Ling Chi - the most brutal method of torture 18+
Ling Chi was one of the cruellest methods of execution carried out in China. For 1000 years, until 1905, the unfortunates were tied to a stake and put on public display. Then the executioner would approach with a whole bag or chest of tools - knives, files, shears, saws - and set to work. He would start cutting and slicing the convict and used to use various tools to inflict various wounds - minor or major mutilations. He would usually start with the earlobes, then move on to the nose, cut off the eyebrows... and we will stop here. Sometimes several dozen wounds were inflicted, sometimes, as chronicles mention, even three thousand. Sometimes a merciful blow was administered quickly, as the French would say a coup de grace, and the agony was cut short, but most often the ordeal lasted a few hours, but sometimes also a few days. No single cut was the final one, but all brought the inevitable end. This punishment was used in the case of more serious crimes, e.g. defying the emperor, ...
