In ancient China, some people chose hanging coffins for burial. Where did this burial method come from?

Hanging coffin burial generally refers to the hanging coffin burial in ancient China, which is one of the burial styles of ethnic minorities. It mostly occurs in southern areas, such as Fujian, Jiangsu, Jiangxi, Guangdong, Sichuan and other places. It is a way of burying coffins in cliffs. That is, after death, the human body is put into the coffin, and then the wooden coffin is placed on the board inserted into the cliff, or directly placed in the dug or natural cliff hole or cliff gap, or simply hung on the cliff, and some are placed on the rocks protruding from the cliff.

But this kind of burial is very dangerous, because the coffin is placed in a high-risk and steep place, and the mountain is very high and there is nowhere to climb. It is hard to imagine how people put coffins in ancient times when technology, transportation and productivity were extremely backward. Just like how the pyramids in ancient Egypt were built, it is still a mystery.

Although there are many sayings in modern times, such as hanging method (descending from the top of a cliff), plank road method (building a plank road on the edge of a cliff to get there), scaffolding method and so on. There are many loopholes in these statements and they are not credible. So far, there is no good statement in academic circles, which is also the great crystallization of ancient human wisdom.

Hanging burial also has a certain level. The higher the position of hanging, the nobler the identity of the deceased, and the more people respect him. As early as the History of the Three Kingdoms, there were related records of hanging burial customs, and according to the inspection of hanging burial objects and coffin plates, it first appeared in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period and the Eastern Han Dynasty.

Every custom has its own traditional saying, and hanging coffin burial is no exception. The folk saying is that if future generations want to live a better life, the deceased will be buried in a high place, which is both a respect for the deceased and a reverence for the soul. This is sacred and inviolable, and can bless the prosperity of future generations.