Yet looking from the point of view of today's popular conception of heaven, although the palaces of the Jade Emperor, the Fairyland of the Queen Mother of the West or the unified Daoist system of "Heaven--Kunlun--Fairy Grottoes" do present the outward appearance of heaven, they still lack the element of reward, of being the place where the good go after death.
但以今天俗定的天堂標準來看，玉帝宮廷、王母仙境、或道教連貫一氣的「天堂﹘﹘昆崙﹘﹘洞天福地」，雖具天堂外觀，卻仍缺乏天堂「善人死後所歸、具有福報性質」的內涵。