September 14, 2008

260807 中元节 Hungry Ghosts Festival - 6 三殿宋帝王

"三殿宋帝王" - 宋帝王 King Song Di presides over the 第三殿 third court:

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Two of the types of punishment here - being ground to bits in a stone mill used to grind grain into flour, and 抱柱地狱 lit. 'hugging the pillar hell', where one has to cling onto a flaming red hot copper column:

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"四殿五官王" - 五官王 King Wu Guan is the judge of the 第四殿 fourth court:

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The foot-operated rice pounder for crushing rice grains to remove their husks is used on sinners:

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