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KOED realms: FENGDU (the ghost city)
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The Ghost City of Fengdu, China ~Ruler not known yet~
There is a necropolis called Fengdu modeled after the Chinese Hell in
Taoist mythology, built over 1800 years ago. The famous ghost town will become
an island once the Three Gorges Dam project is completed. Specifically, part of
the ghost town of Fengdu will be submerged, but scenery above the "Door of
Hell" will remain.
Fengdu Ghost City is about 110 mile (170 kilometers) downstream from
Chongqing Municipality on the north bank of the Yangtze River in the Peoples
Republic of China. Fengu Ghost City is a tourist attraction featured along a
Yangtze cruise. Fengdu Ghost City is a place to learn about Chinese ghost
culture, the afterlife, and to see what the Chinese would call a model of hell.
Fengdu became known as Ghost City in the Tang Dynasty (618-907) when two
Imperial court officials married and settled on Ming Mountain to practice
Taoist teachings. The couples surnames combined, Yin and Wang, sounded
like King of Hell in Chinese. They supposedly became immortals. Thus was born
Fengdu City of Ghosts the hell theme and ghosts culture stuck.
During the Tang Dynasty, a temple was erected on Ming Mountain that
depicted life in hell. It displayed demonic images and torture devices,
reflecting the idea that good people will be treated well in the afterlife and
that bad people will be punished by going to hell. Notice that this photo is of
the same temple in Fengdu Ghost City as the first picture, but this is a
close-up of details on the roof. Google Translator seemed to fail many times,
saying the title of this photo is, Fengdu ghost town Samsung hundred
children in the house roof
Fengdu Ghost City is lined with bizarre statues which lead up to
hell.
A little research in the Chinese vision of the afterlife showed that ghosts
of the dead must undergo three major tests to enter the netherworld.
These tests have been turned into three of the many attractions in Ghost
City. These attraction locations are called \endash
Nothing-To-Be-Done-Bridge, Ghost Torturing Pass, and the Tianzi Son of
Heaven Palace. The photographer titled this, Fengdu ghost town Bai
Wuchang solely on Towards Xiao then good
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