Riding a wooden donkey is an ancient criminal law to punish criminals. According to historical records, the method is to nail the prisoner's hands and feet and put the person on wooden donkey . As the wooden donkey moves, life will disappear.
Wooden Donkey: Actually, it is a donkey made of wood, but there is a wooden stick on its back. Then put the prisoner on and rode on the donkey's back. This wooden donkey has four legs, but it only serves as a support. The wooden donkey will be loaded in the car and let another horse lead it to make the wooden donkey move.
Some people think that this wooden donkey punishes women, but in fact, it is not the case. After verification, "riding a wooden donkey" has nothing to do with punishing women.
There are records in the historical materials of the Song Dynasty
In November of the first year of Jianyan, Zhao Ye, the governor of Mizhou, abandoned the city and fled. After being captured by Mizhou soldiers Du Yan, Li Kui and Wu Shun, the punishment was to ride a wooden donkey. The specific situation was that "the wild man could not respond. Yan ordered the wooden donkey to come and nailed his hands and feet. The wild man was shocked and called out, and the people had already picked up the wild and crossed the wooden donkey, and nailed his hands and feet. "
It can be seen that men would also be punished to ride a wooden donkey. So this is aimed at the prisoner, and there is no distinction between men and women.
, and in Water Margin, there is also a section of
, taken out Wang Po from the prison, and obeyed the orders of the hall. After reading the imperial court surrender, he wrote the slander and drew the silence, and pushed the woman onto a wooden donkey, four long nails and three tied ropes. The prefect of Dongping sentenced the word "slash" and rushed out of the long street. Two broken drums, one broken gong sounded, the crime was led by the front, the mixed stick urged, two sharp knives raised, and a paper flower shook, and took it to Dongpingfu City, and it was eaten.
