[Jords]

Chinese woman, 95, comes back to life by climbing out her coffin six days after she “died”Li Xiufeng was about to have her funeral when she woke up and got out of coffinMedics say she suffered an “artificial death”

A 95-year-old Chinese woman thought to have passed away stunned her neighbours – after waking up six days after she had been placed in a coffin.

Li Xiufeng was found motionless and not breathing in bed by a neighbour two weeks after tripping and suffering a head injury at her home in Beiliu, Guangxi Province.

When the neighbour who found her could not wake the pensioner up, they feared the worst and thought the elderly woman had passed away.

Back from the dead: Li Xiufeng, 95, stunned neighbours by “waking up” from her coffin the day before her funeral

She was placed in a coffin which was kept in her house unsealed under Chinese tradition for friends and relatives to pay respects.

But the day before the funeral, neighbours found an empty coffin, and later discovered the 95-year-old, who had since woken up, in her kitchen cooking.

Neighbour Chen Qingwang, 60, who originally found Mrs Xiufeng, said: “She didn”t get up, so I came up to wake her up.

“No matter how hard I pushed her and called her name, she had no reactions.

“I felt something was wrong, so I tried her breath, and she has gone, but her body is still not cold.”

As Mrs Xiufeng lived alone, Mr Qingwang and his son made preparations for her funeral, and the “dead” woman was left in her coffin two days after she was discovered.

The day before she was due to be permanently laid to rest, however, Mr Qingwang arrived at his neighbour”s property and found her “corpse” had disappeared.

Mr Qingwang added: “We were so terrified, and immediately asked the neighbours to come for help.”

Neighbours searched her property before finding the pensioner in her kitchen cooking.

She reportedly told villagers: “I slept for a long time. After waking up, I felt so hungry, and wanted to cook something to eat.

“I pushed the lid for a long time to climb out.”

Medics said Mrs Xiufeng had suffered an “artificial death”, when a person has no breath, but their body remains warm.

A doctor at the hospital was quoted as saying: “Thanks to the local tradition of parking the coffin in the house for several days, she could be saved.

Despite cheating death, however, the same Chinese tradition left Mrs Xiufeng without any possessions, according to ritual, after a person dies, all their belongings must be burnt.

Bet shes sat there thinking '*****'

[Jessica.]

It has been posted before.

[Jords]

oh cool thats cool

[Scarlett.]

I like how she just casually started cooking

[arista]

she must have left some Washing Up to do.

[Jessica.]

Originally Posted by arista

she must have left some Washing Up to do.

[Harry!]

This story is older than the woman.

[Jords]

Originally Posted by Harry!

This story is older than the woman.

That can never ever be true. I just wanted to point out.

[Ammi]

She reportedly told villagers: “I slept for a long time. After waking up, I felt so hungry, and wanted to cook something to eat.


..I always find death does that to me too....munchies

[Niamh.]

I wonder if she is actually dead now?

[Ammi]

Originally Posted by Niamh.

I wonder if she is actually dead now?

LOL...yeah..I mean how can we trust her anymore

[Jords]

I can imagine her dying and like a year later waking up again and being like guys Im famished cook me some noodles, extra large

[Vladimir]

I wonder how many people ''woke up'' in their coffins but they couldn't get out.

[Ammi]

Originally Posted by Jords

I can imagine her dying and like a year later waking up again and being like guys Im famished cook me some noodles, extra large

Tbh if she's going to make a habit of it..they should nail down the coffin lid and get her straight into the ground next time..there's only so much patience you can show with people like that..you never know where you stand with them

[Jords]

Originally Posted by Vladimir

I wonder how many people ''woke up'' in their coffins but they couldn't get out.

Such an awful thought. Cremation >>>

Originally Posted by Ammi

Tbh if she's going to make a habit of it..they should nail down the coffin lid and get her straight into the ground next time..there's only so much patience you can show with people like that..you never know where you stand with them

LOL true!!

[Marsh.]

I bet she was miffed that all of her belongings were burnt. But don't they embalm them in China?

[lostalex]

It's a good thing she's not Muslim, don't Muslims have a rule that they have to bury someone within 24 hours?

[Kizzy]

I think alex is right, good job haha. I remember reading this and felt sad as in their custom they burnt all their stuff so she had nowt

[Jordan.]

Originally Posted by Jords

Looks like she came back mummified

[Jordan.]

The size of her hands

Something dodgy going on with this one

[Patrick]

She was placed in a coffin which was kept in her house unsealed under Chinese tradition for friends and relatives to pay respects.

..That happens here too.

[Patrick]

She was placed in a coffin which was kept in her house unsealed under Chinese tradition for friends and relatives to pay respects.

..That happens here too.

[Marsh.]

Yes, in some circumstances but it's not a custom/tradition in Britain to have an unsealed coffin in your house.
For my great auntie last year you could go to the chapel of rest to view the body but we didn't have it in the house.

[Novo]

Originally Posted by Harry!

This story is older than the woman.

Fair play that was pretty good for you

[Mystic Mock]

A song made for this woman.

Youtube video