But you know what? The mythical "underworld" actually exists. It is located in Chongqing, China, and is called Fengdu Ghost Town.
Basic introduction
Fengdu Ghost Town is a famous historical and cultural city that originated in Han Dynasty. It is also known as "Youdu" and "Ghost Country Kyoto". It is located on the north bank of the Yangtze River in Fengdu County, the lower reaches of Chongqing, and it is a tourist attraction for Yangtze River cruise ships.
What people call "the underworld" refers to this place. Ghost Town is famous for its underground architecture and modeling, such as Naiheqiao, Huang Quan Road, Wangxiangtai and Yaowangdian. It is a concentrated expression of Chinese ghost culture. The legendary Naihe Bridge and the eighteen layers of hell in the underworld can be seen here, attracting countless people to find out.
A long history
Fengdu ghost town, an ancient city with mountains and water, has been built for more than 2000 years. Since the Eastern Han Dynasty, "ghost religion" was born here, and after hundreds of years of development and evolution, it formed the ghost town that people see today.
Fengdu Ghost Town Scenic Area has a vast territory, which is divided into two parts: Ghost Town Famous Mountain Scenic Area and Ghost King Stone Carving Scenic Area. The scenic spots are unique, rich and profound, such as the largest dynamic human landscape of ghosts and gods in China, the shrine of the ghost king, the world's most famous stone carving of the ghost king and other buildings, which can be seen here.
Form a background
The ghost town can be said to be located in Pingdu Mountain. According to legend, Yin Changsheng and Wang of the Han Dynasty once cultivated immortals in Pingdu Mountain and became immortals in the daytime. Taoism lists this place as one of the "Xanadu" of Daodu. However, in the Tang Dynasty, this famous Taoist mountain gradually evolved into a place where Yin Wang lived because some people mistakenly called Yin and Wang as Yin Wang.
Entering along the gate of the scenic spot, you will pass through familiar places such as Heha Temple, Naihe Bridge, Gate of Hell, Huang Quan Road, Yan Luotang and Eighteen-story Hell, all of which are directly related to the underworld.
The famous Naihe Bridge
Like Naihe Bridge, which is often heard, it is located halfway up this famous mountain. On this piece of land of about 26 square meters, the building of Amin dynasty-the annex building of Liaoyang guild hall was established. Later, it was changed to Naihe Bridge, which is a "golden bridge" connecting history and reality, connecting with Yang, examining good and evil and declaring life and death.
It is worth mentioning that Naihe Bridge is a health bridge on the left, symbolizing health every year, and a wealth bridge on the right, symbolizing wealth every year. This is the famous "Trial Golden Bridge".
accretion of culture
You think it's just a legendary ghost town? You are wrong, it is also a treasure house of folk culture and art that integrates Confucianism, Taoism and Buddhism, and it is one of the most famous cultural landscapes on the Yangtze River Golden Tourism Line.
Among them, the most representative is Tian Zi Temple, which is located at the top of the famous mountain, with magnificent structure, fine craftsmanship, hollowing out and carving, and extremely exquisite. It was built in the Western Jin Dynasty with a history of about 1600 years ago, but all the buildings we see today were rebuilt in the Kangxi period, and it is also the largest existing ancient architectural complex in the famous mountains.
These legendary places of the underworld fully reflect China people's traditional cognition of life and death, ghosts and hell. If you are interested, you can follow the tour guide, listen to stories and learn about ancient customs and taboos.
But this scenic spot is really not suitable for going at night. The scenic spot is full of gloomy atmosphere. At night, it is more transparent. No wonder it's crowded during the day and very deserted at night. After all, many people are still very timid. what do you think? (Image from Ctrip users)