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Encounters of the Spooky Kind (1980) is a comedy horror movie with a mix of Kung Fu and Jiangshi elements. This is a very classic Hong Kong production and they also came out with a sequel in 1990. Have you watched this movie before? 🎥 🧟‍♀️

#jiangshi #chineselegend #殭屍

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There're many ways to counter Jiangshi and fire is one of them. A book called Zi Bu Yu mentioned "When set on fire, the sound of crackling flames, blood rushes forth and bones cry." (放火燒之，嘖嘖之聲，血湧骨鳴。) What do you think?🔥

#jiangshi #hoppingcorpse #殭屍

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Chinese Jiangshi is classified as a Yokai (妖怪) in Japanese culture and it is often adopted as a gaming or anime character in the entertainment industry. Jiangshis are so much cuter in Japan. Do you have a favourite Japanese Jiangshi? 👀🇯🇵

#jiangshi #yokai #anime #gaming #rpg

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A chinese Jiangshi cartoon called Chi of the Vampire. Even though it's called Vampire, the character in this cartoon was draining a person's chi instead of drinking their blood.

What's your favourite Jiangshi cartoon? 📺🧟

#jiangshi #chinesemythology #殭屍

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Vinegar is one of the tools widely used by coroners in eastern Fujian. This is probably because of the acidity of the vinegar that makes people believe it is effective in countering Jiangshi. What do you think? 🧟

#jiangshi #hoppingcorpse #chineselegend #殭屍

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In Korea, there wasn't any vampire folklore so their version of Jiangshi was often adopted from European blood-sucking vampires and Chinese hopping Jiangshi, but with a little creative twist by the Koreans - having super power 🇰🇷✨

#jiangshi #殭屍 #koreanvampire #kdrama

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There're even games made about Jiangshi. Jiangshi: Blood in the Banquet Hall is a RPG game launched last year about a Chinese family combating Jiangshi in America. Have you played this game before?? 🎮🧟

#jiangshi #chinesemythology #殭屍 #jiangshibloodinthebanquethall #ttrpg

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In a fantasy novel called Ghost Blows Out the Light (鬼吹燈), the hooves of a black donkey could actually help counter Jiangshi!! Interesting right?

#jiangshi #vampire #hoppingcorpse #jiangshiacolyte #chineselegend #chinesemythology #殭屍

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In a Chinese funeral, you will always see a Taoist priest doing some sorts of ritual and its purpose is to guide the corpses their way back home so they don't have to be buried in somewhere they are not familiar with 🏡 🥺

#jiangshi #chinesevampire #殭屍

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Another earlier days Jiangshi movie in Hong Kong. Spooky but funny. This is literally one of the Jiangshi classic 🤣 Have you watched it yet? 👀

#jiangshi #chineselegend #chinesemythology #mrvampire

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Bagua mirror (八卦鏡) utilises the power of feng shui (風水) to repel the negative energy from Jiangshi. Pretty powerful right?🪞🧟

#jiangshi #chinesemythology #baguamirror #fengshui

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The legend has it - when a person dies and his/her soul fails to leave the dead body, they may turn into a Jiangshi...What do you think??

#jiangshi #chinesevampire #chinesemythology

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Vampire VS Vampire (1989) is one of the comedy horror movies and the story is about some exorcists encountering a Chinese hopping jiangshi 🇨🇳 and a British vampire 🇬🇧. It's an interesting watch for all jiangshi lovers 👀

#jiangshi #chinesemythology #殭屍

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The yellow paper stuck on Jiangshi's forehead is called Fulu (符箓) or taoist talisman. And this is one of the taoist practices to immobilise or take control of Jiangshi. Pretty cool right? 👀

#jiangshi #chinesevampire #chinesemythology

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Jiangshi (殭屍) was first mentioned 220 years ago in a book called Yuewei Caotang Biji (閱微草堂筆記). It was written by a scholar Ji Xiaolan (紀曉嵐) in Qing Dynasty. It has been a long time...

#jiangshi #hoppingcorpse #chineselegend #chinesemythology

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🎬 The oldest Jiangshi movie in Hong Kong - a story about a murder of a brother and revenge as a Jiangshi and the sources of the movie can no longer be found....

Have you watched this movie before? 👀

#jiangshi #midnightvampire #blackandwhitemovie

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Yes, seeds can be one of our tools to counter #jiangshi, as illustrated in a manghua called Zi Bu Yu (子不語). It's said "Nail seven jujube seeds into the acupuncture points on the back of a corpse." (棗核七枚，釘入屍脊背穴).🧟