Travel Destinations - China - Jiuhuashan

Jiuhuashan: A Garden of Unearthly Delights

Jiuhuashan, one of China's holiest mountains is home to the Lord of the Buddhist Underworld. In search of heaven Stanley Stewart joins the pilgrims on a daytrip to hell.

"I am here to save my husband," the old woman said. Clouds blew through the doorway and eddied about her tiny bound feet.

"Where is he?" I asked.

"Hell," she said. "He is in hell." She drew a photograph from her bag and tipped it into the light: a bony [ read more ]