Why did the ancients put things in their mouths when they were buried? What's the use of something in your mouth?
In ancient times, funerals have always been a sacred thing. The ancients believed that people still had the ability to interfere in the affairs of the living after death. In order to let the deceased rest in peace and bless future generations to live a long and prosperous life, Feng Shui burial sites are generally chosen!
Some dignitaries value the afterlife more. In order to continue to enjoy the splendor as when they were alive, they spared no expense to build luxurious tombs, "take away" a large number of funerary objects, and even let the living be buried with them!
1928 In July, Sun Dianying, a warlord of the Republic of China, bombed the mausoleum of Empress Dowager Cixi with gunpowder, and Cixi was robbed. It is said that Cixi had a pearl in her mouth worth 8 10/00000. Sun Dianying opened her mouth with a bayonet to get the pearl!
Why does Empress Dowager Cixi have a luminous pearl in her mouth after her death? What is its function? It turns out that "holding the mouth" is an ancient funeral custom in ancient China, also called "tongue-pressing". When you die, you should put some precious pearls and jade, poor people's copper coins or coins in the mouth of the deceased, and a few grains of rice in the mouth of the deceased!
It is said that people will go to hell after death, and their mouths will contain things, so they will not talk nonsense and bring disaster; Secondly, it can be used as a way to spend money. Money talks. No matter how powerful you are before your death, you are still a ghost after your death. It will be much more convenient to carry money with you. The third function is antiseptic, which depends on what's in your mouth. Copper coins definitely don't have this function!