Some girls, the executioner turned them over, tore off their clothes and cut them straight to the chest with a knife. These executioners can perform laparotomy without hurting the five internal organs, reach into the chest and take out a steaming heart.

On June 1860 and 13, the North China Herald witnessed the letters of the captured soldiers of Taiping Army.

"On the second day of the occupation of Taicang, at eleven o'clock in the morning, a large number of prisoners were taken to the Qing army camp near Weikangxin. This group of Taiping rebels, male and female, old and young, ranged from newborn babies to 80-year-old people, from pregnant women to 10 to 18 girls.

The victims stared at them and watched them do such inhuman things. There are many babies who are nursing, and they are also taken away from their mothers by caesarean section.

Many prisoners of Taiping Army were not only disembowelled, but also tortured in the middle of the year. Their clothes were stripped, and everyone was tied to a stake and subjected to the most meticulous and cruel torture.

All parts of their bodies were stabbed into the arrow family, bleeding profusely. This kind of torture could not satisfy the evil thoughts of those prisoners, so another method was adopted. The executioners cut pieces of meat, sometimes stuffed them into their mouths, and sometimes threw them at the noisy audience. I can't stand it. "

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In ancient China, torture was extremely cruel.

1, wooden cage, a common instrument of torture in Ming and Qing Dynasties. The prisoner can't stretch out when he is curled up in it, and he will be paralyzed if he stays a little longer. It is often used to try or punish some felons. In summer, prisoners easily faint and even die.

2. "rafters" are equivalent to shackles. You can't walk after wearing the rafters, which seriously limits your freedom of movement. Naturally, metabolic problems have also become a serious problem.

3. decapitation During the Ming and Qing Dynasties, Beijing officials beheaded mostly at the noon gate, while the people hid in the food market. Although the location varies from place to place, it is generally in a crowded place.

This comes from the requirement in the Book of Rites, which is called "punishing people in the city and abandoning others". Is to kill that man in public and abandon him together. For most prisoners, beheading is a relief.

References:

Extremely cruel! Uncovering the instruments of torture that people can't bear to look straight at in the late Qing Dynasty-People's Daily Online