Traditional China had countless paintings depicting the ten courts of hell, but because they were the work of craftsmen and were not considered true works of art, few have come down to us today. From these paintings we can see that ghosts have not had an easy time of it.
我國民間有不少以冥府為主題的繪畫，但因這些畫多為工匠所繪，向來不被視為藝術品，收藏家對其興趣缺缺，因此傳世的不多。它們唯一的用途，是葬禮時掛在超度亡者的道場。