Lingchi (), often known as the “gradual slicing” or “demise by a thousand cuts”, is a historic Chinese language methodology of capital punishment during which the condemned is slowly and methodically lower to demise over an prolonged interval.
This grotesque type of execution was sometimes reserved for essentially the most heinous crimes, and was usually used as a method to terrorize and deter potential criminals. Lingchi was first used in the course of the Tang Dynasty (618-907), and was finally abolished in 1905.
