北京城南宣武门外的莱市口,历来都是繁华、热闹的商业中心,但在明清时期却是执行死刑的刑场。据记载,每逢秋后朝审以后,在京处决犯人众多之际,往往将这些死刑犯从东向西排列,刽子手便手执鬼头刀从东向西挨个斩决。明清两代近500年,究竟在菜市口刑场杀了 Laochengkou, just outside Xuanwumen, south of Beijing, has always been a thriving and lively commercial center, but it was the place of execution for execution in the Ming and Qing dynasties. According to records, whenever the court trial in autumn came to an end, many prisoners were executed in Beijing and the executioners were often arranged from east to west. The executioners executed the demon knife from east to west by hand. Nearly 500 years of Ming and Qing dynasties, after all, kill the market in the mouth