"The country is broken by mountains and rivers, and the city is deep in spring grass and trees. When I feel the flowers splash tears, I hate the birds and be frightened. —— "Spring Hope" Du Fu. ”
Nowadays, everyone is equal. Even if they do not enjoy the same wealth, but everyone can still enjoy the same rights, people rely on their own hands to create their own beautiful life, it can be said that people are now in an extremely civilized era. Mutual respect is a prerequisite for effective communication between each other, and because of this, people in different countries, different regions, and different colors can live together in a friendly way.
However, looking back at the past years of history, it is not difficult for us to find that in fact, such a life was placed hundreds of years ago as a very unimaginable thing. Previously, no matter what country or region you were in, there were some hierarchies. For example, the idea that Europeans once thought they were the most noble people in the world, and that other races could only be their own slaves, was so ingrained in their minds that they eventually formed racial discrimination against other races.
We know that in the past the European countries of the time were very keen on war, and they also expanded a lot of colonies. These Europeans still practiced some hierarchy in their colonies, which caused very serious harm to the very large number of local residents, which was not only physical but also mentally oppressive, and also dealt a fatal blow to the local national culture.
Today we are going to walk into the story of a princess in a colony, although she is a princess, she did not get the freedom she wanted before and after she died. After her death, her body was even exhibited for 72 years, a man named Chugnini. What's going on here?
First, you are a princess, but your life has suddenly changed
On a small island in the south of Australia, there lives a race called Tasmania. This race has never been isolated from the rest of the world and has lived its most primitive life. The chief of this race was called Mangana, and he was Chugnini's father. Therefore, Chuganini is the most noble princess of the race.
This race lived a very primitive life before it became in tune with the outside world. At the same time, most of the local residents live a very simple and poor life, because the local people are completely dependent on the sky to eat. There is no need to communicate with the outside world, and they can basically be self-sufficient, so most of the residents here are kind and simple,and they don't need to be like people from the outside world.
And Chugnini is living in such an environment, and his father is hard-working, leading the whole people to live together, and is supported and loved by the clan, which makes Chugnini's childhood very happy. But something unexpected happened, and in 1803, British colonists invaded the peaceful island.
At first, Chugnini and the tribesmen worked together to block the invasion of outsiders, but their weapons were very primitive, naturally could not be compared with the advanced weapons of the outsiders, so Chugnini and the tribesmen were quickly defeated by the outsiders.
Second, 3 times to remarry, colonists and disease are the culprits
A long time ago, Chugnini's parents had set up a marriage for Chugnini early on, the man had grown up with him, and the two had a very deep emotional foundation, so soon Chugnini married that person. At the same time, the tribesmen who had failed to fight against the foreign invaders were not willing to be humiliated, and they spontaneously formed a team, including Chugenini's husband.
They united and rushed to the front, but in this war many people were killed by foreign invaders, including Chuganini's newly married husband. After the defeat, the colonists arrested all his people, and they sold young and beautiful women and strong men to various parts of Europe to be slaves, and during this time, if anyone resisted, they would be beaten, abused, and even killed by the cruel colonists.
The atrocities of the colonists were all seen by Chugnini, but although she was the princess of the tribe, she was not able to lead the people to rebel. Soon the island was taken over by george, a foreign colonist, who introduced captivity to the local people in order to facilitate unified management. The colonists had no humanity to speak of, and they did not regard these poor inhabitants as human beings at all.
George's men had an official named Robinson, who was very capable of working and humble, and what was even more rare was that they were very gentle with these people. It so happened that Chugnini was good at English and knew the local situation well, so she was accepted into Robinson's command. After this, Chugnini began to help him deal with the problems between the various tribes and colonists, and the two also established a very deep friendship. Not only that, but after losing her husband, Chugnini also met her second husband, and the two of them worked together under Robinson after they got married.
Due to the unreasonable colonial captivity policy, there was a very serious outbreak of plague in the local area. Because the population was relatively concentrated, the plague spread even among the people. At the time, due to the low level of medical care and the fact that the colonists did not spend a great deal of time and money to treat these sick people, the Tasmanians survived less than 100 people in this catastrophe, which is equivalent to the Tasmanian almost extinction.
Chugnini's newlywed husband also tragically lost his life in this terrible disaster, which left Chugnini without a spiritual backbone. Even though she was in pain, she soon came out of her grief. Soon, she married William, the last man in the area, and began her third marriage.
3. Witnessing the tragic situation, the body was exhibited after death
The hardships of life and the destruction of the soul prevented Chugnini, who had experienced several marriages, from having children of his own, which could not be continued by the Stamani people. But Chugnini worked under Robinson for many years, and he even became a language teacher for Robinson's son. She recalled to her son Robinson the various customs of the island, as well as the daily lives of the people, which were recorded by the qualified student.
Not only that, but in the past ten years, the traditional culture of Tasmanians has also been made a detailed summary of how the local people face the harsh environment, how to grow crops and how to perform sacrifices. Chugnini's life has been lived in such a plain way, and in a trance, Chugnini even thought that he would be able to live such a plain life for the rest of his life.
Shortly thereafter, however, Chugnini's husband, William, died. Because as the last male in Tasmania, the human body was naturally used as an experimental pair by the colonists. What is even more infuriating is that this group of cruel people, after dissecting William's body, sent him to the museum for exhibition. And all this makes Chugnini see in his eyes and remember it in his heart.
Chuganini knew very well that as the last Tasmanian, he had the purest blood, so after his death, his body would certainly be treated like her husband. Before dying, her last words were to hope that she would be buried in the ground after death, and would not be dissected or exhibited.
However, Chugnini's last wish did not come true. After her death, her body was not only made into a specimen, but even the retreat was taken down and sent to various places and exhibited for 72 years.
brief summary:
During the colonial period, the City of Europe had committed too many crimes in their colonies, and countless poor people and races, under their ravages, had suffered a catastrophe. As a result, for some, many races, we can only vaguely understand from some historical sources that they existed. The plundering of the colonists has had many bad effects on the development of human civilization, and many precious civilizations have also disappeared.
Even in times of peace, we should still take this as a warning, after all, in the long history of history, there have been many tragedies like Chugnini that have become indelible scars of the indigenous population. With the development and progress of society, the community of common destiny is the development trend and trend of the world today, so we must prevent the resurgence of imperialism and colonialism and absolutely cannot let tragedies like Chugnini repeat themselves.
References: "Spring Hope", "Princess Chugnini of Australia"