"Naihe" is the name of the river in hell as Buddhism says. The fourth volume of Xuanshizhi records: "It travels for more than ten miles, reaching a water, not a few feet wide, and flows to the southwest. Looking at Xi, Xi said, "The so-called Nai River in this custom originated from the underworld". Look at it, its water is blood, but it is not close. " Because there is a bridge over the river, it is named "Naihe Bridge". The bridge is narrow and flat, and the sun and night gods guard it day and night. The river of blood under the bridge is full of insects and snakes, the waves are rolling and the wind is blowing hard. The ghost of the wicked fell into the river, as described in The Journey to the West's tenth episode: "Copper snakes and iron dogs compete for food, and there is no way to fall into the river forever." Can't help but remind people of the horror of the Nai River in the underworld. Journey to the West 1 1 Back: The judge said, Your Majesty, this is called Naihe Bridge. If you want to die, you must pass. Folklore: After death, all souls will cross Naihe Bridge, and good people will cross Naihe Bridge under the protection of the Buddha.
Bridge, the wicked are driven into a pool of blood to suffer. The book Investigation of Religious Customs in Du Feng describes this in detail: "... the bridge is divided into three layers (or three layers), the ghosts of good people can cross the upper bridge safely, the ghosts of evil people cross the middle bridge, and the ghosts of evil people cross the lower bridge, which are mostly stopped by ghosts in the dirty waves under the bridge and bitten by copper snakes and iron dogs." At the annual incense party, pilgrims rushed to throw paper money or copper coins into the pool and sprinkle fried rice into the pool, thinking that they could give it to hungry ghosts. Many elderly pilgrims like to walk on the bridge, thinking that they can avoid the pain of crossing the Naihe Bridge after death. " It can be seen that before the founding of the People's Republic of China, some kind men and women went to the bridge to burn incense and paper, and gave money and material piety, hoping to protect Naihe Bridge after the death of Buddha.
"Meng Po Tang" is an ancient legend in China, which was recorded in an ancient book of Zilan family. In that legend, people repeat it from generation to generation. The end of this life is only the beginning of the next life. People who have experienced life again and again can't have memories of past lives, just because everyone drinks Meng Po Tang on Naihe Bridge before being reborn. Therefore, walking on the Naihe Bridge is the last time a person has memories of this life. At this moment, many people still cling to the unfinished wishes of their previous lives, but deeply understand that these wishes can not be realized after all, so they sigh. This is also the reason why this bridge connecting generations is named Naihe Bridge. -Zilie
In the literary description of ghost house and Fengdu, besides Meng Bi's Jin Ping Mei, another story about Wang Shizhen, a famous person in Ming Dynasty, said that Wang Po, a tea kiosk in Yin House, only made tea for those who crossed the bridge in the ghost town, but not for those who crossed the bridge into the ghost town. Wang Shizhen came to the bridge, but he saw seven colors of spray under the bridge, which was unpredictable. He thinks this may be a disaster of desire. Wang Po boiled tea under the bridge and let the reborn ghost eat it, which would make him lose his passion and conscience. ... the "bridge" in this nonsense, or put it another way