Naihe Bridge

Naihe Bridge[1] (simplified Chinese: 奈何桥; traditional Chinese: 奈何橋; pinyin: Nàihé qiáo), or Hopeless Bridge,[2] the Bridge of Irreparability,[3] known as Naihe qiao in Chinese,[4] also called Bridge over River Nai,[5] is the entrance and exit to the underworld in Taoism and Chinese folk beliefs.[6] The ghosts must pass over this bridge before they can be reincarnated.[7]

Naihe Bridge
Simplified奈何桥
Traditional奈何橋
Also calledBridge over River Nai
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Legend has it that the dead who have committed serious sins in life cannot cross the Naihe Bridge and will be pushed into the "Blood River Pool" by the Ox-Head and Horse-Face on both sides to suffer the torture of insects, ants and snakes, while the dead who have done good deeds will be able to cross the bridge very easily.[8]

See also

References
  1. Edelman, S. (2020). Life, Death, and Other Inconvenient Truths: A Realist's View of the Human Condition. MIT Press. p. 235. ISBN 978-0-262-04435-6.
  2. Marc L. Moskowitz (1 May 2001). The Haunting Fetus: Abortion, Sexuality, and the Spirit World in Taiwan. University of Hawaii Press. pp. 202–. ISBN 978-0-8248-6477-4.
  3. Rostislav Berezkin (12 November 2017). Many Faces of Mulian: The Precious Scrolls of Late Imperial China. University of Washington Press. pp. 127–. ISBN 978-0-295-74253-3.
  4. Ronnie L. Littlejohn (15 December 2019). Historical Dictionary of Daoism. Rowman & Littlefield. pp. 144–. ISBN 978-1-5381-2274-7.
  5. Fan-Pen Li Chen (2007). Chinese Shadow Theatre: History, Popular Religion, and Women Warriors. McGill-Queen's Press. pp. 169–. ISBN 978-0-7735-3197-0.
  6. "Naive Bridge- September 2017- The News Lens". The News Lens. 24 September 2017.
  7. Shelby Kar-yan Chan (14 April 2015). Identity and Theatre Translation in Hong Kong. Springer. pp. 149–. ISBN 978-3-662-45541-8.
  8. Fang Zi (1 April 2020). Who is Geli Ou?. Linking Publishing Company. ISBN 9789570854701.
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