地球上不准你死的四个地方[双语] 地球

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死亡是人人都不可避免的自然现象，如果告诉你死亡在一个地方被“取缔”了，你一定会觉得很没有道理。那么现在我要告诉你，地球上确实有几处地方是你不能合法死亡的。实际上这几个地方实行这些古怪的规定已经很长时间了。就我所知，最早的取缔死亡合法性的案例是在公元前5世纪，当时在希腊提洛岛上，死亡是不被允许的，因为提洛岛当时是个宗教圣地。总之不允许人们死亡的地方都有自己千奇百怪的理由，从宗教到环境因素。

现在我们就来看看当今世界上不允许人们死亡的四个地方：

1、日本严岛(Itsukushima)

因为对神道教(日本本土宗教，在1945年以前为日本国教)的信仰，严岛在日本是一个神圣的地方，因此人们一直在最大限度地保护它的纯洁性。严岛神社的神父一直以来都在避免岛上发生任何形式的死亡事件，自1878年开始，死亡就在岛上被取缔了。除此之外，近临产期的孕妇和绝症后期患者也不能进入严岛。


历史上岛上唯一发生过的战争就是1555年的宫岛之战(Battle of Miyajima，又叫严岛合战，是日本战国时期三大奇袭战之一)。战役结束后，获得胜利的将军命令人们立即将岛上的死尸转移到日本本州岛上，甚至岛上的所有建筑都被全部清洗了一遍。实际上我觉得这完全是自欺欺人，不管他们清洗得多用力，发生过的死亡仍然存在。但是总之，现在死亡在严岛上仍然是不被允许的。

2、挪威朗伊尔城(Longyearbyen)

这座北极圈内的挪威城市只有很小的一片墓地，并且在过去超过70年的时间里都拒绝接受任何新的埋葬。他们这样做的原因是—尸体永远不会分解腐烂。有人发现以前被埋在 Longyearbyen 墓地的尸体被非常完美地保存在了永久冻土层里。有科学家甚至从一具1917年下葬的男尸上提取了部分组织，并在其中发现了保存完好的几十年前的流感病毒。

那些患了绝症并且时日不多的人都会被飞机或者船只运送到挪威的另一边度过他们最后的时光。

3、意大利 Falciano del Massico 镇

位于意大利南部那不勒斯市以北50公里处的小城 Falciano del Massico 对于人们的死亡也有一样的规定。但是他们并不是因为宗教原因，或者环境因素，而是简单地因为镇上一家没有多余的空间可以埋人了。这个月初该镇镇长颁布条令说“镇上居民禁止在此离开尘世进入来世”(It is forbidden for residents to go beyond the boundaries of earthly life, to go into the afterlife.)。自从1964年小镇的行政地界被划出后，Falciano del Massico 镇就在和临镇争夺老公墓。市长前不久决定兴修一片新公墓，但是在建成之前，居民都被告知“憋着先不要死”或者“尽量延长你们的寿命”之类。

4、法国萨布宏村(Sarpourenx)

萨布宏村位于法国西南部，是个风景美丽的村庄。最近，村长再次颁布了法令，要求村民禁止死亡，原因是高级法院驳回了村子想扩建公墓的提议。然而村长 Gerard Lalanne 的规定不仅仅是禁止村民死亡，甚至还会制裁那些敢死的人。不过，我还不清楚具体的惩罚措施是什么。总之，如果人已经死了，村长要如何处罚他们呢？把棺材里的衬套扯出来扔掉？或者在棺材里钉满钉子？村长的决议让村民们充满了担忧，大家都说“天哪！如果我死了怎么办啊！”，呵呵，但是其实我很想知道第一个死掉的村民会受到怎样的处罚。

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4 Places Where Dying Is Not Allowed

When something as natural and inevitable as death is banned, it does seem a tad illogical. You would be surprised to know that there actually are quite a few places on Earth where death has been forbidden, and deemed illegal. In fact, it seems that this is actually an age-old practice; the earliest known instance of the prohibition of death was in the 5th century BC,  when dying wasn’t allowed on religious grounds at the Greek island of Delos. Each place has a reason of its own, varying from religious beliefs to environmental factors.
We’ll take a look at four places where death is forbidden in today’s world:



Itsukushima - Japan
According to the Shinto belief, the Japanese island of Itsukushima is a sacred place, and the maintenance of its purity is of utmost concern. So in an attempt to keep up the sanctity of the island, the shrine’s priests have worked pretty hard to make sure no deaths occur there. Since the year 1878, no deaths or births have been permitted near the shrine. Pregnant women nearing the date of delivery aren’t allowed there, nor are the elderly or the terminally ill.
The only battle that ever occurred on Itsukushima was the Battle of Miyajima in 1555, after which the victorious commander ordered the bodies to be removed to the mainland immediately. The entire island was cleansed of the blood that was spilled, blood-soaked soil was thrown away from the island, and even the buildings were scrubbed new. Well, isn’t that cheating? Because no matter how much they cleaned it, the deaths clearly did happen. Still, nowadays dying is not allowed on Itsukushima.


Longyearbyen - Norway
The Arctic town of Longyearbyen in the Svalbard Islands of Norway has a similar rule. Death is forbidden, and the town has only a small graveyard that stopped accepting new burials over 70 years ago. The reason – the bodies never decompose. It was discovered that the bodies buried in Longyearbyen were actually perfectly preserved by permafrost. Scientists even removed tissue from a man who died there and found intact traces of the influenza virus that he died from during the epidemic in 1917.
People who are gravely ill or expected to die soon are dispatched by air or ship to a different part of Norway, where they would spend the last days of their lives.


Falciano del Massico - Italy
At Falciano del Massico, a small town in southern Italy, the story is kind of different. People aren’t allowed to die, not because of the environment or religious beliefs, but simply because there isn’t any space left for the dead to be buried. The mayor issued an order earlier this month  that stated, “It is forbidden for residents to go beyond the boundaries of earthly life, to go into the afterlife.” Ever since local boundaries were redrawn in 1964, Falciano del Massico has been in dispute with a neighboring town over rights to the old cemetery. The mayor has decided to now build a new cemetery, but until then, people have been ordered to hold off their deaths. Perhaps they could learn a thing or two from the Indonesian Toraja villagers, and have their dead walking about town.


Sarpourenx - France
A decree prohibiting people from dying was again issued by the Mayor of Sarpourenx, a picturesque village in the southwest of France. The decision came after a French court refused planning permission to extend the town’s existing graveyard. But Mayor Gerard Lalanne has actually taken it a bit further, he’s not only banned death, but those who dare to die will be severely sanctioned. Although, it’s not yet clear what the sanctions will be. After all, how could you punish the dead? A coffin with no lining? Or perhaps, one that’s lined with nails. The mayor’s decision has gotten the residents of Sarpourenx worried. “What will happen to me if I die,” they ask. Well, don’t we all want to know that now?

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