| 1 | It is said that people will be sent to hell after death. | |
| 2 | The ritual, a mixture of Confucian and Taoist customs, is meant to ease a spirit's passage through the underworld. | |
| 3 | If there is an afterlife, it's likely that the only element of your existence you can possibly retain is your consciousness. | |
| 4 | The nether world", a world of ghost and demons fabricated by Buddhism and Taoism, is used to advocate the ideas of samsara and retribution to living people." | |
| 5 | During this month activities such as weddings, swimming, and moving should be put on hold until all the ghosts return to the underworld, and the Gates of Hell finally close. |