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Breaching the Gates of Hell at Gao Miao in Zhongwei, China
Spend a lovely afternoon at the architecturally splendid temple of Gao Miao in Zhongwei, China, which splices together elements from Buddhist, Taoist, Confucian, and Christian iconography. Then pay the extra 5 yuan to go to Hell. Exploring the dank labyrinth of underground caverns, you witness day-glow sinners suffering in perpetuity a shocking variety of pains, their cries of agony echoing down the dark hallways. You try to mash down your goosebumps with your icy cold hands, attempt to stop looking over your shoulder for demons on the loose, wonder vaguely at the demented souls who constructed this place; but most of all, you try not to get left behind, alone, in the belly of Hell.
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