I looked at the carriage full of shrouds,

My heart was also full of doubts.

You say these soldiers,

Work well down there,

Why did he die suddenly?

It's really puzzling.

I thought as I walked back,

12 carriages......

13 carriages......

14 carriages......

It's all like that......

Each carriage carried some corpses.

And you can clearly smell a rotten smell.

No wonder the soldiers in front didn't come here.

I'm quiet,

Walked three carriages,

As you walk,

But I didn't find anything out of the ordinary.

But when I cross the 15th carriage,

When you come to the last car No. 16,

But there has been a change.

Because the door of the junction here does not move,

Not as open as the previous carriages,

Instead, the green train door was locked.

What can I do?

As I thought, I looked around,

I found a crowbar from the side,

It took a lot of effort to pry the door open,

Push open the door and see,

Obediently,

Sure enough, just like I thought,

It's different from the previous cars.

There are no dead bodies in the clean,

But in the middle of the green sheet,

There is an antique wooden coffin,

Even the whole carriage smelled of wood.

But this coffin is very strange,

Although the material is the best golden silk nanmu,

At first glance, it is the coffin of a person who is either rich or noble.

A cordon was also pulled around,

Apparently meant to remind the soldiers not to approach.

But the shape of this coffin is not like an ordinary rectangle with one large end and one small end.

Rather, it's a boxy square.

Here I want to explain to you,

In the Yangshao culture, the coffin already exists, and it will never be square.

In the Western world, which is thousands of miles away and seems to be untouchable, the shape of the coffin still does not adopt a square.

Why can't the coffin be square? From a pictographic point of view, the square coffin resembles a "mouth", and if a "person" is placed in it, he will become a "prisoner", which is a taboo in Feng Shui.

So-called:

"Birth, things are courteous; Death, burial with ceremony, sacrifice with ceremony"

From ancient times to the present, the people have been using the funeral system handed down by their ancestors.

Although some customs have become difficult to see in big cities with the development of the times, some villages have continued to pass on these systems.

Among them, our common coffin burial is a form of funeral system, after someone dies,

The family of the deceased often goes to great lengths and buries the coffin containing the remains of their loved ones in the cemetery after the funeral.

The coffins used for burial are made of different materials, and there are nanmu,

There are also ordinary cypress and pine wood, but no matter what kind of wood, the shape of the coffin is similar.

Basically, one is tall and one is short, one is big and one is small.

Why is the coffin designed in this way? What does this say?

In fact, the overall difference in the structure of the coffin is not big, and it has been following a law of building since ancient times.

Either it ends with "seven" or "three".

To put it simply, no one will customize the specific size of the coffin according to the height and weight of the deceased, and the coffin buried is regardless of size.

In film and television dramas, we can also see that the coffins stored in Yizhuang are basically the same size,

Except for the difference in the material and some details of the exterior decoration, it is the same custom template from the coffin body to the coffin.

The difference between the material of the coffin and the exterior decoration can reflect a certain identity information of the tomb owner.

For example, the average coffin is black, but if there is a red coffin, it means that the owner of the tomb has lived past 80 years, which is a happy funeral.

In addition to black coffins, the most common is white coffins, white coffins are not painted,

Directly exposed to the wood, then this kind of coffin is usually prepared for poor families.

Most of the people from poor families can't even afford coffins, let alone the kind of high-quality coffins that are painted, they can't afford it.

In addition, the same is true for the material of the coffin, and the general rich and noble families will customize the Nanmu coffin.

The golden silk nanmu is the most expensive kind of coffin, and the poor people choose the cheapest wood, mostly cypress.

Some coffins will be engraved with the font "Shou" or "Fu", and the different characters are usually used to distinguish between men and women.

Men will have the word "Shou" engraved on the coffin, and women will have the word "Fu" engraved.

Of course, this is only a custom in some regions, and it is not a unified ideology.

In some areas, the word Fushou will be engraved on the coffin to show that both the word Fushou is complete.

Structurally, the coffin is composed of four parts, namely the "cover", "bottom", "wall", and "back".

According to the literal meaning, it is relatively easy to understand.

"Cover" refers to the lid of the coffin, and "bottom" is the bottom plate of the coffin.

The "wall" is the longer planks on the left and right sides of the coffin, and the last "back" refers to the corresponding planks on both sides of the head and feet.

In these four parts of the structure, "Hui" has different meanings, and it itself symbolizes the "door", that is, the channel for the dead to reach the world.

It is used as a channel for the deceased to return home to visit their loved ones.

The structure of the coffin has not changed much from ancient times to the present,

Including one is tall and one is short, one is big and one is small, there are reasons and sayings.

One is big and the other is small, because the coffin is usually made of a whole piece of wood.

Whether it is cypress or pine, the shape of the whole root is one large end and the other small, that is, the root is thick and thin.

In addition, people's shoulders are usually wider than their legs, and one big and one small is designed to be top-heavy with the corpse in mind.

In the earliest days, when the people customized the coffin, the technique was relatively rough, and there was no so-called "cover" and "bottom".

That is, take a whole tree trunk and hollow out the core, and finally put the body inside.

The root of the tree is thick, and the upper body of man is the widest.

They are sent in order from foot to head, so that the coffin is not wide enough and the body is not stuck.

This is the shape and method of the original coffin, which later developed over time and with the times.

The coffin will vary in material and lacquer, but the structure is basically unchanged.

In addition, the design of the coffin, which is tall at one end and short at the other, has been changed with the spread of the system.

Generally, the part where the head is placed is relatively tall, and the position under the foot is deliberately designed to be shorter.

The implication of this is respect for the deceased, and the head of the body will rise upwards when the body is put in.

Not only is it more beautiful, but it also represents the meaning of being affirmed before and after death.

On the other hand, Chinese pay more attention to feng shui, and the houses where ordinary people live are also tall and short, which symbolizes the harmony of yin and yang to some extent.

The book is back to business,

It said that coffins are generally one tall and one short.

But this square coffin,

It's also the first time I've seen it.

Sitting in the south facing north in it,

It is surrounded by a very weird prison word, which is very weird.

"Whose family, why did you die and be buried in such an insidious situation."

I was amazed to think,

While thinking about it, I crossed the cordon,

I want to see the coffin up close.

Because in my experience,

Generally this kind of non-conformist thing,

There must be something special about him,

Or there is some special role in it.

Sure enough,

As I looked around the coffin lid,

Suddenly found the coffin lid carved the dragon head,

The dragon has a delicate switch in its mouth,

It seems out of place with the decoration of the entire coffin.

"That's it."

I thought to myself,

Flip the switch,

I should be able to find out the secret of this coffin.

So I couldn't wait to reach down,

I'm going to go around.

Stop

Due to the age,

The coffin is very cold to the touch,

When I got closer, there was a strong smell of rotting wood.

I put my hand in the dragon's mouth,

Touching the handle of the switch,

I can't screw this thing even if I waste all my strength.

"Damn, it's so tight"

I thought to myself,

Maybe it's because of age,

The wood has all grown dead together.

So I simply jumped on the coffin board,

Touching both hands,

I tried my best to pull him.

But what happened next,

I never thought of it.