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Hell Afterlife English ILouise S. McGehee
School2004Alex and Melanie
(Blogiopi)
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Chinese Beliefs on Hell

• The Underworld is a mix of Taoist, Buddhist, and
  traditional folk legends.
• Yen Lo Wang was the King of Hell in Chinese
  mythology (God of Death).
• In China, Cypress symbolizes death and afterlife,
  China oranges symbolize the renewal and
  celebration of life.
• People with negative karma are reborn in hell
  until their karma becomes positive, and they are
  then reborn as humans or ghosts (Buddhist belief).

(Windsteig, Oliver)
(Chinese New Year)
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Stages of Hell

• An evildoer would be presented to the city of
  ghosts.
• Then, he/she would cross the Naihe Bridge to
  reach the Gate of Hell.
• The levels/chambers of hell are located in the
  Fengdu Mountains, each with its own god.
• Sinners come to the mountains and are transferred
  to one of the chambers for punishment.
• Finally, the sinners were given the Drink of
  Forgetfulness by Lady Meng-Po to erase their
  memory and be reborn.

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Wheel of Life

• In the last stage of hell, the sinner would be
  given another chance.
• The process included spinning around, gradually
  getting faster, and then shooting off into the
  body of a new life.

• If the sinner had repented enough, he/she would
  be reborn as a baby.
• If the sinner had not repented enough, he/she
  would be reborn as a slug.

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Ten Courts/Levels of Hell

• When evildoers would arrive in hell, they would
  arrive at the 1st court and exit through the last
  court. Depending on their evil deed, they would
  arrive at one of the courts in-between.
• Mirror of Retribution (Qin-Quang Wang)
• The Pool of Filth and the Hell of Ice (Qu-Jiang
  Wang)
• Black Rope Hell and the Upside Down Prison
  (Song-Di-Wang)

(Chinese Symbol Vocabulary Collection)
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Ten Courts/Levels of Hell (Continued)

• 4) The Black Lake of Blood and the Terrible Bee
  torture (Wang-Wu-Guan)
• 5) 16 Departments of the Heart Gouging
  (Yen-Lo-Wang)
• 6) Screaming Torture and Administrative Errors
  (Bian-Cheng-Wang)
• 7) Torture by Mincing Machine (Tai-Shan-Wang)
• 8) Hot suffocation Hell (Du-Shi-Wang)
• 9) Iron Web and Office of Fair Trading
  (Ding-Deng-Wang)
• 10) The Wheel of Rebirth (Zhaung-Lun-Wang)

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Chinese Hell (Afterlife)

• Plant good deeds and you'll harvest good deeds
  do evil deeds and you'll receive the
  sameChinese summary of retribution
• The myths on hell still exist in China today.
• Many sculptures of the punishments of hell can be
  found in the Tiger Balm Gardens in Hong Kong and
  Singapore.

(Other places visited)
(Bryant, Darren)
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