For "Zombies are afraid of glutinous rice", there are currently three explanations that are more reliable.
First of all, the custom that zombies are afraid of glutinous rice originated in the south. This custom is to eat glutinous rice when they die at home to drive away evil spirits and prevent zombies from hurting them. After a long time, it has evolved into what we call glutinous rice that can detoxify corpses, and zombies are afraid of glutinous rice. Glutinous rice has become a magic weapon to cure corpses, among which black glutinous rice is the most important. Black glutinous rice can reduce zombies, white glutinous rice can cure ptomaine, and garlic can only drive away zombies, but not surrender them.
The second explanation: because glutinous rice looks like maggots.
Zombies are dead bodies. Once the corpse decays into a useless skeleton, zombies can't live. And maggots that feed on the flesh and blood of corpses are natural enemies of zombies. What do you think of this pile of white fat, crystal clear glutinous rice?
Don't say that zombies are afraid of glutinous rice. Bian Xiao looked at it for a long time and was also very alarmed.
There is also a saying that the ancients used glutinous rice pulp to repair tombs in order to prevent fraudulent corpse.
In ancient architecture, lime is used as a "cementing material" to bond sand, stone, brick and stone into a whole. But lime has many defects, such as poor water resistance and low strength. In order to improve its performance, ancestors began to add various materials to it, most of which are edible: glutinous rice, animal blood, brown sugar, egg white, flour …
The glutinous rice in zongzi first appeared, which was convenient and sticky, ranking first in the list of traditional building food additives. It can be found in ancient city walls, ancient seawalls, ancient pagodas, ancient archways, earth buildings and ancient forts.
At present, the earliest building containing glutinous rice is not a house, but a colored brick tomb in Deng County, Henan Province.
After the Song Dynasty, glutinous rice was often used in the "ash partition" of tombs-mixed with lime and other materials, poured at the bottom of the whole tomb, put the coffin in, and then filled the whole tomb. Anti-theft, anti-seepage and anti-corrosion all depend on "ash partition"
The first is anti-theft. The tomb of Cao Shi, the mother of Zhang Shicheng, Suzhou, was dug by grave robbers for several layers, and they couldn't dig any more, so they had to give up, which shows how high the strength is. On the tombs of Xu Biao and his wife in Ming Dynasty excavated in Nanjing, the excavator couldn't work, and the pickaxe broke many graves. Finally, steel was used. Then it is antiseptic. A body was dug out of Yang Fuxin's tomb in Songjiang, Shanghai, which has been well preserved for more than 500 years.
So some people speculate that the so-called "zombies are afraid of glutinous rice" is because they saw the ancients repairing tombs with glutinous rice pulp, thinking that this glutinous rice pulp can prevent fraudulent corpses?
In short, whether there are zombies remains to be determined. These legends just add a little fun to life. You know what zombies are afraid of? Welcome to further discussion ~