Spectacular Fengdu Ghost City Devoted To Afterlife

Ellen Lloyd – AncientPages.com – An almost 2,000-year-old large complex of temples, shrines, and monasteries known as Fengdu Ghost City is devoted to the afterlife. Many temples and shrines are decorated with paintings and sculptures of people tortured for their sins.

Undoubtedly, the Fengdu Ghost City is one of the fascinating places to learn about Chinese ghost culture.

Fengdu Ghost City. China – image (left) Judge of Hell – image credit: Gisling – CC BY-SA 3.0 ; Right: Yasha ghost – Gisling – CC BY-SA 3.0

Fengdu Ghost City is approximately 170 kilometers (110 mi) on the northern bank of the Yangtze River in Fengdu County, China. The city has its unique history of ghosts and the afterlife, known from the times of the Eastern Han Dynasty.

Two officials from the Chinese imperial court decided to go to Ming Mountain to practice Taoist teachings and eventually achieved immortality.

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