Chapter 6: Chapter 6 The Reason for Wanting Her Dead
What is a "sea girl"? Of course, don’t think it’s just a literal interpretation, like a daughter of the sea; that’s all nonsense. The Yangshu Village where the Yang Family resides is actually in a village in Quanya County, Funan Prefecture, along the southeast coast of Great Zhou. People here who live near the sea rely on fishing for a living, and those a little further away, like Yangshu Village, rely on farming.
The sea girls are prepared for those fishern.
People who live by the sea know that there are many customs when it cos to sailing, such as not saying bad luck words, setting off firecrackers, and scattering rice flour in the sea, etc. Among these, offering sacrifices to the sea god every year is the most important and particular one for the fishern.
In order to seek the sea god’s protection for their fishing boats, fishern would, every year during the Sea God Festival, personally dedicate a young girl to serve the god. This girl, offered as a sacrificial item, is called a "sea girl".
The girl offered by the fishern is naturally not their own daughter. Instead, they usually get together with other families to buy one from the town. Those who do this business are called "sea envoys
Reviews
All reviews (0)