This book is an encyclopedia of the afterlife in Chinese beliefs. It recreates the picture of traditional popular ideas about the structure of the world of the dead, echoes of which to this day are an integral part of Chinese culture. The main attention is paid to the forms that have found expression in modern Chinese temple culture. In addition to describing the deities of death and their assistants, the monograph talks about the Chinese “Book of the Dead” Yuli baochao, rituals of commemoration of the dead, types of hells, the structure of the subtle human body, the Afterlife Departments and Registers of Fate. The book is equipped with a large number of unique illustrations. Intended for the widest range of readers. The publisher's design is preserved in PDF A4 format.