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Text: Wordy Shoko
Editor|Akiko long-winded
Preface
In ancient times, when some people who committed very serious crimes were sentenced to "behead the public", they began to kneel down to thank the condemned person.
Because for them, this is a relatively "happy" way to die, but at this time, we will find a phenomenon, that is, when cutting off their heads, these prisoners are basically kneeling on the ground, what is going on?
The executioner who sharpens the sword
Executioners are not born executioners, they have to start training their own knife skills at a very young age, so what kind of person will become an executioner?
Generally, the executioner's family is not very wealthy, after all, the family is rich, who wants to let their children's hands be covered with blood, let alone the more superstitious time in ancient times.
Executioners are not only affected by people's strange perceptions, but also affect their future, and when they grow up, there are hardly many serious women who want to marry the executioner.
Because they will feel that the executioner has been doing this business all year round, and it is easy for them to be contaminated with "karma", and if they live with them, they will be more "unlucky".
But if they don't learn this, they have nothing else to "make a living", this is a "dead loop", and out of helplessness, they can only choose this industry.
However, after having enough money, there are still people who marry them, but there is a great possibility, and the other party is actually unwilling, but he really can't live anymore.
When they were very young, they would pick up a knife to chop winter melons, and after training again and again, they became more and more proficient in holding knives, and they also began to chop with a knife.
After that, they would take some living animals to train, of course, at first they would cut some small animals, and only when they were skilled would they cut some large animals.
After everything has been trained, they go to the execution ground to cut off the prisoner's head, but the first time they cut off someone's head, they are always a little nervous, and of course, they are also afraid.
However, after becoming proficient, they will be "familiar with beheading", and the executioner will earn a lot of "extra money" after doing this industry.
Because for ancient people, "the body is skinned, and the parents are received", and only the body can be intact to enter the ancestral grave, so the family members of some criminals will "bribe" the executioner.
In this way, the executioner will be quick and accurate when he strikes, and it can also ensure that the flesh and skin are "connected", so that the prisoner can "leave a whole corpse".
In that case, is it not okay to be executed standing up? Why do you have to make people kneeling? There is a reason for this, but what is the reason?
Kneeling imprisonment
After a person is sentenced to death, they are kept in prison until the day of the execution, before which they will have a sumptuous meal - the severed head.
Compared with the previous meals of the prisoners, this meal was like a heaven and an underground, but at this time, the death row prisoners were not in the mood to enjoy the food, even if it was delicious food, they probably couldn't remember what it tasted like.
When the time comes, the death row prisoners will be pulled out of the prison and pulled into the execution ground, but this time is also particular, many times, we will see in the TV series, the time of execution is generally at noon.
The main reason is that at that time, the yang energy was the heaviest at this time, and in this way, it would dispel the "yin energy" on the prisoner's body when he died.
When they arrived at the execution ground, the prisoner would kneel on the execution platform, and when the official on the stage gave an order, the executioner would wield the knife in his hand, and the prisoner's life would come to an end.
If they kneel down to carry out the execution, it is very likely that considering that they are not so "calm" in the face of death, and it is normal to tremble.
If the prisoner is forced to stand up, they may not have the strength, what if the foot is unstable and accidentally breaks down while chopping?
In such a situation, sometimes it "affected" the executioner's performance, and furthermore, if the prisoner stood up taller than the executioner, the executioner would not have to take a knife and slash upward.
For the executioner, this is not conducive to their borrowing, and more importantly, there is no way to "neatly" do it at once.
When it is not completed, it is definitely very painful for the criminal, so if you stand, it is not good for both the executioner and the criminal, and it is better to let the prisoner kneel and carry out the execution.
There is another important reason for this, that is, under the ancient feudal hierarchy, people worshiped nature very much.
Kneeling down to the land at the time of execution is to thank the land for its "dedication" over the years, and the reason why the criminal was beheaded must have committed a great crime.
If you bow down to the loess, you are asking God to forgive you for your sins, and you are also giving in to your superiors.
Ancient Law
The laws of each dynasty on the mainland are not very different, and what may be guilty in one dynasty will not be convicted in another.
But the matter of having the law was already in existence as early as the Xia Dynasty, and the purpose of having the law was to have a better "social order".
If a society is not bound by law, then all the evils of human nature will be released, and the people who bear the evils of human nature are also those "vulnerable groups".
Of course, in ancient times, there were many punishments that were very severe, among which beheading was already a very "merciful" way of death at that time.
Therefore, when people think about the punishment they need to accept for what they have committed, they will try their best to restrain their "actions", and there are naturally some things that are difficult to judge or misjudge.
But in general, the laws of antiquity, to a certain extent, are pushing society to develop for the better, after all, each era has its own unique culture.
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