Is there really a living sacrifice in history? In which dynasties did it happen?

Copywriter and producer Yuan Zaiyu; Copywriter: Xu

Is there really a living sacrifice in history? 1887, in the archaeological process of Knossos site, historians found three human bones in an ancient tomb. The bone was placed on the altar, next to a vessel and a light bronze knife.

Contemporary anthropology has an explanation for this phenomenon:? These findings suggest that human sacrifices may be part of the rituals performed by these people. ? It is not difficult to see that there is indeed a phenomenon of living sacrifice in history.

Sacrifice to the Living has been recorded all over the world, including China and the West.

Among them, China's living sacrifice originated from Shang Dynasty. At that time, people believed in the gods in the sky, and whenever they met something that humans could not get an answer, they would think that the gods in the sky were condemning people. In order to calm the anger of the gods, the ignorant ancients came up with a way to sacrifice the living.

Sacrifice is not only used to calm the anger of the gods. In order to pray for good weather in the coming year, ancient people will take out tributes and offer people as tributes to the gods, which can better show people's sincere belief in the gods.

In today's society, we will find it cruel and ignorant to sacrifice the living. But in ancient times, people did not have this kind of consciousness.

In the Ming Dynasty, when the flood flooded the southwest, the village would appoint people with high respect of their own nationality to find children suitable for the constellation and raise them in the local ancestral temple. However, these selected children's personal freedom has been restricted since childhood, and they are restricted to eat and drink in the ancestral hall. When they finally grow up, the villagers will give them as tributes.

At sacrificial ceremonies, children often sit on rafts and sink into the river? Serve? These children of the river god have never seen the flowers bloom and fall in this world, but they have experienced clouds and clouds. At an early age, he has become a sacrifice to calm the anger of the river god and a victim of his foolish belief in the gods.

Of course, not only to quell floods, but also droughts, locusts, solar terms and blessings. , are used to sacrifice the living. In the long history of China, there are countless such incidents.

Sacrificing the living has been recorded in almost all dynasties in history, but it has gradually decreased in these dynasties, but no matter how many times it is sacrificed, this custom has always been preserved.

These feudal remnants were gradually banned until the early Republic of China. Nowadays, it is illegal for China to sacrifice the living to harm others' lives.

Our great China country with a glorious history is still like this, contrast? The western world? There are also many human sacrifices (outside China). For example, in Mayan culture, there are examples of killing human beings as sacrifices and praying for divine power from the gods.

The Maya killed the sacrifices in a more bloody and violent way. These cruel people often choose the soldiers or prisoners of hostile forces captured by them as sacrifices, and take out the beating hearts of these victims alive and cut them into pieces for the gods.

What is even more frightening is that the Mayans at that time thought that sacrifice was more important than breathing, and the first batch of sacrifices were only prisoners and prisoners. Later, some nobles even thought that sacrificing themselves was a kind of piety to the gods. Sacrifice is far more than that. In some areas, young children who are unfamiliar with the world or virgins who symbolize purity are carefully selected for sacrifice.

Sacrificial means also emerge in endlessly, including burning, beheading, buried alive and so on. At the same time, the way of offering sacrifices has become more complicated. One of the cruelest things is that a person is first painted with a specific pigment, and then his body is cut open by a priest, eaten by onlookers, and eaten by heaven? Blessing? Be proud of your health.

Everything so distorted seems to be devoid of humanity.

Fortunately, the whole world is developing in a good direction. In the evolution of western civilization, the living sacrifice was gradually eliminated because of the awakening of human rights. Nowadays, no matter at home or abroad, in the mainstream society, we can't find any field that is still sacrificing the living.

Chinese and western cultures are constantly developing and evolving in the torrent of the times, and our understanding of the world is becoming clearer and clearer. We no longer think that droughts, floods and strange natural phenomena are widespread indignation and resentment, but can be explained by our own scientific knowledge; We no longer pray for divine power from the gods, but know how to exert our subjective initiative, strive to realize our own value and make ourselves a better person.

Looking back at those people who have been seriously injured by the decadent and cruel living sacrifice culture, and even become victims, we should learn from them. Understand and cherish life and fear the truth, goodness and beauty of life.

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