Similarly, Westerners have a relatively unclear image of the border between life and death, whereas Easterners often turn back after seeing a bridge or a river demarking the netherworld. East and West also differ in their level of scholarly interest in the phenomenon.
而在生死邊界的意象上，西方人較不明確，東方人則常走到橋樑、河川（黃泉意象）而折返。