Lingchi 凌迟

"菜市口" means "Grocery market",Today it's a place no different than most part of Beijing-dull，polluted ,delirious and ugly.
I was on a bus and stuck in a traffic jam, the queues were seemingly endless, then I overheard two old man's conversation,This place was Beijing's execution ground during Qing Dynasty,there was an ancient way of execution called "Lingchi"(凌迟).
Tiny snowflakes falls quietly,chilling wind blows from north,the whole city softens under white glow.
Later,I watched a movie- The Warlords(投名状),I learned that a bloody ending chapter was cut off before showing in public .it was about "Lingchi".
I decided to learn more from Internet.
Links to some pics from Baidu
Links to wikilib
Back to "菜市口",according to history,Soon after the execution,soldiers and guards would cover the blood with dirt,later,people sold goods upon the layers of blood and dirt,as if nothing had happened.
That night,I had a horrible dream.