Ancient Cliff Coffins of Wuxi, Chongqing: A Journey into Pu Culture

Cliff-hanging coffins of Ancient China | Wuxi, Chongqing

Destination:ChinaProvince:JiangsuCity:Wuxi
Cliff-hanging coffins of Ancient China | Wuxi, Chongqing
Honglin Li2024-03-2917 min

In this episode, we headed to Wuxi county in chongqing for the hanging coffins high up in the cliffs. Why would ancient people place coffins there over 2000 thousand years ago? And how they made it given the steep and crumbly terrain. All these are still mysterious now. Let’s explore this journey of learning their intention and methods to do it. And how this hanging coffin reflects pu people’s beliefs towards death.

--- Honglin Li
March 29, 2024, Spring in China

Video Chapters

  1. 0:00Intro
  2. 1:29Wuxi county, start of this journey
  3. 2:01First see of hanging coffins
  4. 5:15What's hanging coffin for?
  5. 9:15Inside of coffin
  6. 11:50How the PU people put the coffins up there?
  7. 15:36Outro

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Ancient Cliff Coffins of Wuxi, Chongqing: A Journey into Pu Culture

In this episode, we headed to Wuxi county in chongqing for the hanging coffins high up in the cliffs. Why would ancient people place coffins there over 2000 thousand years ago? And how they made it given the steep and crumbly terrain. All these are still mysterious now. Let’s explore this journey of...