Where will people go to the underworld after death?

The underworld, also called the nether world, the nether world, or the nether world [1], is a concept in China's belief culture and refers to the world in which people live after death. There is a universal theory of Yin and Yang in China culture, which takes the secular world as the afterlife and the afterlife as the afterlife. At least before the Zhou dynasty, people thought that people were divided into souls, and the combination of soul for yang and soul for yin formed people. After death, the soul and spirit go to heaven, and the spirit returns to the ground [2]. The evolution of people's past lives, present lives and afterlife is explained by spirit and god. The elf world is divided into three realms: the earth on earth, the heaven of the gods in heaven and the underground hell. Death may be the earliest concept of the underworld in China's religious belief. Later, in the Han Dynasty, underworld appeared in Taoism. After the introduction of Buddhism, on the basis of the original evil hell of Taoism, a systematic hell system, namely eighteen layers of hell, was developed. The concept of hell is greater than hell, and the concept of hell is greater than hell. The underworld generally refers to the space where the deceased is located, so it is not limited to the underworld, and may even overlap with the earth in space and people cannot perceive it; Hell refers to the place where the dead are detained and punished, which can be said to be the prison and execution ground of the underworld; However, after death, ordinary people may still smile in the grave, just like living on the earth. Good people even become immortals and gods after death and enter heaven [3]. Fengdu Emperor (Du Fengbei Yin Emperor) and four other ghost emperors, Rebecca (Yan Luowang) or Yamaraja, have ten independent halls, which are judges of the underworld, queens (Didi Empress), gods of Mount Tai, kings of heaven and heaven (Emperor Dongyue), kings of earth-hidden treasure, and city gods. The "three realms" here refers to the three realms and six Tao in Buddhism.

The tomb is considered as the residence of the deceased, because the traditional Confucian filial piety culture says: serving the deceased is like life. Traditionally, people will dress up a grave as a room in the normal and ideal life of an adult. Shuowen: "Tomb, nothing." "Buried, hidden." In early China, there were tombs but no graves. According to historical records, after the death of Yao, Shun, Yu,, and so on, underground tombs were used [4]. The Book of Rites Tan Gong: "The tomb of the ancients is not a grave." Later, tombs above the surface and buildings on the ground appeared in the cemetery.

According to legend, after death, people will go to the underworld, and after crossing the gate of hell, they will take a road called Huang Quan Road, where bloom flowers fall and leaves are not seen. Flowers and leaves live and disappear, but they miss each other forever. At the end of the road, there is a river called Forgetting River and a bridge called Naihe Bridge. There is an earthen platform opposite Naihe Bridge called Wangxiangtai. There is a pavilion called Meng Po Pavilion near Wangxiangtai. A woman named Meng Po is waiting there, handing a bowl of Meng Po soup to every passer-by. There is a stone called Sansheng Stone by the Wangchuan River. Drinking Meng Po Tang makes people forget everything. Sanshengshi records the afterlife of past lives. Cross Naihe Bridge, take a last look at the world on the homesickness platform, and forget Sichuan with a glass of water.