May 11, 2005
The Chinese believe that when you die, your soul goes to the netherworld or purgatory. The spirit would go through a series of events prior to the final sentence. The pure spirits would be rewarded and the sinful ones would be tortured. Different sins would warrant different tortures. The temples in Fengdu focus on the theme of ghost worship and images of the soul passing through purgatory to the final judgment. Fengdu dates back to more than 2000 years ago.
Getting to the top of Fengdu was an effort, over 800 stairs to the top, and it had rained prior to our arrival making it was hot and steamy. I must admit that this wasn’t the highlight of the tour but it wasn’t bad either.
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