The oil caldrons

Translation

Oil caldron: Hell of oil caldrons

Man being lowered into caldron: Helped the strong cheat the poor


Appearance in a Taiwanese visit to hell

For a description of the oil caldrons from a Taiwanese spiritual medium who had engaged in a series of hell tours between 1976 and 1979, see Voyages to hell, Chapter 46.



A second example of the oil caldron from another hell scroll (S11).

A third example of the oil caldron from another hell scroll (B5).

A fourth example of the oil caldron from another hell scroll (B9).

K5 boiling oil
A fifth example of the oil caldron from another hell scroll (K5).
L06 oil
A sixth example of the oil caldron from another hell scroll (L06).
S22 oil
A seventh example of the oil caldron from another hell scroll (S22). In this case, this particular torture scene dominates the scroll.
S18 boiling oil
An eighth example of the oil caldron from another hell scroll (M01).
Feng oil
The oil caldrons in the late Qing woodblock text Fengxing jueshi zhenjing 奉行覺世真經 (1882).
Tian oil
The oil caldrons in the late Qing wall poster Tiantang diyu tu 天堂地獄圖 (Guangxu period – 1875-1908).
Postcard boiling oil
An early postcard (unused, undated, no stamp) depicting the caldrons of boiling oil.

The oil caldrons as depicted at Fengdu, the City of Ghosts.

The oil caldrons as depicted at the Dazu Rock Carvings.

A second example of the oil caldrons as depicted at the Dazu Rock Carvings.

Once again, Horse Face and Ox Head serve as beadles in hell.