Apr
04
Beware the Headhunters!
Lee Bing-Rui, a late 19th century Qing Dynasty official stationed in Taiwan once wrote:
“Travelling in the mountains, one often encounters howls of ghosts and spirits, the saying goes: “To pay such tolls, a toss of hell money will do.” Encounter with ghosts were feasible, once encountering the howls of the savages, the toll will be paid in heads…….”
