Fengdu Ghost City is a 2000-year-old cluster of religious buildings on the banks of the Yangtze River not far from Chongqing (a city you've probably never heard of with almost 20 million inhabitants, because China) in Southwest China. The "town" has a fascinating history, having earned its moniker during the Eastern Han Dynasty, (206 BCE – 220 CE), when two Chinese officials visited to practice Taoism and became possessed by immortal spirits. In the 18th century, Fendgu Ghost City turned into a testament to the afterlife. Numerous buildings, including Buddhist temples, Taoist shrines, and monuments to Chinese folk beliefs about death and the passage from the corporeal world to the spirit realm were built in the area. A tourist destination in the 21st century, Fengdu Ghost City is a dense network of tributes to death and spirits, all built to aid spirits in their passage from our world to the next. As such, it's said to be filled with ghosts, some happy and eagerly moving along, others confused, conflicted, or trapped.
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