Witchcraft hurts people, but it doesn't? Magic? Itself, but the suspicion and superstition of the world. There are many tragedies in history, the most famous of which is the tragedy of Emperor Wu of Han Dynasty in his later years? The curse of witchcraft? Yes
Since Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty ascended the throne, he believed in Huang Lao and, like Qin Shihuang in his later years, longed for immortality. At that time, there was a man named Li, who fell in love with him, persuaded Emperor Wu of Han Dynasty and made up a story about An Qisheng to cheat Emperor Wu of Han Dynasty:
I have tasted the sea, met An Qisheng and eaten dates as big as melons. The immortal of Anqi Sage, passing through Penglai, met people, but didn't get along. ? Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, who believed in the historical records of Taoism, listened to Li's deception and even personally made an alchemy. He also sent people to Penglai to worship An Qisheng. However, there is no such person in the world, and the wish of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty has naturally not been realized. However, if something is good in this world, it will be effective in the next world. At that time, more and more alchemists fabricated the theory of ghosts and gods, which caused a heated discussion.
In the later years of Emperor Wu of Han Dynasty, he became more and more suspicious and even felt that someone had really done something to him. The art of witchcraft? . In this way, because of the belief of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, a familiar witchcraft disaster was staged, which triggered a series of bloody cases and made the court panic. Although Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty later repented, the impact was hard to recover.
So, what exactly does witchcraft mean? Witchcraft is actually an ancient belief, which originated in ancient times, including cursing, tying couples and poisoning. In primitive society, under the influence of animism and totem worship, similar curses have been produced and often used by different tribes.
Speaking of witchcraft, although similar, we should understand it separately. Among them,? Witch? It can be simply understood as witchcraft, such as the curse mentioned above, tying couples and so on. , can be regarded as the category of witchcraft; ? Hey? Refers to the use of poisonous pests, common? Hey? There are loaches, poisonous snakes, centipedes and so on.
Of course, witchcraft is meant to harm people, so don't use words in this book. Of course, these tricks actually have no practical effect. If you use witchcraft, you will hurt others behind your back. It is difficult to play a big role in some magical spells and raising some magical bugs.
But since witchcraft is used to harm people, it will naturally be banned by the rulers. For example, the Han dynasty stipulated that if witchcraft was used to harm people, the mastermind would be sentenced to death and his family would be exiled for three thousand miles; But in the Tang Dynasty, the breeding method was not exiled and was beheaded.
Today, similar behaviors still exist in some remote areas of southwest China. However, with the popularization of scientific knowledge, this phenomenon has gradually declined, and now it has become the object of folklore research and an ancient belief used by tourists to satisfy their curiosity.