The Xiangxi corpse escort and the idea of an army controlled after death

Xiangxi's steep, narrow roads made it difficult to return the dead to their families. The corpse-escort legend may preserve a memory of carriers using springy bamboo poles to move bodies.

Xiangxi's steep, narrow roads made it difficult to return the dead to their families. The corpse-escort legend may preserve a memory of carriers using springy bamboo poles to move bodies.

Xiangxi's steep, narrow roads made it difficult to return the dead to their families. The corpse-escort legend may preserve a memory of carriers using springy bamboo poles to move bodies.

Xiangxi's steep, narrow roads made it difficult to return the dead to their families. The corpse-escort legend may preserve a memory of carriers using springy bamboo poles to move bodies.