Experience Death, Cremation and Rebirth on a New Attraction in China

Everybody has thought about how death feels like at some point. And at this time and age, more and more people choose to be cremated rather than be placed inside a coffin and be left to rot underground. And now, people around the world can satisfy their curiosity on how it actually feels like to be dead, cremated and to be born again.

The Samadhi Death Simulator in Shanghai, China offers the kind of experience that can give you a whole new perspective about what it's like to die and be cremated. The simulator was developed by Huange Weiping and Ding Rui who also happens to be the founders of an organization that gives hospice support to dying patients.

According to news.discovery.com, the newest attraction opened this week. The morbid ride starts with dare takers being asked to select a person or themselves to go through the experience and explain why. The visitors then vote the explanation which they think is the worst and the person voted will be "killed."

The person "killed" will then have to lay down on a conveyor belt, and pass through a screen-filled tunnel showing rolling flames to make it look like they're being cremated. At the end of the tunnel is a latex womb where the person will have to be on their hands and knees and crawl through it symbolizing their "rebirth," cnet.com reported.

The developers both consider this life their second after they survived an earthquake that killed thousands of people in China's western Sichuan province in 2008. Rui said in an interview with Daily Mail that people have an overwhelming fear of dying because of they don't really understand what it is.

One participant who braved himself to take a quick feel of the attraction was interviewed by Reuters. Lu Si Wei, 33, described the "death simulator" to be very interesting. It at least gives you the chance to calm down and give in to some deeper thoughts and think about some of life's problems," he said in his interview. He also said that he had a different feeling once you have tried it. There will be some changes in your mentality which is completely different from what you have before you walk through the door. Over all, he described his experience as great and very worthwhile.

However, this is not the only death simulator in China. In 2014, Lingxin Culture and Communication created a similar death simulator called Xinglai which focuses more about meditating on life and death. The concept was taken from South Korea's death simulator called the Coffin Academy which opened in 2010.