Editor's note: Ghost head big knife, it is estimated that many friends, have heard it. This weapon is often used in various literary and artistic works to carry out executions. So, what should the ghost head knife look like?
The Beijing Police Museum exhibits a total of four Qing Dynasty torture knives (cultural relics pictures provided by Beijing knife friend Chen Brother), and it is clear at a glance that the first three are for Ling Chi's use. Except for the first Ling Chi needle, the rest of the knife heads are decorated with wood carved ghost heads, that is, ghost head knives. Ling Chi Knife is mainly picky and needs sharp edges.
The first two have nothing to say, the use of their own brain supplement, the third Lingchi knife should be a natural state, learning is the Nepalese Gurkha short knife shape: Kukri (Kukri), commonly known as dog legs. I have said in relevant articles: If you come into contact with a sufficient number of Qing Dynasty sabers and waist knives, it is not difficult to find that from West Asia to South Asia, from East Asia to Europe, Qing Dynasty swords and swords are eclectic with the characteristics of swords in various countries and regions at that time, showing a variety of styles, and have unique creations and plays. As for how many shapes there are in the Qing Dynasty knife, readers can search for previous articles, and may also mention it later. The No. 3 No. 4 knife on the left and right sides of the picture below is from Mr. Zhou Wei's "Illustration of Ancient Weapons in Asia" plate 16:
The fourth is a decapitation knife, which is also decorated with wood carved ghost heads, which can be regarded as a big knife with a ghost head. Since its function only requires chopping, the flat blade has no edge. The use of the middle of the blade is over-worn and the blade is lost. It can be seen that this thing did not cut people less in those years.
It can be seen that the so-called ghost head knife person, the top of the handle of the knife is carved with a ghost head, rather than a single knife shape. The media has reported on the torture knife of the Palace Museum, and the text is more bizarre. But it also proves my suspicion that at least the decapitation knife came from the Forbidden City, not far from the Beijing Police Museum.
The description of this media reflects the author's lack of historical common sense, is it true that the officials sentenced to death in the Ming and Qing dynasties would really launch a noon gate beheading? The author feels that the introduction of the noon gate beheading may be a confusion between the ancient army and the introduction of the beheading of the yuanmen. Secondly, the beheading at the noon gate may also be a false rumor of the court staff. The Noon Gate of the Forbidden City is the main gate of the Imperial City of the Ming and Qing Dynasties is the place where important activities are held, and the main functions are summarized as three major items: First, the festival is given food: every year, the emperor will go to the noon gate to give food, and the spring cake will be given; the Dragon Boat Day will be given cold cakes, and the Chongyang Day will be given flower cakes to show the emperor's love for the world. The second is the ceremony of the Shuo: the emperor promulgated edicts to the whole country, which was generally held at the noon gate. Every year on the first day of the tenth month of the lunar calendar, the following year's calendar is issued at noon. Every year on the first day of the first lunar month, the "Great Song of The Promulgation of the Year" for the promulgation of the following year's almanac is held at noon. Three Sacrifices of Prisoners Ceremony: When the country is on the battlefield and the army returns triumphantly, the leading general will hold up the "Sacrifice Ceremony" to the Emperor at noon to pay tribute to the prisoners of war, also known as the "Present Prisoners".
Ming dynasty officials were "disrespectful and imprudent." For example, if you lose your hand and land on the Wat, or if you fall to the ground when you are old and weak and prostrate, or interrupt others playing, etc., you will immediately be questioned by the Imperial Historian, because before the Fengtian Gate is the noon gate, so as long as you are taken out of the pilgrimage, of course, you will be escorted out of the noon gate. However, such negligence does not result in execution, and the general treatment is: "The imperial history and the prologue of the excessively large official, the Holy Will: The Jinyi Guard took it; the Too Small, the Holy Will: Spare Him." The minister violated the dignity of the emperor, known as the crime of "reverse scale", and the offender was tied to the east side of the imperial road in front of the noon gate for a "court staff". Under the staff of the Ming Dynasty court, it was common to be killed.
At noon you can beat people to death, so why not behead them? In fact, the reason is very simple. Instead of you, would you kill people at your own gate? How unlucky! The staff kills people without bloodshed and does not pollute the noon gate. If an official commits a crime, he is usually arrested first, sent to the Punishment Department or designated by the princes and ministers for interrogation and preparation, and then needs to be beheaded before being sent to Chai City (Ming Dynasty) or Caishikou (Qing Dynasty) for beheading. These rumors can be seen on the line, do not have to take it seriously, go to the museum mainly to see the physical object, hearsay things can not be believed. In addition, the short knives with ghost heads are not necessarily all torture knives, such as this one is not necessarily. The following picture is a ghost head Taiji diagram short knife, Sichuan Chengdu knife friend Xia Brother privately hidden:
With this knife Zhenwen, it should be able to suppress some hostility, right?
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