When it comes to sacrificial culture in Shang Dynasty, it is different from other dynasties in offering sacrifices to the living. Sacrificial techniques in Shang Dynasty are like a set meal. How terrible was the sacrifice of the living in Shang Dynasty? Why is this dynasty so terrible?

Is it extremely cruel to let priests choose to kill people, behead them, burn them to death, splash water, gut them and take out their internal organs? However, the rulers at that time were willing to do so, not knowing what their psychological activities were like at that time. After all, it's cruel. If they are slaves, the possibility of being killed is very high. Moreover, even virgins, teenagers and children are not spared. Why are you doing this?

Under the ruins of Yin Ruins, there are more than 1 10 human bones buried in every square kilometer, and the names of their sacrifices are as many as 2 1 1. It can be seen that this thing was very common at that time, and all major ceremonies such as offering sacrifices to gods, going out to war, building, asking for divination, burial and so on were all about killing people. This may be a custom of Shang Dynasty, but it is really terrible. In ancient times, there was martyrdom, and the folk saying was: Go with the monarch. This is just a manifestation of conscious martyrdom. There are many such records in the Biography of Ancient Martyrs.

In ancient times, the appearance of martyrdom had historical limitations. However, people in Ming and Qing dynasties advocated it in other forms. In the Biography of Martyrs, it is also true that some concubines were asked to be buried voluntarily after the death of the ancient monarch. Mrs Gou Jian is an example. But in ancient society, the status of women was still very low, so there were things buried with them. Do you think this matter has different forms now?