Ghost City

Fengdu, China :

Located on the north bank of the Yangtze River , Fengdu is an ancient city with a long history, known as the "Ghost City" to most Chinese people.

It got its reputation as the "Ghost City" in the eastern Han Dynasty. Two officials from the Imperial court : Wang Faping and Ying Changsheng, got bored with political life in the court and came to Min Mountain outside the Fengdu city to practice Taoist teachings. Both of them later became immortal by carrying out self-cultivation. This story wide spread and makes Min mountain famous. When combined together, their surnames Yin and Wang, sound very much like "King of Hell" in Chinese, hence the people began to call Fengdu the "Ghost City".

According to superstitious legend, "the dead come to Fengdu and the devils go to hell".  Since  Tang Dynasty,
forty-eight temples had been built in this place, such as "the Hall of Jade Emperor", "the Palace of Hell", "the boundary between the Living and the Dead", "the Ridge of Helplessness and "the Balcony of Nostalgia".
All of temples there look quite magnificent while statues are extremely lifelike. (Shanghai daily/Eastday)