Grave robbery, that is, inverted bucket, is to dig people's ancestral graves, which is actually immoral. Tomb raiding has existed since ancient times. As early as the Cao Cao era in the Three Kingdoms, the posts of Faqiu corps commander and Mo Jinchang were specially set up to collect money to rob tombs. Since ancient times, there have been several classic jargon about tomb raiding, such as "A crow never touches gold" and "People light candles, ghosts blow lights, and the eight characters are not hard and do not lean over". It is said that before robbing a tomb, he would light a candle in the southeast corner of the tomb. If the candle goes out and the fight is unsuccessful, the grave robber will respectfully knock three heads at the grave and then return along the original road. According to folklore, moving the tomb after the candle is extinguished will offend the owner of the tomb and lead to death.
Of course, "ghost blowing lights" is just a rumor. Is it really a ghost blowing a lamp? Bian Xiao will now explain to you what is going on.
Why do we light candles?
In ancient times, when people built graves, they were mostly located in the southeast corner. There was no flashlight in ancient times, and the southeast corner was closest to the tomb door. When lighting candles here, you can quickly evacuate from the southeast corner with a lamp.
As we all know, in ancient China, the residences and cemeteries of dignitaries often attached great importance to Yin and Yang geomantic omen. Ancient grave robbers mainly aimed at the Book of Changes and Eight Diagrams, and located tombs by observing geomantic meteorology. In the Eight Diagrams, "Dry for the sky, Kun for the earth, earthquake for the thunder, Xun for the wind, root for the mountain, change for ze, ridge for water, and separation for fire", each direction corresponds to a substance, and the southeast corner corresponds to a damper, that is, Xun Gua. This is the position where the damper is ventilated and the air circulation is the strongest. If you can't light a candle in the southeast corner where the air circulation is strongest, people can't live elsewhere.
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Why does the candle go out mean that the grave can't fall down?
Because these tombs have been buried underground for hundreds or even thousands of years, the oxygen is very thin, so grave robbers can light candles in the tombs, and there is enough oxygen in them, but the candles can't be lit, which means that there is not enough oxygen, so that person must not move inside.
To sum up, it can be seen that "ghost blowing lights" is not groundless. Ancient tomb raiding was very particular, not a blind action, but also highly scientific.