Caishikou Execution Grounds (), also known as Vegetable Market Execution Ground, was an important execution ground in Caishikou, Beijing during the Qing dynasty era. It was located at the crossroads of Xuanwumen Outer Street and Luomashi Street. The exact location is under debate today. However, contemporary sources and photographs put it across from the Heniantang Pharmacy ().
Executions were usually carried out at 11:30 AM.The time was in old Chinese timekeeping, which corresponded to 11:30AM. On the day of the execution, the convict would be carted from the jail cell to the execution grounds. The cart stopped at a wine shop named Broken Bowl () on the east side of Xuanwu Gate, where the convict would be offered a bowl of rice wine. The bowl would be smashed after it was drunk. During the executions of infamous convicts, it was common for a large crowd to gather and watch. The torture death by a thousand cuts was also carried out at the execution grounds.
The Catholic bishop Alphonse Favier wrote about the execution ground in the 1890s:
Notable individuals executed at Caishikou Most of these executions were carried out by beheading, with only specific crimes being punished by death by a thousand cuts. Zhu Yousong, Hongguang Emperor, first emperor of the Southern Ming Dynasty Zhu Changfang, member of the royal family of Southern Ming Dynasty Zhu Cunji (朱存極), Ming dynasty Prince of Qin (秦王) Zhu Shenxuan (朱审烜), Ming dynasty Prince of Jin (晉世子) Zhu Youzou (朱由棷), Ming dynasty Prince of Heng (衡王) Zhu Ciyue (朱慈爚), Ming dynasty Prince of Chong (崇王) Zhu Youli (朱由櫟), Ming dynasty Prince of De (德王) Zhu Cikui (朱慈煃), Ming dynasty Prince of Ji (吉王) Zheng Zhilong, father of Koxinga Jahangir Khoja, East Turkic Uyghur rebel leader (death by a thousand cuts) Six gentlemen of the Hundred Days' Reform: Tan Sitong Lin Xu Yang Rui (杨锐) Yang Shenxiu (杨深秀) Liu Guangdi Kang Guangren (康广仁) Xu Jingcheng, Qing diplomat during the Boxer Rebellion. Qixiu (启秀), Manchu pro-Boxer official Zhong Renjie (鍾人傑) Lin Fengxiang (林鳳祥), Taiping rebel Li Kaifang, Taiping rebel Li Hanjie (李漢傑)
See also Caishikou
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