The Exorcist: (Repost) Zombies in Tibet (Part 1)
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Because I sometimes write about some zombie characters in my books, I have found some related short stories for everyone to enjoy.
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In the past, the doors of private houses in Lhasa, Shigatse, Nyingchi and other areas were very short. Even in a gorgeous pavilion, the door on the ground floor is still relatively short, at least one-third shorter than a standard door. Unless they are children, most people have to lower their heads and bend down to get in and out. Moreover, the topography of the door is low on the inside and high on the outside, with a gentle **** shape. This makes the door appear to be surprisingly short, giving people a feeling that the proportion of the room and the door is seriously out of balance.
Since the democratic reform, there have been large-scale demolitions, and not many of the old-fashioned low doors are left. But you can still see ancient-style houses with low doors on Barkhor Street in Lhasa. This is indeed a mystery to the uninformed. You may be thinking: "Is this a design error?" This is not the case.
1. The origin of houses with low doors
Building houses with low doors is actually a means to prevent the intrusion of walking corpses. "Walking corpse" is the Tibetan word for "weak man", which refers to a person who gets up after death and wanders around, harming living people. The so-called "weak man" is neither a resurrection nor a corpse. The Tibetan term "weak man" refers to the fact that after the death of some evil or hungry people, the remaining sins have not been exhausted, and they feel regretful, so they raise their bodies after death to complete the remaining sins of the evil life or to seek unobtained food. But it can only be achieved when the body is intact. In this way, the burial customs in Tibetan areas provide an excellent opportunity for corpse removal.
In Tibetan areas, especially in towns, no matter who dies, they are not immediately sent to the sky burial platform to feed the eagles. Instead, they are placed in their homes for a few days and have monks chant sutras and pray to save the souls of the dead before being sent to the living to wait for them. In a series of funerals, the body is left at home for at least three to seven days before being buried. If a corpse is raised, it usually occurs during this period.
2. Signs of raising a corpse
Many old men and sky burial masters said that they had seen corpses raised many times. But the raising of corpses is not sudden, but there are warning signs in advance. Those corpses that are about to rise have swollen faces, purple-black skin, bristled hair, and blisters on their bodies. Then they slowly open their eyes and sit up, then get up and run forward with their hands raised. All corpses that are rising have a common characteristic. : He just can’t speak, bend down, or turn around. He can’t even move his eyes. He can only stare straight ahead and run straight forward. If he encounters a living person, he will "touch the top" of the corpse with his stiff hands, causing the living person to die immediately and become a corpse at the same time. This bizarre and terrifying effect is limited to living humans and is ineffective on other animals.
It is often said that there are five types of corpse lifting: the first skin lifting, and the second flesh lifting. These two types of corpse lifting are caused by the skin or flesh. The third type is called "blood rising", which is caused by the blood. These three types of corpses are easier to deal with. As long as you use a knife, gun, arrow or other instrument to **** its flesh and let the blood flow out, the corpse will fall to the ground immediately and no longer harm people. The fourth type is called "bone lifting", which means that the main factor causing this kind of corpse lifting is in the bones, and can only be dealt with by damaging the bones. The fifth type is called "mole rise", which means that the reason why he became a corpse is a mole on his body. This is the most difficult kind of corpse to deal with. It goes around and harms people before hitting its mole. Therefore, we can only lure and annihilate them but cannot capture them.
According to legend: Once upon a time, the abbot of a temple in Tibet died. All the monks in the temple placed his body in the temple's sutra hall. Then everyone sat in the hall and chanted sutras and prayed day and night. They did not sleep a wink for three days and three nights. On the third night, the exhausted monks couldn't help but fell to the ground and fell asleep, snoring like thunder. One of the timid young monks was unable to sleep due to his fear of violence, and stared at the master's body intently. In the middle of the night, he suddenly found that the zombie sat up. The young monk was so frightened that he forgot to wake up the other monks. He rushed out of the door and locked the temple door behind him to escape for his own life. As a result, hundreds of monks in the entire temple were turned into corpses overnight. Fortunately, they couldn't break out of the temple. They just ran rampant inside the temple and made a big fuss.
Later, a hermit with boundless magical power discovered the uncontrollable scene. Wearing a cassock, holding a magic weapon in his hand, and reciting incantations, he came to the temple alone, opened the temple door, and danced the sacred dance. As he walked forward slowly, the corpses danced behind him and followed closely. They gradually came to a river. The hermit led the corpses onto the wooden bridge, then took off their cassocks and threw them into the river. Then, the corpses followed the cassocks and jumped into the middle of the river and never got up again.
Whether it is reality or legend, this has undoubtedly put an invisible pressure on the hearts of the Tibetan people. In order to prevent the terrible intrusion of corpses, houses with low doors were specially designed and built according to the characteristics of corpses that cannot be bent down, which are obstacles for corpses to be lifted.
Of course, in those ancient times, this method of preventing corpses was only used in areas with houses in southern and eastern Tibet. In the vast areas of northern Tibet, especially the herdsmen living on the edge of Hoh Xil, Otherwise, such precautions cannot be taken, and the shepherds often live in fear.