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A Journey Through Chinese Hell: Hell Scrolls of Taiwan

Neal Donnelly

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Description:Hell Scrolls, a popular art form disdained by Chinese intellectuals and rarely preserved after their use, are now valuable historic artifacts and records of folk art and religion. The two rare and beautiful sets of scrolls illustrated here depict the ten stages or courts, each ruled by a king, in which the souls of the deceased atone for transgressions during life, then pass on to reincarnation. Such scrolls were used in protracted funeral ceremonies to chart the progress of the soul, thus reassuring anxious relatives when the shade had cleared the tenth and final court.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with A Journey Through Chinese Hell: Hell Scrolls of Taiwan. To get started finding A Journey Through Chinese Hell: Hell Scrolls of Taiwan, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Pages: 138

Format: PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition

Publisher: Artist Publishing Co

Release: 1990

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Description: Hell Scrolls, a popular art form disdained by Chinese intellectuals and rarely preserved after their use, are now valuable historic artifacts and records of folk art and religion. The two rare and beautiful sets of scrolls illustrated here depict the ten stages or courts, each ruled by a king, in which the souls of the deceased atone for transgressions during life, then pass on to reincarnation. Such scrolls were used in protracted funeral ceremonies to chart the progress of the soul, thus reassuring anxious relatives when the shade had cleared the tenth and final court.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with A Journey Through Chinese Hell: Hell Scrolls of Taiwan. To get started finding A Journey Through Chinese Hell: Hell Scrolls of Taiwan, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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