Did This Extinct Chinese Tribe Possess The Power Of Flight? | Hanging Coffins Of China
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- Опубліковано 30 вер 2024
- The Bo people are an extinct tribe from Yunnan and Sichuan provinces of Southwestern China. They became extinct after 1573 when they were massacred by the imperial troops of the Ming Dynasty. Their culture has been the subject of folklore and legend since then, they are best remembered for hanging the coffins of their dead on the sides of the cliffs where they lived. This sparked the legend that this ancient tribe possessed the power of flight.
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Excuse me, the thumbnail image of a hanging coffin you used is not from China, those hanging coffins (with the name BOMIT-OG written on it which happened to be my ancestor) is in Sagada, Mt. Province.. Philippines...
Did you even watch the video ?
i did and not once was our place or our ancestors were mentioned or made reference to in the video..
Better hope these scientists never see your ancestral coffins because they have no respect for the dead the way they just start grabbing bones as if they were firewood. 😢@Besao21
😂 then don't watch the video. Can they read the Roman alphabet in their own pen or brush. Don't used devices.
Who cares. It's just a thumb nail. Relax.
in yemen they have recently found mummies in the cliffs and caves of mountains
Men were lowered from the top of the cliff to the crevices as were you the coffins or men in the crevices lowered ropes to the coffins and pull them which is shown in the video, they would do similar burials in Surawasi Indonesia.
Yes, that even how the USA Transcontinental Railroad was built in the 1960s. Small Chinese were put into large baskets and lowered down cliff faces with hammer 🛠 and chisel to pound holes into the rock face. Then explosives and long fuses were lowered to them, so they could set the explosives in the holes. The men were then lifted up to the top of the cliffs with unraveling the fuse rope. The fuse were lit and the loose rocks were removed and the process repeated.
Toraja in South Sulawesi
Like what they were showing at 14:00? Lmao
Thank you! I was wondering if anyone would figure it out. The people can get to the top from a different direction and lower scaffolding like window washers to bring workers and equipment to the desired point on the rock wall. (d'oh!)
It’s amazing how those coffins are still up the after so many years
The Bo living descendants have been absorbed into the Miao people. There are Miao subgroups that call themselves as Bo and their ancestors are known as bird tribes.
I am interested in all East Asian people other than the Hans. I believe the Hans have usurpated other ethnical groups civilization where they were only subaltern farmers until their number grew so big that they put enormous demographical pressure on all other East Asian people essentially pushing them to extinction reducing their numbers until so few are left it no longer has a significant genetic footprint. The Hans are still doing this to this day with their erradication of the Tibetan people and replacing them with massive exodus of state sponsored Han families and businessmen to transform tibet into another Han satellite.
Watching old dinasties emperor portraits none of them look like Han chinese. Off course the Chings were Manchu not Hans, but even the Mings were not Han but some other group probably extinct now. In those old days the Hans were only farmers on the Yanghtzee Loess fertile banks.
Currently the focal point of the Hans is to claim that all of the history of China is their history but it clearly isn't. They were for most of it only a subjguated group ruled by more apt East asian groups now extinct. THus never accept the equivalence they are trying to impose that China = Hans. It's not, it's two different histories.
In fact it's been quite clear that Western china in the paleotonlogic age was not Asian but populated by Siberian white people red haired. This is something that the Hans fear want to hide.
Also You can notice how the Hans are not excavating actively in China because they know almost all of Chinese history was not related to the Hans and they don't want more proof of that.
With a name like Miao you would of thought they are known as cat tribes lol
@@hanzocloud hahaha
I read about this unique practice of these hanging coffins many, many years ago, but does not remember the reasons behind this practice.
Without watching this post to the end, the most logical reason that comes to mind is that parts of China are prone to devastating annual flooding and, instead of burying their dead in the ground which would be inundated by annual floods, the Bo people put their dead high up on cliffs to keep them dry. Also, it's symbolic of being closer to the heavens and one more reason is that it would not be easy for tomb robbers to rob these coffins.
