Corpse driver by the Yellow River: Dealing with the remains all day, there are many rules, why are you most afraid of meeting teenage girls?

China has an ancient and mysterious culture called witch culture. Witch culture originated in ancient times and first appeared in the form of astrology and divination. "Witch" is explained in Chinese dictionaries, and it is a profession engaged in divination, prayer, seeking happiness and treating diseases.

The "witch" mentioned in Shuowen actually refers to a woman. "A woman who can do intangible things is called a witch." Witch culture, as a kind of culture with China regional characteristics, has been passed down to this day. Although today's society pays more attention to science, there are still some areas with their own unique witchcraft cultural customs, such as corpse driving in Xiangxi and Tibetan celestial burial. In fact, there is another occupation similar to theirs, called Yellow River corpse snatching, also called "water ghost".

The Yellow River has always been called our mother river. As early as the Warring States Period, it was recorded in Shangshu Gong Yu. 1704, Kangxi also sent people to explore the source of the Yellow River and drew a map of the source of the stars. Since ancient times, the Yellow River has nurtured generations of Chinese sons and daughters. However, the Yellow River basin is large and the current is fast, and many people will rush out of the river for dozens of miles after drowning, so the profession of body salvage was born.

They are like embalmers, and they are never willing to take the initiative to mention their profession to others, because many people will feel unlucky when they hear it. In fact, when they are engaged in this profession, they are also under unimaginable pressure and need stronger psychological quality. Most of the people who are willing to be corpse speakers are fishermen who grow up on the banks of the river. They are proficient in water for a living.

An average fisherman will salvage 400 to 500 bodies in his life. They are always dealing with death, especially in summer, which is the high season of drowning. They work hard all year. Moreover, because of the special occupation, there is no safety guarantee for the corpse fishermen, and no insurance company is willing to take responsibility for these "water ghosts".

People who are used to life and death will not become numb because of this. On the contrary, whenever a body is salvaged, they will feel sad, because it is another life that should be alive. The old masters all say that after so many years of salvage, I am most afraid of the girl who died in the river.

People will sink to the bottom of the river after drowning. Generally, after four or five days, the body bubbles and flattens in the water and then slowly floats to the surface. At this time, if it is a male corpse, it will face down and the female corpse will face up. The hair is scattered in the water, and the face is rotten and deformed, which is very scary. If it's a teenage girl, it's mostly because of emotional injury, which not only makes the death look ugly, but also makes the corpse fishermen sad.

When salvaging a female corpse, the salvage tools are easily entangled in the hair, and if they encounter rapids again, they are easily taken into the river by the corpse. There is also an unwritten rule for corpse fishermen, if they encounter neither sinking nor floating on the water. But only bodies with hair hanging, they will never salvage.

Because this phenomenon is considered as suffocation in the water, these upright bodies "walk" along the current in the water, and even can see footprints on the dry river bed. Even the corpse fishermen who deal with corpses every day are unwilling to provoke these "ghosts".

In fact, the special profession of body fishermen needs people's respect, although they also need to be rewarded for their survival. It is said in "Children's Play, Skull Hatred": Since ancient times, burying coffins has been settled. It is because of the existence of fishermen that many bodies drifting in the river can be taken back by relatives for burial.