Fengdu Ghost City: Exploring Taoism & Buddhism in Chongqing

Fengdu, Chongqing

Destination:ChinaCity:ChongqingPopulation:32 million
Fengdu, Chongqing
Honglin Li2024-01-3016 min

In this episode, we arrived at Fengdu County in Chongqing, the city of ghost in China. the old saying said that when a human died in the earthly realm, lord of death(Yama) will send his guardians to bring the newly dead to him for judgment. Some were granted renewed lives, some were sent to be tortured. This place is both the gate to hell and the entrance to heaven.

--- Honglin Li
January 30, 2024, Winter in China

Video Chapters

  1. 0:00Intro
  2. 1:04Basic info of the Ghost City
  3. 3:53First Pass to the ghost city Nai He Bridge 奈何桥
  4. 8:00How the Taoism and Buddhism understand the concept of the death
  5. 9:26The Gate to Hell & The Road to Hell 鬼门关 & 黄泉路
  6. 11:39Temple of Yama
  7. 14:20What is ghost?

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