Statue
of
Bai Wu Chang
at Fengdu Ghost
City.
He is
a servant of the Underworld and has the task to guide the souls of the kind
and benevolent dead, safely pass the Bridge of Troubled Water and
Gui Men Guan,
i.e. the Gate of Hell, to register in the office of the Emperor of the Underworld and
receive their awards, i.e. either rising into heaven or getting a rebirth
into a rich and noble family. The text on his long cap reads yi jian sheng cai (一见生财), which can
loosely be translated as ‘one observing
lifetime's riches’
or
‘see a way of making
money’.
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