Hanging coffins

Hanging coffins are used in a Begräbnisart where the coffins are placed in the rock walls. They are found in different places, for example in China (mostly in the South) and the Philippines.

Hanging coffins were used by different ethnic groups, the most famous are those of the Bo (僰) in southwest China. They are made from a single log. Some are bars that protrude from the mountain wall, others are placed in caves or crevices. Others are on rocky outcrops.

Monuments of China

The tombs of the hanging coffins of the Bo ( Boren xuanguanzang (mu)僰 人 悬棺 葬(墓) ) in a circle Gong (珙 县) of the prefecture-level city of Yibin in the southeast, southwest China's Sichuan Province are since 2006 on the list of monuments of the People's Republic of China ( 3-249 ). The Xianshui -Yan rock tomb ( Xianshui Yan yamuqun仙水 岩崖 墓群;. Engl Hanging coffins on the cliff side of the Fairy -Water Rocks ) Longhu Shan in Guixi in Jiangxi Province since 2001 has been on the list ( 5-167 ).

China

Already more than 1700 years ago, Shen Ying沉 莹wrote from the kingdom of Wu during the Three Kingdoms period ( 220-280 ) in his work about Linhai shuitu zhi. In China, they were, according to the records or they are in the provinces (etc.) Sichuan, Chongqing, Yunnan, Guizhou, Guangxi, Taiwan, Fujian, Hunan, Hubei and Jiangxi encountered.

In Jiangxi ( Guixi贵溪, Xianyan仙岩), Fujian ( the Wuyi Shan武夷山), Chongqing ( circle Zhong忠县, Womahan卧 马 函, Fengjie county奉节 县, Bo Xia夔 峡, Fengji Xia风 箱 峡), Sichuan ( circle Gong珙 县, Matangba pangxie xi shanya麻 塘坝 螃蟹 溪 山崖) were discovered hanging coffins from the time of the Warring States to Qin and Han Dynasty.

Philippines

Hanging coffins are found in Sagada on the island of Luzon.

Indonesia

Even with the Sa'dan Toraja on ( Central ) Sulawesi they are encountered.