Fengdu County is located on the southeastern edge of the Sichuan Basin and on the upper reaches of the Yangtze River. The county covers an area of ??2,910 square kilometers and has a total population of 740,000. Fengdu is an ancient city surrounded by mountains and rivers. It was called "Bazi Biedu" in the Spring and Autumn Period. In the second year of Emperor Yongyuan of the Eastern Han Dynasty, a separate county was set up from Zhi County and named "Fengdu County". It has a history of more than 1,900 years. . Fengdu has been a famous cultural city since ancient times. It is the most distinctive and famous historical and cultural town in China. It is famous both at home and abroad for its rich ghost culture as the location of the underworld. There are many legends of ghosts and gods circulating here. Many Chinese and foreign literary masterpieces such as "Journey to the West", "Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio", "The Complete Story of Yue Yue", "The Biography of Zhong Kui" and so on have vivid descriptions of the "ghost city" Fengdu, which is full of legend. The main landscapes in Fengdu County include: Fengdu Famous Mountain, Shuanggui Mountain, "Ghost Kingdom Shrine" and "Yinsi Street". It is currently the largest cultural and cultural landscape of ghosts and gods in China, and the most spectacular dynamic cultural landscape in Southwest China. There are also The architecture is unique and spectacular, the density is high, the era spans a long time, and the cultural value is high. It is a rare group of Han Dynasty tombs in Huinan in the country; there are stone carvings of tree people and ghosts under construction, as well as low altitude (380-520 meters above sea level) Siping Forest Park, with Sanfu Primitive Forest Farm, Longhe Scenic Area (karst caves, rafting) and other natural landscapes. Since the Han and Tang Dynasties, the famous mountains in Fengdu County have been called "ghost towns". From then on, Fengdu, the Yangtze River The small county town on the north bank is famous all over the world for its mysterious appearance and numerous legends. It has become a scenic spot full of Chinese cultural connotations on the Yangtze River golden tourist route, attracting people to explore. Celebrities and celebrities from past dynasties have come here in droves to climb mountains and tour, leaving behind layers of footprints and rich history and culture in the "ghost town". When traveling in the "ghost town" of Fengdu, the tour guide will definitely introduce you to two people, because they played an indispensable role in the many legends that call Fengdu a "ghost town". One of these two people is named Yin Changsheng, and the other is named Wang Fangping. According to legend, since the Han Dynasty, they have practiced Taoism and become immortals in Pingdu Mountain in the northeast corner of Fengdu County, which is today's famous mountain, and they have ascended to heaven in the daytime. In the Tang Dynasty, some people mistakenly connected the surnames "Yin" and "Wang" together to become the "King of Yin", and then falsely called it the "King of the Underworld", so Fengdu became the "Underworld of the Underworld". The scholar who laughs at the world and sinks into his soul in Bei Fengdu This is a poem left by the poet Li Bai after he visited the famous "ghost town" in Fengdu. Today, Li Bai's poems have become a famous couplet in the famous "ghost town" of Fengdu. To show people in the world a truth about life and death, coming and going. Fengdu's famous mountains have lush forests and picturesque scenery. In the emerald green bushes sheltered by ancient trees, the stone paths wind and overlap with temples. In the vicissitudes of time, people of all dynasties built many scenic spots such as the Yin and Yang Realm, the Naihe Bridge, and the Eighteen Hells on famous mountains with their rich imagination and extravagant hopes, and based on the teachings of Taoism, Buddhism, and Confucianism. The theory has created a large number of images of people, ghosts, and gods. At the same time, it has moved the original institutions and facilities in the human world to the underworld one by one, building a complete and huge "underworld government" in its own imagination, giving full play to the "underworld government" The function of "government" is to place people's wishes and ideals that cannot be realized in the earth, as well as all kinds of grievances and grievances in the underworld to be resolved, and use the ideal ghosts and gods in one's heart to punish evil and promote good, so that the ideal ghosts and gods become the spiritual support for people's survival. Because in their hearts, people who believe in good and evil will have karma and retribution, and the cycle of life and death. There are many superstitions in traditional China. It is said that after death, people's ghosts linger, and they have to report to the "ghost town" of Fengdu on the north bank of the Yangtze River, where they will be judged by the "Emperor Yama" to judge their merits and demerits, and arrange their whereabouts in the afterlife. These wandering dead souls hold "Luyin" (pass) stamped with three big seals: "Yin Si", "City God" and "Fengdu County Government". They hurried to the "ghost town" of Fengdu to reincarnate and ascend to heaven. They did not dare to delay. Otherwise, if you arrive a step too late, you will become a lonely ghost and never have peace. Naihe Bridge is a place in Fengdu Ghost Town that contains traditional Chinese cultural significance. It is located in front of the Lioyang Hall, a famous mountain in Fengdu, and is composed of three stone arch bridges of exactly the same size and shape. The bridge deck is narrow, paved with bluestone, and slightly curved. Only one person can walk on it at a time. There are carved stone railings on both sides of the bridge, and there is a pond under the bridge. There is a checkpoint at the head of the bridge, which is guarded day and night by the ghosts of the underworld, the Day Wandering God and the Night Wandering God. According to folklore, Naihe Bridge is the only way for people to report to the underworld after death. If a person behaves well and does good deeds and accumulates virtues while alive, then there will be gods to protect him and cross the bridge safely; if a person behaves badly and does evil and accumulates grudges while alive, then the soul of the dead will be thrown into the river of blood under the bridge and be killed by the copper snake and iron dog in the pool. Bite wildly. The book "Investigation of Religious Customs in Fengdu" has this description: "The bridge is divided into three levels (or three). The souls of good people can safely pass through the upper bridge; the souls of both good and evil people can pass through the middle bridge safely. bridge; the souls of the wicked cross the lower bridge." When evildoers cross the bridge, they will be spotted and stopped by the evil ghosts guarding the bridge, and they will be pushed into the bloody river under the bridge where "the waves are rolling, the blood is flowing across the bridge, the fishy wind is blowing on the face, and the corpses are covered with bones." Many tourists who come to Fengdu's famous mountain "ghost town" like to walk smoothly across the bridge. It is believed that after passing this bridge, one will be spared the pain of crossing the Naihe Bridge again after death. So before crossing the bridge, they burned incense and paper, gave money and materials, and prayed for God's protection. The monks and nuns in the temple were even more prudent about making money. They deliberately poured tung oil on the bluestone bridge surface, making it difficult for pilgrims crossing the bridge to walk and often slip and fall. In this way, the Naihe Bridge became more mythical. Naihe Bridge is a rare historic site in the famous mountain "ghost town". It was built in the Ming Dynasty and has a history of more than 500 years.
"Naihe" is the name of the river in hell in Buddhism. Naihe Bridge is compiled into a story to educate the living to do more good deeds, accumulate virtue, and benefit mankind, so that they can be reincarnated and ascend to heaven in the next life. The ancients' idea of ??karma and retribution is no longer enough. However, as a scenic spot and religious relic, Fengdu "Ghost City" cannot be replaced by other temples. If you travel to Fengdu, you might as well go to the famous mountain "ghost town" and walk around the Naihe Bridge.