When it comes to the punishments in ancient my country, I am afraid that what people most impressed is the top ten tortures of the Qing Dynasty. Every punishment in it can make the person being punished unable to survive or die. And in Western history, there are also many cruel punishments. Its cruelty is no less than the top ten tortures of the Qing Dynasty. Today, the editor will introduce to you one of the ones - the bronze bull punishment.
Bronze bull punishment originated from ancient Greece, and it is said that the designer was a craftsman in Athens. In order to please the king, he specially designed such a perverted torture instrument to win his favor. The craftsman first built a large copper bull and then hollowed out the middle so that an adult could get in. When execution is needed, let the prisoner enter the copper cow's stomach and lock the door to prevent the prisoner from escaping. Then set up firewood under the copper cow's stomach to burn.
Because copper has good thermal conductivity, the copper cow quickly becomes hot all over. The prisoners inside felt stuffy at first, and then they would burn their skin by the scorching bronze utensils. Although they were in pain, they had nowhere to escape and could only wail in despair in the bronze bull's stomach. However, the executors outside the copper bull could not see the situation inside. How can they ensure that the people inside were burned to death?
The hateful craftsman improved the copper bull and added a sound converter to the copper bull's mouth. When the inmate screams in pain inside the copper bull, the sound converter will amplify his painful sound endlessly. Moreover, due to the appearance of the converter, there are also ventilation openings inside the copper bull, which can ensure that the prisoner will not die of premature suffocation. What the audience outside heard was not the prisoner's struggle and desperate cry before his death, but the old cow's "moothing". The more severe the pain the prisoner felt, the higher the old cow's screams, which greatly satisfyed the perpetrator's cruel abuse.
Ironically, the first person torture instrument was actually the craftsman that was originally. He originally thought that he would get the king's reward if he designed this torture instrument, but he didn't expect that the king said, "Although you said it very well, how do I know if it is as effective as you said? So, you can go in and try it. "Later, he stuffed him into the copper bull tough. He also became the first experiencer of the bronze bull punishment. Here the editor can only say: "Your sins are not to survive." If he was not vicious and thought of such a harmful thing, how could he be retribution?
Fortunately, with the progress of human civilization, those cruel punishments and terrifying torture instruments were gradually abolished. Otherwise, many people might die of humiliation. What punishments do you think should be abolished? Welcome to leave a message in the comment area!
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