I find the custom on handing coffins fascinating. It’s amazing inspiration for a horror story. It’s also good for world building. Burial customs can reveal a lot about a culture. If this comes up in the culture or race you’re creating, you don’t have to rely on common methods like burying underground or in tombs. Your people could hang coffins from cliffs. This is one of the reasons I love researching. You find unusual information. It stretches your imagination.
Hanging coffins can be found in various locations, including China, Indonesia, and the Philippines. In China, they are known as Xuanguan, which also means “hanging coffin”.
The coffins are traditionally carved out of a single log or piece of wood. They are decorated ornately and painted, often in bright colors. Families have plots of rock face with a line of ancestors hung one above the other, though not everyone qualifies for this special type of burial.
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