preface
Our history is an invaluable legacy to be proud of. ——Wu Han
There is a saying that for the ancients, the most important things were only two things, the first thing is war, and the second thing is the priesthood, which is actually very reasonable. But we modern people can't really understand the existence of these two values, but if we put us in the historical background of the ancients, we can understand these two things very well. For the ancients, if they want to obtain enough material materials, on the one hand, to produce, and when the material materials produced by natural disasters and man-harm are not enough to meet the human life, they will rob other tribes of materials for their own lives, then when a tribe develops into a country and a dynasty, then we call this robbery war, and in addition to war, that is sacrifice, sacrifice is a kind of respect for the ancient gods, they pin their faith on the gods, Trying to get the gods to help them get a good harvest and get good luck were two very important things for the ancients.
The sacrifice of the ruling class
For the ruling class, they need to use the gods to deify their identity, in order to gain people's respect and trust, to make people fear themselves, and only in this way can they consolidate their dominance, which is one of the most important ways to defend their rights in ancient times. In ancient times, science was not developed, and many things could not be reasonably explained, then the ruling class would classify these things as the words of the gods, they would say that they were the bridges sent down by the gods to convey support, and these natural phenomena that are difficult to explain scientifically are all natural emotional changes, then they must respect themselves in order to respect the gods, only respect themselves, in order to make the gods satisfied, in order to make the gods respected.
In ancient times, this set of statements was very convincing to the ruling class, who believed that the Son of Heaven was the transmission of the Divine Gate, and that the upright people would believe in him and worship him in order to make a better life for themselves. With the further development of this concept, everyone has become deeply rooted in this concept, and even the ruling class is unwilling to believe that this is just a lie for their own rights. This kind of thinking is what we often call feudal thought, but it is by no means merely an upward movement within the ruling class, and even in the whole world of what was once a widely spread thought, but its manifestation varies according to the gods revered everywhere.
Sacrificed by the ruling class
In the past, the ruling class prevailed in the sacrificial activities, and in the ruled class, the folk sacrifice activities are also very important things, in ancient times the productive forces were not developed, the material conditions were limited, and the most important thing people could rely on was farming, but for agricultural life, natural disasters and man-made disasters were particularly important, if they could not avoid natural disasters and man-made disasters, then this year's harvest was basically adrift, then this year's life would become extremely difficult, so in ancient times people paid special attention to the favor of heaven for them.
They hope that through sacrifice, the heavens will protect their harvest this year, and they will pray that the wind and rain will be smooth and the praying life will be smooth. They believed that a devout prayer would enable them to receive a whole year's harvest, and thus a whole year's meal, when there was no scientific method that could draw on all the efforts of men, which could only be manifested through sacrifice. In ancient times, there were many ways of sacrifice, from the most traditional slaughter of cattle and sheep to offer delicious food, to the later development of people are the embodiment of sacrifice, various forms.
With the development of the times, the sacrificial culture has become more and more connotative, and it has different manifestations in different regions, but the characteristics of sacrifice are only the same, that is, by sacrificing something, whether it is cattle and sheep or children. In fact, if it is simply slaughtering cattle and sheep and offering fine wine, it is still a very common way, knowing that there are still some places that are still used, but some sacrifice methods will be quite cruel, and people in some areas will use newborn children or women as sacrificial objects to express their sincerity to the gods.
They believe that children are pure women and that these things are liked by the gods, so he offers them to the gods, which can only reflect their loyalty. This method was welcomed by many people in ancient times, and this way of sacrificing lasted for a long time in the feudal era, and even now in some remote areas, this method is still popular.
The maidens found in archaeology were victims of sacrifices
And in the Andes Mountains, people archaeological found a girl's body, in the cultural relics, such a complete such a beautiful body is very rare, this girl in the cave his beautiful look, looks like asleep, his body is also very well preserved, because the Andes Mountains are located on a plateau, the climate is cold, so it is not corroded by microorganisms, such a complete relic is of considerable historical significance and research value.
According to the expert's findings, this sentence is only 15 years old at the time of death, in addition to this female corpse, there is a boy of about 8 years old and a girl of about 6 years old, according to the experts found that these corpses were placed here as objects of sacrifice. This traditional sacrifice is a very cruel way of sacrifice belonging to the Indians, the object of their offering is the sun, in fact, the Indians do not often use people as sacrifices, unless they encounter major natural disasters and man-made disasters, such as war or drought and flooding.
It is believed that this sacrifice ceremony sacrificed three children, presumably encountered a very big disaster, the Indians will make such a sacrifice. While lamenting the cruelty of the ritual sacrifice, one can't help but wonder how the three corpses could be preserved so well, even at low temperatures, and their integrity was amazing, and the experts explained.
Because these children did not choose to be killed directly at the time of their deaths, the Indians poured them with a large amount of coma supplies, allowing them to be sent to a point in their deep sleep, and the whole wheat was cold here, and the children were unconscious, so they were quickly frozen by the cold temperature, which is why they looked like they were asleep, and this is why they were able to be preserved so well. This ritual sacrifice can be said to be very cruel, and it is also very unfair to these children.
epilogue
Sacrifice and war were two very important things for the ancient people, especially sacrifice, whether for the ruling class or the common people, which was an indispensable and important ritual, and this ritual was manifested differently in different regions, the most cruel of which was the use of children as sacrifices. In the Andes, we have such a sentence that three bodies found were placed on top of the Andean words, and according to expert research, these three sentences are recorded as offerings of sacrifice by the Indians, who were sent here after a coma, and it was as if he were asleep, but this method of death was very cruel.