In China, a 16-year-old girl committed suicide by jumping from the ninth floor of a building. Her remains were sold by her adoptive parents to the family of another boy, who also died. The reason? Having the opportunity to celebrate a yinhun, that is, a wedding between ghosts. We are talking about an ancient tradition that is still widespread throughout the East Asian country. Considering the crimes that resulted from this practice, such as body snatching and homicides, the local Party secretary called for an end to this business.
The police managed to locate the transfer of money received from the boy’s parents, worth around US$9,300, but explained that there is no legal basis to initiate legal proceedings, highlighting the conflicts that still exist in China today between ancient national traditions and current frameworks. cool. But what is the real objective of this new “agreement”? The buyers are those families who want to buy “ghost wives” to marry their children, who are also no longer alive, through auspicious marriages.
Although this episode seems to belong to other times, it is worth highlighting that this practice is still carried out in rural areas and has returned to the spotlight precisely because of the story of the 16-year-old suicidal teenager reported above. The South China Morning Post wrote that a man surnamed Sun said his biological daughter, Xiaodan, committed suicide last December by jumping from her ninth-floor home and that her adoptive family “handed her over” to a deceased young man.
Source: IL Tempo
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