Tiger Balm Gardens
Sins & Punishments in Ten Courts of Hell
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The Guardians of the courts of Hell |
Guardians of the courts of Hell |
Those to be judged cross the bridge in to Hell and the
courts |
1st Court - King Qinguang conducts preliminary trials
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2nd Court - King Chujiang
Conmen, robbers, inflicting physical
injury are thrown into a volcano pit
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Prostitutes are thrown into a pool of blood and
drowned |
For corruption, stealing and
gambling one is frozen into blocks of ice
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3rd court - King Songdi
Ungratefulness, disrespect to elders
or escape from prison have their heart cut-out
Drug addiction & traffickers
Tomb robbers are tied to a red hot copper pillar and
grilled |
4th court - King Wuguan For tax dodging, a refusal to pay
rent or commit business fraud results in being pounded by a stone mallet
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Disobedience to one's siblings or lack of filial piety
results in being ground up by a large stone |
5th court - King Yanluo
Plotting another's death for his
property or money or money lenders with exorbitant interest rates
results in being thrown onto a hill of knives
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6th court - King Piencheng
Cheating, cursing, abducting others
results in being thrown onto a tree of knives
Misuse of books, possession of pornography material,
breaking written rules and regulations or wasting food results in one’s
body sawn into half or thrown onto a tree of knives |
7th court - King Taishan
Rumourmongers or sowing discord
among family members have their tongue pulled out
Rapists or those driving someone to their death are
thrown into wok of boiling oil
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8th court - King Dushi
For a lack of filial obedience, causing trouble for
parents or family members or cheating during examinations one’s
intestines and organs pulled out. Those harming others to benefit ones
self have their body dismembered |
9th court - King Pingdeng
Robbers, murderers and rapists plus those committing any
other unlawful conduct have their head and arms chopped off. Neglect of
the old and the young results in being crushed under boulders |
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10th court - King Zhuanlun
Finally (if one survives all that),
there is the "Wheel of Reincarnation" and the "Pavilion of
Forgetfulness" where one can drink the "Meng Po Magic Tea"
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and forget the past and be reborn either as human or animal. |
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