The hanging coffins of Sichuan

Hanging coffins are coffins which have been placed on cliffs. They are practiced by various cultures in China, Indonesia, and the Philippines.

Southern Sichuan's Hanging Coffins - Jenny Far Away

The coffins are each hewn from a single log, but made in two parts, a body and a lid which was usually studded with copper. There are approximately 100 of them, ...

Ancient China's Hanging Coffins & the Forgotten Genocide of the Bo ...

Description: The Bo people's hanging coffins are the last remnants of an extinct culture who inexplicably hung their dead from cliffs dozens of ...

Mysterious Hanging Coffins of the Bo - China.org

The hanging coffin was the most widespread form of burial in ancient southwest China. However, the practice ended with the mysterious disappearance of the Bo ...

Hanging coffins: China's mysterious sky graveyards | CNN

It's one of about 30 caskets anchored on a limestone rock about 30 meters (almost 100 feet) up the side of a cave in Guizhou province in ...

The Mysterious Hanging Coffins Of Luobiao In China.

The handing coffins were a unique burial custom of the Bo people was ...

The Mysterious Hanging Coffins Of Ancient China | Unearthed History

The astounding hanging coffins of China have perplexed researchers for over 2200 years. Clinging perilously to cliffs, these coffins hold ...

Hanging Coffins and the Mysterious Bo People of China - Owlcation

They were first used for burials in the Wuyi Mountains during Zhou dynasty that lasted from 1027-777 BC and the most recent are found in ...

Hanging Coffins – CERS - China Exploration and Research Society

How Man Wong first noticed the unique Hanging Coffins burial custom of the Bo in 1985 during his National Geographic Yangtze Expedition. These coffins perched ...

Hanging Coffins - Explore The Yangtze River Three Gorges

Most coffins were made with one whole wood, like a boat, which best described their life on the river. It was said by the local people for generations that the ...

Luobiao Hanging Coffins | Sichuan, China | Attractions - Lonely Planet

There are hanging coffins found in other parts of China, but there are more in Luobiao than anywhere else and they are reasonably accessible. At one time…

Cliff-hanging coffins of Ancient China | Wuxi, Chongqing - YouTube

In this episode, we headed to Wuxi county in chongqing for the hanging coffins high up in the cliffs. Why would ancient people place coffins ...

Sichuan's Yibin & Luobiao: Gateway to China's Hanging Coffins

Travel guide to the Sichuan towns of Yibin and Luobiao, the access points to the Hanging Coffins of Bo archaeology site in southwestern China.

The curious case of hanging coffins in China - The Express Tribune

They are known as hanging coffins, and can be found in central China, particularly in remote valleys south of the Yangtze River. Remnants of ...

Hanging Coffins: The Remaining Memory Of The Bo People Of China

Hanging coffins: the remaining memory of the Bo people of China, a now extinct ethnic minority group.

The Hanging Coffins of China: Mysteries Along the Yangtze

Experts attribute the precarious graveyards to the Bo people who began this tradition around 3000 years ago. Incredibly, these coffins are ...

Solving the mystery of 'Hanging Coffins of China' - Times of India

No one knows the real reason behind this peculiar burial custom but experts think that Bo people believed that hanging the coffin on a cliff ...

Hanging coffins | spring | People of the Bo ethnic group were once ...

This browser is not supported · Hanging coffins · People of the Bo ethnic group were once indigenous to Sichuan and Yunnan provinces. More than ...

Why Are There Ancient Coffins Hanging From China's Cliffs?

In the mountains of China's Sichuan Province is the sight of hundreds of ancient wooden coffins hanging precariously from a cliff face.

Mysterious Hanging Coffins of China - Apple TV

In the mountains of China's Sichuan Province is the sight of hundreds of ancient wooden coffins hanging precariously from a cliff face. Some experts b…