New Members alanmacfadyen Posted April 17, 2011 at 03:24 PM New Members Report Posted April 17, 2011 at 03:24 PM I have been researching 1920/30's China as I wish to include a description of an execution in a novel I am working on. I did not want to use the cliched Death by a Thousand Cuts so began looking at the system. I found a number of postcards showing such events. A number intrigued me in particular. A few appeared to show a woman and a group of men being porepared for strangulation. The postcards dated from the late 1920/early 1930s. This would be after the introduction of the new criminal code. I have included a couple of details from the postcards. They appear to show the process of preparation including the stripping of their upper clothes, the fitting of a head harness to be attached to a stake abd a garotte. I have tried to find the reason for this part of the process which appears to be designed to humiliate the condemned but so far no luck. If I include this I want to be able to excplain the thinking and culture behind it rather thatn just use the drama of the scene. Any help would be gratefully received. Alan Macfadyen Quote
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and select your username and password later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.
Note: Your post will require moderator approval before it will be visible.