1000 years ago the river was much higher,too. Or maybe they came down from the top.
Can you imagine all the other lost history/tech this Earth has seen
@@margitwes6495 i agree with this. the river might be higher those days
Some of the Bo People may have reached the Mountain Province, in the Cordillera Administrative Region in the northern Philippines and perhaps amalgamated with the mountain people called Igorots.
In 2017, I visited the Municipality of Sadanga, Mountain Province to document Indigenous Knowledge, Systems, and Practices and upon conversing with one of the elders one of the topics that we tackled is about artifacts. He mentioned that a "White" foreigner have 'purchased' a jar from a local resident that traces back to Ming China. Also, it is known that Chinese merchants introduced copper gongs to the mountain people, hence it is one of the native instruments of the Igorot peoples.
Oh by the way the THUMBNAIL included Hanging Coffins in Sagada, Mountain Province.
No
@@evilydal no what?
@@wmccinema ...yesv i agree a notice it also that's why i watch the video...
I was wondering about this while watching the video and saw your comment! One time i went to "Bahay de China" in Binondo and they have tons of artefacts and old Chinese potteries recovered from way way back! Also, i noticed some of the customs in the Cordilleras share some similarities with rural Chinese communities in terms of honoring ancestors and food preservation. I'm no expert but I've been observing these similarities for some time now and I'm really wondering if some of the tribes in China did migrate up our Philippine mountains from way back and are still practicing and handing down those traditions from what we see now. 🤔
Those costumes are based on Bo funeral wear. That's no guarantee that living people wore that style of clothing. If a Bo saw these reenactments they might wonder why undead people are manhandling imitation coffins.
They still exist.
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They put the coffins so high up so as not to be disturbed, now you disturb them ?
Somehow I think the practice was to get them closer to heaven.....🤔
Or whatever they called it.
Imagine walking by the mountains and you see someone smiling at you from the mountains 🙂
I'll agree 100% not to disturbance those bodies...
Those dead by now eager for people to visit them...they got lonely all alone..
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Incredible ancient race. Destroyed by ancient prejudices.. so unfortunately is the way of mankind.
Crybaby. All animals do that.
These prejudices aren't ancient but current. I spent 5 weeks all over China among the Chinese. When I was among the Uigars, I was told by one man that cheap property deals were offered to get the Han into the area to breed out the Uigars. It was Dec 2014 and already there were concentration camps. I don't know but I think there was always the intent to get rid of all the minorities. I also saw the "persecution" of Christians in small villages.
The Chachapoya in the high Andes also had sky-high coffins in precarious cliff locations. They didn't have the power of flight, either. Neither did the ancient cliff dwellers in the American Southwest or some tribespeople in the high Himalayas who also made their homes and tombs in 'inaccessible' locations.
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The use of wrong image is actually a strategy used so that people who are eager to correct the mistake would keep om commenting which leads to better algorithmic advantages so that the channel may be popularized and compensated in lesser required time.
So devious
Thank you for this info. I’m beginning to have an aversion to social media for this exact reason - deception and trickery.
@@avagrego3195theres so much of it. I rarely see someone commenting what im thinking but this is one of those times.
What an awful, idiotic thing to do.........and they feel justified. It's not necessary........and I hope it stops if that's what they're doing. And if it's not for the reasons to increase views, and it is just a mistake, that's bad, too, as you better go over your stuff before you release it. You lose credibility, and these are documentaries. And I am excited to see them.
Basically…
I love you’re l how the narrator almost whispers as to not disturb the dead that this video is about.
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great documentary. well photographed and explained to open windows into this unknown culture and past.
So how did the Ming dynasty find them to kill them? Surely it shouldn’t have been difficult to stop the enemies 😮
Was the terrain different many years ago. Was there a flight of steps eroded away? Admittedly it must have been tough to get the coffin up there even with a flight of steps.
I guess you are right
Don't use a thumbnail claiming to be from China.. those hanging coffins are from the Cordilleran region of the Philippines...
Perhaps there are tunnels inside the cliffs, ending in cave openings. Has anyone explored this possibility?
