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1、Close to HeavenBloodconsecratestheritual.WhentheBopeopleofsouthwesternChinahonortheirforebears，bloodisusednotjustasanofferingforthedeceased，butasasymboloftheirancestralbondandareminderoftheviolencethathadnearlyseveredit.OfficiallyclassifiedundertheYiethnicity，the7，000BoofQiubeicounty，Yunnanprovince，
2、claimtobethelastdescendantsofanancientpeoplewhomayhavebeenexterminatedinthe16thcentury.FirstrecordedintodaysSichuanprovinceover3，000yearsago，theBoweresuccessfulmerchantsbeforetheSilkRoadsexisted，andwerenotedforentombingtheirdeceasedin“hangingcoffinsonhighcliffsfacingthesunasclosetotheheavensasanymor
3、talcouldreach.In1573，theMingdynasty13681644wagedasavagewaragainstthesemi-autonomous“barbarianstatesonitsfrontiers，andtheBodisappearedfromtherecords：Theymayhavebeenvictimsofagenocide.Survivorsfledsouthandchangedtheirname，anditwasnotuntilthe20thcenturythatanthropologists“rediscoveredthembycatchinganec
4、hooftheancientBoinaQiubeifolksong：“Ourancestorsareonthecliffs/Ourkingsareinthecaves/Oureldersareonthealtar/Ourfriendsareatthetable.Today，onthetenthmonthofeverylunaryear，theBopeopleofQiubeiclimbthemountainwithminiaturecoffinsontheirbacks.Thesearefilledwithcopperplatesrepresentingthesoulsofthedead，whi
5、chtheirdescendantswillworshipatthesummit.Thepracticelikelyevolvedfromthehangingcoffinsbynecessity：insteadofleavingthebodyinthemountain，Bofamiliestakeacopperimpressionofthefaceofdeceasedelders，putitinasmallcoffinwith“soulplatesoftherestoftheclan，andhideitinacavenearby.Thisway，whateverliesaheadwhateverfuturetragedymightforcetheirpeopletofleeorhidetheBocanalwaystaketheirhistorywiththem.猜你喜欢瑞德MarketValues世界最美婚礼?穷人?续写世界最美婚礼一堆石头的价值一堆石头的价值凯瑞德控股股东及实控人或发生变更股票今日开市起停牌凯瑞德实控人可能发生变更公司股票今日开市起停牌我们永远在一起不翼而飞的1美元上
