阴曹地府

It is said that people will be sent to hell after death.

传说中，人死后是要被送到阴曹地府的。

After ghost Month, ghosts have to return to the underworld, and the Gates of Hell close.

鬼月过了，鬼将回到阴曹地府，鬼门也会关上。

The ritual, a mixture of Confucian and Taoist customs, is meant to ease a spirit´s passage through the underworld.

这种儒道合一的仪式是为了帮助死者的灵魂顺利通过阴曹地府。

If there is an afterlife, it´s likely that the only element of your existence you can possibly retain is your consciousness.

如果死后还有阴曹地府，那么你唯一可能剩下和保留的属性，就是你的意识。

The nether world´, a world of ghost and demons fabricated by Buddhism and Taoism, is used to advocate the ideas of samsara and retribution to living people.´

阴曹地府是佛道构设的鬼域世界，佛道通过阴曹向世人宣扬轮回报应的思想。