There is NONE
Since they had tunnels, they probably buried the coffins inside them, but erosion eventually caused them to protrude outside.
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Whoever is this UA-camr "Silk Road". Please check on the accuracy of information you are trying to portray. You got some facts here that are wrongly used or misrepresented. The hanging coffins thumbnail photo belongs to Sagada of Northern Philippines. It's not China......😠😠😠.
It's ok they are all slant eyes
Where did Philippine ancestors come from?
It’s this kind of inaccuracy that puts me off. You MUST fact check. If you had said they were one of two cultures that practiced cliff burials, I would understand. There is SO much drivel on UA-cam and fluff, do not align yourself with that. Standards! Standards! Standards! Thinks of yourself as the BBC and hold yourself to meticulous standards and it will pay off in the end. Watch their documentaries- fact filled and unbiased and carefully researched.
The hanging coffins in China have many similarity with the tradition in Tana Toraja in Indonesia.
same in northern tribe in Philippines.
Ancestor
@@guz3108Watch the video The Hanging Coffins of Sagada
The Chinese people were afraid of the tribe and killed them off . No proven documentary, just assuming about the coffins.
ancient people in Southern China were related to majority population in Philippines, Malaysia and Indonesia today.. those traditional hanging coffins also found in those 3 countries.
They have these Cliff Hanging Coffins on the Danum Valley trial in Sabah, Malaysia. Anyone can google this.
also in northern tribes in Philippines.
The coffins pictured in the thumb is in Sagada Philippines. I know i have been there and have a picture to prove this was in PH. Exact same coffins in the exact same arrangement. Google anything you like. That don't make it the truth. Google hanging coffin in Sagada PH and see if i am not right. I know i am.
Does the title not say it all ?,,a race of people thought they could fly but are now extinct,,😂😂😂😂😂monty pythonesque
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I love the mystery and speculation shown here❤ watching from Pacific nw USA
Oh ur from USA were they stole all that land and murdered all those Indians u must b really proud
Check out ènglish steeplejacks climbing bŕick chimneys. Until the1970's. Are there holes for ladder placement.? If they had silk then they had strong rope. Abseiling?
What is peculiar is that dozens of coffins in the cliffs is very few, considering how long Bo people lived out there, there has to be a lot more coffins. Were the coffins deteriorating and falling down the cliff? Then it makes sense to look for older coffins and skeletons at the bottom of the cliff and in the river.
..or washed away by the river.........
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This story is really close with our story,,, our grand used to narrate a story about how our people were massacre by our enemy we called that place as Sialkal tâng (where our tribemen lived),,, the story goes like "one fine day when our grand3 parents celebrate AWL LEN (festival ) that they dance and drink at late night the enemy took the chance and kill almost all the villager only few of our tribemen survived from that attack"
400 years ago, the water levels were higher.
Also last week, when it was raining, the water levels were higher.
I wonder if they weren’t trying to keep them from being washed away
Wrong, sea levels were a little lower 400 years ago, but only a few inches.
@@mrbaab5932 i’Ve DoNe ReSeArCh
@@dr.janitor2674ReTUrDSURsH
A thousand years ago humans were smarter than today. They lived healthier and ate better. Their IQ average was what we consider today above average. People today are truly ignorant. Who says they didn't make their climbing tools and ropes to lower those coffins? Stupid society we live in today indeed.
They didn’t have iPhones so they weren’t smarter 😂
Lungompa is a mental discipline. It has been and still is practiced in many places of the world including Tibet.
I can see faces on the mountain
There’s reason why they are that high respect the dead they were not ment to be disturbed…..
Fascinating! and beautifully made documentary!
not if some photos were from the Philipines.
yes, they could FLY, you all should watch more ancient kungfu movies / serial movies, they have the time to practice , nowadays people are too busy - watching utube for example
Academic people always complicate things obviously the coffins were lowered from the top the easy way there’s no way would you haul them up the hard way,they were ancient people just like us taking the easy route
Yeah, but how did they get to the top? They would have to haul everything to the top to then lower them to the burial site? 😮
@@nancyparker1159They most likely lived on the top where they could farm without getting attacked or flooded out every year.
