Hitobashira
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title:
Hitobashira
text:
Hitobashira, also known as Da sheng zhuang in China, is a cultural practice of human sacrifice in East Asia of premature burial before the construction of buildings. Hitobashira was practiced formerly in Japan as a form of human sacrifice. A person was buried alive under or near large-scale buildings like dams, bridges and castles, as a prayer to Shinto gods. It was believed this would protect the building from being destroyed by natural disasters such as floods or by enemy attacks. Hitobashira
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Human sacrifice via premature burial
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hitobashira
date created:
2013-11-01T03:16:05Z
date modified:
2024-09-03T07:42:18Z
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