The Department of Controlling Evil Spirits

This is one of the 76 Departments of the Celestial Bureaucracy in the Dongyue Taoist Temple in Beijing. The official seated at the top presides over the demons and evil spirits.

 

Yeah, ok.

 

...so Taoist Hell is ruled over by bureaucrats?

 

I think they might just be on to something here.

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Uploaded on January 6, 2006