@@ellbow7287 Now, that would make sense. But the ones trying to figure it out were always trying to go up so it seemed like they thought no one ever lived up there.
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The Toraja tribe from Sulawesi Indonesia also have similar coffins built into the rocks of the mountains, although the mountains are not as high
The ancestors of some tribes in Indonesia came from Yunnan and Sichuan, China.
Yep, one of them landed in my backyard the other day and I had to have him deported
Surely they would not have climbed the cliff, but rather could have lowered themselves from the top.
Did they just materialize from thin air at the top?
Maybe they put the coffins that the dead are closer to heaven and farther from hell.
Fred dibnah climbs massive chimneys and put out stagingings made of wood
Looks similar to the To'raja culture in South Sulawesi/Indonesia
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Why didnt they just fly away?
Finally i've found losng lost "Ho" clans, im Vietnamese.
Viet Nam la dan em toi. 😂
tribes in Philippines, Indonesia and Malaysia also practice those kind of burial.
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We know these people atleast we had definitely known about there habitats some 20. years ago also. We don't want to talk about them. They can't fly and they are smaller than other tribes in the region.✨
I think the shist object in Egypt could possibly be a propeller for flight or a boat,
And formed with lost technology,,it's a interesting object
the first to set foot there? its already long time plundered
We have these in Borneo, sabah
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Air Nomad
Guesswork, nothing but guesswork, and btw, the goofball at the 26-minute mark apparently doesn't know more than I do after seeing this video, and he's been studying this phenomenon for some 30+ years and has zero facts; yeah, who cares, he just makes it up as he goes along, at least (I hope) he gets paid for his opinions. And why is the video quality so poor here...is this old footage somehow...???
Funny thing is Chinese invented kites,helicopter toys and played with hot air balloons centuries before the west. Odds are manned flight may have been done in China first...but not recorded or records did not survive....they had all the tools for manned flight as well as the money...and time....plus know how.
I'm just amaze knowing that my native tribe had in common with the Bo people of China. You can also visit the Hanging Coffins in Sagada Mountain Province Philippines.
No. End of video.
Thats the problem with the "new woke" history revisionists, talking about one country culture using video/pictures from another country/ culture using the click bait of flying extinct culture.
Well, we see people flying in ancient period Chinese movies.
Ha.😊
@@georgejetson3648Ha
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They aren't that unique.. some of their kinsmen may have migrated and hid in Mountain Province in the Philippines and took their customs and traditions with them. How? Go ask the tribes in Sagada, Philippines. And wow..they also built rice terraces. The Igorots also built rice terraces. Related perhaps???? Warring tribe??? Sounds like the Igorots to me...
It must have been the work of Chinese men. The people who could do these things would not perish, for they possessed such high skill for defending from other tribes.
@LalaShawante In Chinese culture, there is no such practice of putting their ancestors at the side of cliff. How are their descendants going to offer food and prayers if they hang the coffin up there. The ancient Chinese were very careful and fussy about the site of burial. They will always consult priest to locate the best site involving good "FengShiu" which is Geomancy. All these are to ensure their ancestors stay happy in the other world and will continue to bless their generations to come.
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The ancient history is full of mystery. Even with all the modern equipments, it seems impossible to achieve what they have.
Click bait.
China has so mysterious stories.
Their modern civilization should be studied in every modern history and geography books. China has the richest history ever.
Unlike Indian civilization where Muslim Mughals annihilation is celebrated in every year. 😂😂😂
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Well you got silk and gliders. If modern man can para glide, ancient people can too. Spread arms and legs, they have example from bats and other animals. You don't drag coffins with it, but ropes and escape is possible.
Its down from the top they lowered the coffins they were intelligent people then as now.But there were not many
coffins. so why was that.
May be another manufactured historical mystery scam.
Black people ruled China before they ruled Japan (according to black americans).
