One day, I saw a strange case. Someone called the police and reported that the grave of his wife, who had just been buried a few days ago, was dug up and her body was missing. I'm curious, how could someone steal a body? Later, the person who stole the corpses was caught, and the police found several well-preserved corpses in his yard.
Isn’t he afraid? Why did he dig up the body? Out of curiosity, I asked my colleague, and he said that thieves exhumed corpses to sell them for money. What? I'm even more curious, are there still people buying dead people? Yes, there are people who buy dead people in order to match the underworld marriage.
Ghost marriage has a long history and has appeared in the Han Dynasty for thousands of years. More famous figures have used ghost marriage. Cao Cao's son was called Cao Chong, and people hailed him as a child prodigy. Cao Cao loved him very much. But he died early. Cao Cao was very sad and held a ghost marriage for him.
There are also many things to pay attention to in ghost marriages, including combining horoscopes, calculating auspicious dates, and finally holding a joint burial ceremony. The two are also a serious couple, and the wife can also be listed in the family tree.
The most popular period of ghost marriage was in the Song Dynasty. According to historical documents, anyone who died without getting married at that time must have a ghost marriage. However, the Yuan Dynasty just followed the Song Dynasty. But in the Yuan Dynasty, ghost marriage was not so popular. The rules of the Ming Dynasty were strict, and discerning families would marry their dead sons to living women in underworld marriages, and the women would be required to remain a widow for their late husbands. People have begun to reject ghost marriages.
With the passage of time and the progress of society, people gradually discovered that ghost marriages are ignorant, but ghost marriages are still held in some remote places today, and their feudal superstitions still exist. I believe that as society progresses, some ignorant superstitious activities will eventually disappear.