Why can't paper men draw eyes?
Explanation 1: Draw the eyes of the bound paper man, and the paper man will see everything in the dead, so he is greedy for the world and refuses to leave. In the end, the paper man burned to the dead has only one body, which will anger the dead, thus not protecting future generations, and even cursing future generations. So naturally no one will draw eyes for paper men. After all, they worship their ancestors for shelter.
Explanation 2: Paper men are psychic things. Drawing eyes for paper men is called opening eyes. A paper man who opens his eyes will have a human spirit. Lonely ghosts will think that paper men are soulless people and thus possess themselves. Possessed paper men can't burn, they will stay in the world of dead people and cholera.
The origin of paper men
The formation of paper men evolved from the human sacrifice system in slave society. In slave society, slave owners often kill a large number of slaves for burial and sacrifice. At that time, slaves were bought, sold and killed at will like animals. With the continuous progress of society, people think it is too cruel to be martyred by living people, so in the Warring States period, it was changed to be martyred by wooden servants.
In the Qin Dynasty, Qin Shihuang yearned for immortality. He thinks that perishable wooden servants are not conducive to immortality, and human sacrifices are too cruel, so he invented clay figurine sacrifices, which are now famous terracotta warriors and horses. Ordinary people can't make pottery figurines and tomb sticks at all, so they tie the grass into the shape of an adult and bury it for their relatives.
After Cai Lun invented papermaking in the Eastern Han Dynasty, people gradually discovered that paper could be used as a tool for adults to mourn the dead. Make the paper into the shape of an adult, support it with a wooden stick inside, and then color your face, and a lifelike paper man will be ready.