These hanging coffins is almost similar to the Sagada hanging coffins in the northern Philippines.
Is there any relation connected between these people?
Similarly they also live in the mountains and their main livelihood is rice farming in the rice terraces, I’m sure our ancestors came from this part of China ( the Austraunesians)
They are not extinct. The chinese took over and destroyed all of their history books just like hundreds of other tribes (nowadays are probably known as Free people). All these tribes should come together and get some of their land back!
There is a cave in Kayah State in Myanmar where the hanging caves are discovered. No research has been done yet.
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maybe there was land where there isnt today. The earths crusts have shifted so much from their original point. 🤷♂️ who knows the truth though, only our/the creator
Was telling myself go and see the Igorots in The Mountain Province of the Philippines, Cordillera Region. They also have their hanging coffins there. Maybe they are connected and can shed some light about this. Very intriguing. Would love to see further study and more documentary on this one.
Probably had the power of climbing up and down ropes and using ladders.
You can literally see the post holes from old support beams and you seriously don't know how they did it?
Occam's razor really missed here bigtime
i think you should watch the documentary before commenting on the title
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They are mentioned in Marco Polo's travels. According to him they were massacred by the mongols
Couldn't there have been trails or pathways 400 years ago that have since fallen off the side of the mountain?
When the relatives you have left when you die, you don't like
And yes, I will be buried way up there😅
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Same DNA sa hanging coffins of sagada?
I’d rather believe Bo people could fly
The video looks interesting but the details was poorly explain. 😂
No
The new age of garbage documentaries
What a poor and disrespectful attitude many of these people have.
Shame.
Hear me out: drones
Smart enough to conquer flight but too ignorant to propagate their tribe. No thanks.
I saw similar practice in Peru, maybe they have Chinese ancestry?
Is it possible to suspend coffin and 2 guys from the top?
err no
There are hanging coffins in malaysia, indonesia and philippines
Surely they invented ropes and lifted the coffin in pieces?
Since its up for interpretation,
Unless every person in the tribe were to be buried in this way,
Through the idea that on the mountain was like halfway point to "heavan"
Certain sacrifices were given on the "halfway point", so everyone else buried /burned /whatvever the custom
on the ground would go onto afterlife with the "sacrifice"
Or could be chief/leaders considered close to god being buried closer to heaven
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bro used the hanging coffins in the philippines as a template. lol
Why anyone would think climbing is the best way is not very smart. Much easier to be lowered from the top. No one climbed up with those coffins. I am sure the coffins wore lowered from the top. I am sure if could see the hole of the mountain there is a side of it able to be climbed. Just because it's not shown does not mean it's not there.
There are many mysterious physical structures(e.g. Pyramids) that baffle Scientists as to how these structures were built without modern technology(e.g.crane). Within Indian and Tibetan spritual cultures the answer is simple these individuals possessed supernatural powers. Some Ancient Indian Yogis and Tibetan Monks have been known to perform superhuman activities such as walking on water and flying(without a technology).
May be the path was eroded
In Philippines there were hanging coffins too.
Did scaffolding originate from China? Page 35:20
Was the terrain different 3000 years ago? Earthquakes may have changed the mountain.
3000 years doesn’t usually change mountains all that much.
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My grandfather from China said there were very intelligent people called "bird people" they had only 3 fingers on each hand and were killed off because the mass were afraid of them.
Lol they are still around
I didn't expect Uncle Roger to be in this
Why did the Ming dynasty want the Bo decimated so badly?..& if the coffins didn't hold precious items, jewellery etc, maybe protection from grave looters can be ruled out?
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Who said they climbed?
We also have here in the Philippines☺️
I wouldn't exactly call that burying.
Bo people obviously knew that cliffs erode, so placing coffins in such an unsafe way would not be their choice, they were probably stored in the tunnels, but the cliffs eroded exposing the coffins.
You are fooling people, you showed hanging coffins in Sagada, Mt. Province.
Where is Sagada? Which country ? Interesting
I believe these people can leap not fly but leap incredible length.
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