Feb 27 2009
The Southwestern Death Culture
Somehow came across the subject of “湘西赶尸“. A very elaborate tradition it is! How the profession selects apprentice, the rituals and the mirage of dead man walking, etc. Secular observers suspected it was a guise for smuggling or other “feudalism leftovers”. But just reminded me of another set of photographs I saw somewhere about another ethnic group (a very small group living mainly in the woods, Tong, maybe?) in the SW. They too have a very elaborate ritual of burying the dead. Amy Tam’s recent work in Yunan also yields stories along the same line (e.g. parents pick a tree when a child is born which is to be used as his/her coffin when he/she dies).
It appears that the death culture is rich and deep in the SW. Just fascinating. Has anyone traced it back to ancient times? Say 楚辞?
一天到晚都在读些什么啊？
我看过一个演“赶尸”的新闻纪录节目，具体内容不记得了，只记得里面模仿的半夜尸体排队走路还挺逼真的。
网站做的真高级，还要输安全码才能留言。不像我们的网站，上面垃圾留言一堆，只能手工删除。
网站抬头的照片很不错，是LISA照的吧？LISA照人物真的很不错。