In ancient times, rulers invented various cruel punishments in order to maintain their own rule, but also to maintain social stability. Although human beings are the only species on this planet that possesses high intelligence and has established their own brilliant civilization, they are also the only species that will use various cruel methods to kill their own kind. And the cruel punishments born in ancient times are also diverse, and the human rights consciousness at that time has not yet been awakened, so these punishments are all high in the cruel degree.
Speaking of ancient torture, many people first think of Ling Chi. But Ling Chi is not actually the most cruel punishment compared to some very unpopular punishments in ancient times. In ancient times, if the ruler used too much and cruel punishment, then the ruler would be recorded as a tyrant in later generations. But the rulers all value their own reputation very much, and they all want to live forever rather than leave it forever. Therefore, they rarely use those cruel punishments, even if they really want to use them, it will prohibit the historian of the dynasty from recording them in the annals. Therefore, there are a lot of cruel punishments that we can't see from the history books, only from some wild history and novels.
Lighting the sky lantern is such a punishment that is banned from the annals of history for being too cruel. Prisoners sentenced to lighting a sky lantern will first be soaked in a tank full of oil by the executioner for at least one day and one night. Then wait until the next time it gets dark, then salvage the prisoner and tie it up with an iron chain. At this time, the prisoner had been soaked for a long time, and his skin had absorbed all the oil and it became burnt. After
, the executioner will hang the prisoner upside down and set it alight from the prisoner’s feet. Because the prisoner is in a state of head down and feet up, and if it is ignited from the feet, it is ignited from above, and the fire will spread very slowly downwards. Just like a candle, after normal lighting, the candle burns very slowly, and once you turn the candle upside down, it will not take long for the candle to burn clean. The long duration of this process means that it will take a long time for the flame to burn some key organs and heads on the prisoner’s body. In other words, the prisoner will have to experience a long period of pain before being caught by the flame. Burn to death. Although it was a very simple principle, the ancients had to work hard to make the prisoners suffer longer.
and there are three people who lit the sky lanterns in history, one is Dong Zhuo. After Dong Zhuo was killed, because he was too hated by others, he was uneasy after he died. He was dragged to the vegetable market, and Dong Zhuo was lit a sky lantern. And because Dong Zhuo was too obese, even if no one added any fuel, the process of being lit by a sky lantern lasted three days and three nights.
And the second place to be lit by the sky lantern is Song Huizong in the Song Dynasty. In the shame of Jingkang, Song Huizong was captured by the gold man and taken abducted back, and Song Huizong finally chose to commit suicide because he could not stand the torture of the gold man. After the suicide, Song Huizong's body was raised on a stone pit by the gold man, and Song Huizong was lighted on the sky lantern, and then a pot of water was poured out halfway through, making Song Huizong be made into lamp oil.
is the last and only one to be lighted alive, she is called Zhu Jiumei. It was the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom period in the Qing Dynasty. Zhu Jiumei was a high-level cadre in the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, and she was very good-looking. At that time, Yang Xiuqing, the Eastern King of Taipingtian Kingdom, was very lustful. After seeing Zhu Jiumei, he became very emotional and wanted to accept Zhu Jiumei as his concubine. However, Zhu Jiumei sweared to her death, Yang Xiuqing turned into anger after being rejected and lit the sky lantern alive.
