Fengdu became known as Ghost City in the Tang Dynasty (618-907) when two officials from the Imperial court married and settled on Mt. Minshan just outside the city.

Combined, their surnames, Yin and Wang, sound like King of Hell in Chinese.
One of the first views you get is this large (ca 10 story) head.., which was going to be a tourist hotel until the Taiwanese investor went belly up on the project.
 
 
 
Part of the actual town of Fengdu was submerged, but scenery above the "Door of Hell" remains.
 
 
 

The Fengdu ghost place is also full of statues which were spiritually designed; locals believe that the statues have their responsibilities set for the security of the spirit world.
 
 
 
According to superstitious legend"the dead come to Fengdu and the devils go to hell". Since Tang Dynasty, forty-eight temples have been built in this place, such as the "Hall of the Jade Emperor", " the "Palace of Hell", "Boundary Between the Living and the Dead", " the "Ridge of Helplessness" and the "Balcony of Nostalgia".
 
Here's the Big Guy...
 
 
Here's what happens to all the bad boys and girls.
 
 
 
 

Ironically, the area is literally a ghost city now because of the Three Gorges Dam project, completed in 2009, flooded the town and forced the region’s residents to relocate.

Mount Mingshan is now a peninsula that is visited mostly by tourists on Yangtze River cruises.