Hainan "wearing a cane" performance, several meters long silver needles through the cheek, leaving no drop of blood
Every year on the ninth day of the first lunar month, most places in Hainan hold some celebrations, because in Taoism, this is the Christmas of the highest god, the Jade Emperor, on this day, all the people of Hainan will gather together to bully the whole Chinese people, bully the Guotai Min'an, and adjust the wind and rain.
In order to make the ceremony more lively, Hainan natives will also hold some special celebrations, most of which show that it is difficult for ordinary people to make a cane. This activity has been in the history of Hainan for more than 1500 years, and was originally invented to commemorate the 100,000 elite soldiers led by Lady Xian to pacify Hainan, so there is such an activity.
The so-called piercing staff, mainly with a silver staff, is not a silver needle, the silver rod looks still very thick, with a more sharp part, directly through the person's cheek, when looking at the time can be clearly seen, through the previous people's cheeks are not holes, when wearing is also directly through, some of the more frightening, may be directly through several people, several people share a silver rod, and then walk through the streets.
After wearing the cane, it will be full of "paper money" and apples and the like offered by others, it is difficult to say clearly whether this is a performance activity or a sacrifice activity, listen to the local people next to it, the person who performs the cane must be able to wear it under the condition of being possessed by the spirit, otherwise it is easy to hurt himself.
Watching a huge needle pass through the cheek without shedding a drop of blood is a little scary. The reason why there is no bleeding is because the silver rod is smeared with some drugs to stop the bleeding, so that the bleeding can be stopped quickly, and the part that the silver rod passes through is actually a part with fewer nerve endings, and now there are many young people who will hit nails on their cheeks, hitting these two parts, if it hurts, it will definitely not hurt as much as other places, but it will always be slightly painful.
So what to do after that? After passing through the needle, the cheek naturally has no way to recover quickly, and it needs regular maintenance, which is the same as piercing the ear piercing, if you are not careful, it is likely to cause inflammation to cause the wound to fester, if it is well protected, there will be no such result.
Although wearing a staff has lasted for more than 1500 years, it is still essentially under the guise of demons and ghosts, but this is after all the custom of others, although I don't like it, but the minimum respect is still there. On the day of the festival, tens of thousands of tourists and believers burn incense and pray for blessings and feel the folk customs of Hainan.
