"Records of the Military Order": "To Qin Mu, the third son of the Zi Che clan was martyred, and the Qin government was even more severe, with the intention of burying hundreds of women." ”
China's burial system can be traced back to prehistoric civilization, and the tomb system appeared as early as the matriarchal clan society.
In that era, in the matriarchal clan society, the status of women was relatively high.
In general, the owners of a large tomb group tend to be women.
And it is worth mentioning that at that time, the husband and wife had to be buried in their own matriarchal graves, so there was no joint burial of husband and wife. If a man appears in a tomb, it is often a man in the matriarchal family, that is, the man and the owner of the tomb are mother and son, or the relationship between the grandmother and the grandson.
Later, it developed into a patriarchal clan society, where the status of men was elevated and the status of women declined.
The same burial system has changed, and there have been tomb groups where husband and wife are buried together, as well as tombs where families are buried together.
The owner of the tomb often also became a man.
As humanity continued to evolve, human civilization entered a period of slavery.
During the Xia, Shang and Zhou periods in China, with the continuous development of social economy and the continuous improvement of productive forces, people grew and multiplied in a certain area, and gradually slave rulers appeared in this area.
During the slave period, human rights were often very low, so the burial system developed in the tomb system of the slave period. Why were the legs of the concubines buried for the emperor separated?
What did they experience before they were born?
The humility of a woman's identity
In 221 AD, the Qin Dynasty unified the world, china's first feudal dynasty was established, and the feudal system was gradually established
。 During the period of feudal rule in our country for more than 2,000 years, the social classes had a strict hierarchical system. Qin Shi Huang established the emperor system, the imperial power was autocratic and arbitrary, and the status of the emperor was supreme. In the courtroom,
In order to consolidate their position and continue the glory of the family, some ministers often choose to let their daughters enter the harem.
Become the emperor's concubine. Therefore, we will pass on the saying: Three palaces, six courts, seventy-two concubines. This short sentence reveals the supremacy of the emperor and the humility of the woman's identity in that period.
Those young girls who are in their old age cannot choose their own love, let alone choose their own marriage.
For the glory of the family, for the status of their father and brother in the court, they buried their beautiful years in this palace wall. If the women in the harem can get the favor of the emperor, then they can one day fly up the branches to become phoenixes, and their own families will ascend to heaven because of their own tao. If they were not favored by the emperor, they would be left with endless indifference and loneliness. Their fate before they were born was not yet in their hands, and their deaths were in the hands of the emperor.
With the death of the emperor, the funeral system also came into being.
In our ancient society, there were many emperors who would ask for martyrdom.
These emperors would often draw up a list of concubines and palace ladies to be buried before they died, and the women on the list could only choose to die with the emperor, and there was no second choice.
If the system of martyrdom had been violated, the woman's family might have suffered all over the place.
Martyrdom
There are also many ways of burial,
One of the most common ways is to bury them alive
。 These people whose lives are not yet over must die with the emperor because of a holy decree. These living people are buried alive in the soil,
With a little loss of air, they struggled, they resisted, but gradually, with the loss of oxygen, their lives also passed.
At many archaeological sites, archaeologists who open these coffins will find that the palace women who accompany the funeral are often legs open. This is precisely for the above reasons,
The palace ladies died in lack of oxygen and fear, and how strange their posture after death was explainable
。
epilogue
After the end of the feudal dynasty, China entered the socialist period, and with the continuous improvement of the legal system, human rights have also been greatly developed. Living in the new era, we should cherish the present, cherish life, and realize our true selves.
References: Records of the Military Orders