Ancient people stuffed things into the mouth of the dead. This form can be called tongue depressor. Whether rich or poor, this connection must exist in funerals. Usually rich families use jade or gold and silver jewelry to suppress their tongues, while most poor families use food or copper coins. The main reasons for taking this step are as follows.

First of all, in ancient times, people thought that people would go to Yamaraja Temple after death. So at this time, there is something in your mouth and your tongue is pressed, so as to prevent these people from saying anything they shouldn't, and let them not say too much in the hell, so as not to cause great disaster.

Second, because there is an ancient saying that if you can contain jade in your mouth, you can ensure that your body will not rot for thousands of years. Therefore, as long as families with conditions put a piece of jade in their mouths after the death of their loved ones, we can also find this phenomenon from the ancient cemeteries we excavated. Although it seems to us that this is nonsense, people at that time believed it.

Third, a very feudal superstition originated from ancient people, which believed that corpses could be prevented from deteriorating. In ancient times, many people thought that people might become zombies after death. At this time, as long as you put something in the mouth of the deceased when you are buried, you can put an end to this phenomenon. Therefore, the ancients who would rather believe in it than believe in it maintained this tradition.

In fact, in the ancient feudal dynasty, this tradition has always existed, and this kind of thing pressed in the mouth of the deceased can also be called a funerary object. So far, the most valuable tongue depressor is the pearl in the mouth of Empress Dowager Cixi after her death, which is a symbol of wealth status and is said to be priceless.