, "filial piety first" was deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, and those who violated it would inevitably be damaged and scolded by the world.
Even if you are as tall as an emperor, you still need to practice "filial piety" for life, which is why books that implement filial piety, such as the Book of Filial Piety and the Twenty-Four Filial Pieties, can be passed down through the ages.
However, at present, filial piety, there has been a "crock pot grave" funeral in Chinese history, a "crock pot grave", as the name suggests, a grave made of crock pots, alias "death kiln".
In fact, the "crock pot grave" is the dead buried alive, the specific invention time can not be verified; so far, archaeologists have found traces of "crock pot graves" near some villages in Hebei, Shandong, Hubei and other places, which belong to the Song, Yuan and Ming dynasties.
When the ancient old man was more than 60 years old, the son would personally send his mother to the "crock pot grave", and for each meal, an extra brick would be placed on the grave.
After a year of delivery, the "crock pot grave" is almost completed, and from a distance, it looks like a closed arched large crock pot, and the old mother inside has no food source and will soon die.
Such a custom makes people shudder, the ancient level of productivity was low, hungry, famine years, and even the situation of changing children and eating, so how did such a shocking "crock pot grave" come about?
The loss of customs is a social pain
Although the weakness of human nature can be seen everywhere, it is not so that everyone will kill their mother and father, and it is inevitable that many parents will voluntarily go to the mountains to die when they are old, and they will not bear the heavy debt of conscience on their children's lives.
There are many opinions about the origin of the "crock pot grave", and the historical data is not specifically recorded, but from the relevant wild history descriptions and word-of-mouth stories, we can know a little or two.
The first is the invasion of a large number of foreign nationalities, resulting in the inheritance and promotion of the roots of Chinese national culture in terms of region and time, which has been seriously blocked, and the traditional filial piety culture has been torn apart under the strong impact, and the "crock pot grave" has taken advantage of the void.
Secondly, when wars broke out frequently, when the swords and swords were shadowed, the central plains were full of blood, Hebei, Shandong, Hubei and other places were unrecognizable, houses collapsed, grain fields and crops were not spared, and in addition to years of tight war, the young heroes of peasant families had already joined the army.
Many real-world conditions have led to extremely low levels of local labour force and productivity, the inability to grow enough rations to sustain their livelihoods, and the lack of clothing and food for the population.
This catastrophic phenomenon has appeared in pieces, spreading widely across the land of China, with vast grain fields, but there is a shortage of manpower to help support agricultural work.
Compared with young children who can become family laborers when they grow up, the elderly, frail and unable to bind the chickens are gradually becoming a burden on the family.
old man
Over time, the existence of the elderly not only can not improve the happiness index of people's lives, but more like a thorn in the palm of the hand, looking at things that do not hinder things, and it hurts when touched.
The elderly who constantly consumed rations overwhelmed the survivors of the time, and the "crock pot grave" funeral came into being.
In addition, the emergence of "clay pot graves" is also related to the lifestyle of clan units, people in ancient times lived in the wild all year round, with little communication with the outside world, and the civilization of the times was not effectively popularized.
Due to people's lack of knowledge and experience, they are completely in the uncivilized stage of ignorance and ignorance, and in the concept of many people, sending their parents up to the mountain at the age of sixty is a common thing, and these are all important reasons for the old age to have no one to rely on and not to die well.
The death of the living is replaced by society
It is true that many experts have questioned the authenticity of the "crock pot grave" funeral, after all, since ancient times, the Chinese nation has been a kind nation that holds high the banner of filial piety, and filial piety is also one of the common ways to be an official, which reflects the foundation of filial piety of the ancients.
It is true that the main history cannot be corroborated by it, but the wild history and folklore also make people believe that the "crock pot tomb" really existed in the past, and later drowned in the torrent of the times, for the following reasons.
First, during the Song Dynasty, an emperor witnessed a fierce monster, privately speculated that someone was plotting against him, wanted to rebel, and when he ordered an investigation, the ministers shook their heads and said they did not know what was going on.
Seeing that everyone did not say anything about the monster, the emperor went on a killing spree, and suddenly one day, the mother in the "crock pot tomb" in the home of a minister of the dynasty reported to the emperor that she knew the monster.
With the help of the old woman, the monster that plagued the emperor was finally solved, and the minister's mother was completely banned for her great achievements, and the long-standing custom of "crock pot grave" was completely banned.
Second, in the ancient Yunxian area, there have been "crock pot graves" funerals for generations, but there is a filial son named "Yang San" who can't bear the suffering of his father's "crock pot grave" and secretly supports his elderly and frail father at home.
At that time, the neighboring countries came to attack and threw a rhinoceros rat as big as a yellow cow, and the people suffered a lot, but no one could subdue it.
Takako told his father about it, and when his father sniffed it, he told him that he could subdue the giant rat with a cat of 13 and a half pounds.
The filial piety reported the method to the monarch of the country, the monarch said that he could try it, and sure enough, the strategy of borrowing the cat to eliminate the mouse worked very well, and the monarch was very grateful to the father of the filial piety, and praised the wisdom of the old man, and finally abolished the ugly custom of "clay pot grave".
Third, the warehouse is honest and knows the etiquette, the passage of time, the change of years, the continuous development of social economy, the continuous progress of human civilization, the disappearance of the "crock pot grave" funeral is the inevitable result of historical evolution, and the demise is bound to be unstoppable and will eventually be replaced.
With the development of science and technology, the average life expectancy of human beings is getting longer and longer, as of 2021 query, the average life expectancy of human beings has reached 77.3 years, and some experts predict that in 2300, the average life expectancy of people will reach 95 years.
"Crock pot grave" funerals have become a thing of the past, and "burying in the ground for safety" at the age of 60 will no longer become a custom, but we should always remember history, think of danger in times of peace, and no longer let other unrighteous and unfilial things like "crock pot grave" funerals repeat themselves.