Sichuan province used to be the main residential area of Bo people. In Gongxian, Sichuan, there is a hanging coffin scenic spot. According to historical records, the Gelao nationality was once called a maverick by the Han people, with a population of tens of thousands, and once had considerable influence in southwest China. Gelao people have a unique funeral culture. They will drill holes in the cliff, nail stakes and put the coffin of the dead on it. Or put one end of the coffin in a cliff hole and the other end on a stake nailed to the cliff. This kind of burial method is very strange. People still don't understand how the Gelao people put coffins on it in the absence of cranes in ancient times, and why do they do this?
If there are descendants of the Gelao people, we may be able to solve the mystery. However, after more than 100 years of existence, Bo people have completely disappeared. The reason is entirely because the rulers of the Ming Dynasty were too cruel to this nation, resulting in tens of thousands of people missing. At present, there is no other blogger, and the hanging coffin culture will eventually become an eternal mystery.
There are also many disputes about the origin of this nation in academic circles. Some experts think it is a branch of the Dai nationality, while others think it is split from the Bai nationality. But at present, there is no definite evidence to prove which culture they belong to.
As for why it suddenly disappeared, this is because before the Ming Dynasty, the court basically adopted the chieftain system for the southwest ethnic minorities, which was equivalent to giving the local people a high degree of autonomy. The chief is the highest power owner in the local area, and his only task is to be loyal to the court and pay taxes. The implementation of this system has also made the Gelao culture develop rapidly.
However, in the Ming Dynasty, in order to strengthen centralization, the imperial court changed the chieftain system into a floating official system. This area is managed by floating officials, but there is a term of office. The popularity of this system aroused the dissatisfaction of local residents, and finally the contradiction escalated and war broke out between the two sides.
However, Bo people are no match for the imperial court. Under the suppression of the Ming army, this minority completely disappeared from the land of China, and the mystery of hanging coffins left by them has become a difficult problem that the current historians have been unable to solve.