Revealing the secrets of corpse expulsion.
The so-called "corpse drive" is actually "corpse transport". The corpse driver asked someone to dismember the body and then sprayed a special potion on the residual limb to prevent the residual limb from rotting. A man's stump is on his back, wrapped in a long and big black robe and wearing a big straw hat, which covers his whole head and makes it difficult to see the outline of his face. Another person dressed as a "corpse driver" threw yellow paper in front and rang the bell to guide the corpse carrier. They also deliberately create an atmosphere of terror, making people afraid to get close. If the journey is long, their roles will change every day.
Two or three days before arriving at the destination, inform the family members of the deceased in advance, prepare clothes and coffins, and immediately put the residual limbs of the body together after the "deceased" arrives, put clothes, hats and shoes on the deceased, and put them in Shoumu. This burial process is entirely undertaken by the "corpse driver", and no one is allowed to insert and watch, just as the corpse is not allowed to peep when it is "carried out of the coffin" at the time of departure. It is said that at these critical moments, when a stranger approaches a corpse, he will be in danger of "shocking the corpse", and the burial process must be in the middle of the night. Everything is arranged, that is to say, the deceased will be buried before being claimed.
The origin of corpse driving has not been verified. According to relevant documents, there is a saying of "three drives and three no drives" in Xiangxi. Those who have been beheaded, hanged and died in cages can be driven away. The reason is that they were forced to die, and they are not convinced. They miss their hometown and relatives. They can hook their souls with spells, put them in their bodies with spells, and then use spells to drive them to climb mountains and mountains, or even board a boat, cross a piece of water and return to their hometown. Those who died of illness, those who voluntarily hanged themselves in the river, and those who were mutilated by thunder and fire could not be driven away. Their souls who died of illness have been hooked by the king of hell, and they cannot be recalled from the gates of hell by magic.
The scope of the corpse transfer area: Langzhou (Changde) in the north can't cross Dongting Lake, Jingzhou in the east, Fuzhou and Wuzhou in the west, and Yunnan-Guizhou in the southwest. Legend has it that these places are under the jurisdiction of the ghost country of Miao ancestors. If they are far away, they will be out of bounds, and the old company can't catch up with those zombies. The method of the corpse driver is: the old man in red reads a spell, lights cinnabar and sticks spells.
About the corpse driver
There has been a corpse-driving industry in Xiangxi since ancient times. Learning this industry requires two conditions: courage and good health. Moreover, we must learn from our teachers. Medics never take apprentices in disorder. The apprentice is written by the parents first, and then the corpse driver must interview. Generally speaking, you must be 16 years old and 1.7 meters tall. At the same time, there is a very special condition that you should be ugly.
The corpse driver first shows the examinee the sun in the sky, then rotates, and then suddenly stops, so that you can distinguish between east, west, north and south at once. If you can't tell the difference, you can't be hired. Because you can't tell the east, west, north and south at this time, it means that you can't tell the direction at night and can't drive the car. Then, the corpse driver wants you to find something and carry the burden. Because the body is not alive after all, you can't climb steep slopes. The corpsman had to carry on the high slope one by one. Finally, there is an interview, that is, the corpse driver put a tung leaf on the grave in the deep mountain for you to retrieve alone in the dark. Only in this way can you show that you have the courage to be a competent corpse driver. After Sandao Pass, you will have the possibility to be an apprentice to the corpse driver.
The authenticity of the body.
In fact, if we look at "corpse removal" from a scientific perspective, it is just a form of carrying corpses in ancient times. Corpse drivers and corpsers existed in that special era in the past, but with the progress of society, this ancient industry is on the verge of extinction. Therefore, people under the age of 50 in western Hunan are mostly dubious about "corpse driving", which is precisely the reason why this ancient "method" is more mysterious.
related data
CCTV's "Approaching Science" once had a series of "Walking Dead", which introduced the corpse drive in Xiangxi.