In the TV series of the Qing dynasty, whenever the villain is brought to justice, there is often an inspiring sentence? Push out the meridian gate and behead? Render the atmosphere of evil deeds to the fullest.
After the launch of the meridian gate, the ending is where the execution ends, which is what the title says? Caishikou? A place near the inner city of Beijing. As for why this place is called? Caishikou? As the name implies, it is the place where ordinary people buy and sell vegetables.
When there are no prisoners on death row, a large number of vegetable farmers come to the city from outside the city to make profits, while the dignitaries in the city wander around, shop and look around. All of a sudden Caishikou? Traffic here has become one of the busiest places in Beijing.
This lively legend began in the Ming Dynasty, so? Caishikou? This place name originated in the Ming Dynasty, but in the Yuan Dynasty before the Ming Dynasty, it was called "firewood" for a long time. Caishikou? Legend has it that Wen Tianxiang, a loyal minister of the Song Dynasty, was probably the first to end his life here because he did not want to submit to Mongolian rule? Caishikou? The person who was executed.
After the Qing dynasty overthrew the Ming dynasty, because it needed a place to execute the condemned prisoners, and considering its own taboos, it was unwilling to use the West Fourth Archway, which was commonly used by the condemned prisoners in the Ming dynasty, so it decided on a place? Caishikou? , is from this moment on,? Caishikou? It has been endowed with special functions by the government.
According to the Travel Guide to Beiping compiled by Ma Zhidong in the Republic of China, whenever the person executed in autumn is checked and finalized, the official in charge of execution will take the prisoner out of the death penalty prison, out of Xuanwumen (Shuncheng Gate), across the broken bridge (Soul Bridge), and finally arrive at the market? Caishikou? .
It is worth mentioning that there is an interesting difference on the way from this prison to the execution ground. Is there a person with rich family or a person with high power who can enjoy happiness on the road? Vip treatment, riding in a prison car. On the contrary, people who have no right, no money and no one at home can only walk the last journey of life in chains.
After arriving at the execution ground, the prisoners were arranged from east to west, and the executioner held the knife and cut it from east to west in turn. After the execution, the beheaded person's head will be hung in? Caishikou? For a long time, let people see.
As for why the Qing Dynasty chose Caishikou as the execution ground, this is all above. Busy? Here comes the trouble. In ancient times, the purpose of publicly punishing prisoners was not only to punish prisoners, but also to warn others.
In order to achieve the purpose of warning, many people must watch it, otherwise the behavior itself will be in vain. As a result, a large number of people naturally gathered. These people are civilians? Caishikou? Became the best choice.
Judging from the implementation results, not to mention how many people have been warned, the effect of this choice is very good for the purpose of increasing the audience. Every time a notice is posted, the condemned man will be beheaded. Caishikou? Will always be blocked.
Many people regard beheading as their own entertainment, and the excitement brought by fresh blood is just like watching horror movies to find excitement now. Say? Pervert? What does our dark side need? Things? .
So what if we can travel back to the Qing Dynasty and witness it with our own eyes? Caishikou? It's not surprising to see someone knocking on melon seeds after being beheaded.