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Jiangshi

Auch bekannt als: 殭屍, 僵尸, chiang-shih, geung si, kyonshī, gangsi
Folklore und MythenUntotHüpftEin schlechter Tod oder ein schlechtes Begräbnis1500 bis 1899

The jiangshi is the reanimated corpse of Chinese folklore, a rigid body driven by the residue of its own soul to attack the living and drain their vital energy. It was described in detail by Qing-dynasty writers and explained by the Dutch sinologist J. J. M. de Groot through the Chinese dread of delayed burial and exposed corpses. Hong Kong cinema of the 1980s turned it into the hopping, talisman-stuck figure known worldwide. Mindless, physically decayed and stopped only by ritual or force, it is East Asia's main native counterpart to the zombie.12

⚔️ Gegen ihn kämpfen
Erstmals belegt
1789
Discussed in Ji Xiaolan's Yuewei Caotang Biji (c. 1789-1798) and Yuan Mei's Zi Bu Yu
Herkunft
Chinese
China, Hongkong, Taiwan
Was es auslöst
Ein schlechter Tod oder ein schlechtes Begräbnis
Qing writers explain it by the body's lower soul (po) staying behind after the higher soul (hun) has left, especially when burial is delayed or the death was improper.
Wie man einer wird
A corpse left unburied, struck by lightning or jumped over by a cat may rise; so may a suicide or a body revived by sorcery.
Wie er sich bewegt
Hüpft
Modern depictions have it hop with arms outstretched; in older accounts it runs its victims down, and very old ones can fly.
Intelligenz
Hirnlos
Schwachstellen
  • a paper talisman (fulu) fixed to the forehead
  • peach wood
  • mirrors
  • a rooster's crow
  • glutinous rice
  • black dog's blood
  • fire
  • seven jujube stones nailed into the back (Yuan Mei)
  • holding one's breath, since it is blind and tracks by breathing
  • a raised door threshold

Wann tauchte er zuerst auf?

Antike
Mittelalter
1500 bis 1899
1900 bis 1967
1968 bis 1999
2000 bis 2009
2010 bis heute
1789

Discussed in Ji Xiaolan's Yuewei Caotang Biji (c. 1789-1798) and Yuan Mei's Zi Bu Yu

Feldnotizen

Was die Quellen sagen

1

The name means 'stiff corpse'12

2

Folklore describes greenish-white skin, sometimes furred with mould, and anything from fresh rigor to advanced decay12

3

It kills with brute strength and absorbs its victims' qi; blood-drinking is a modern borrowing from Western vampires12

4

Ji Xiaolan distinguished the newly dead who revive from long-buried corpses that never decay12

5

The Qing official's robe and hat became standard through the Hong Kong film Mr. Vampire and its sequels12

6

The hop may derive from the Xiangxi trade of carrying corpses home upright on bamboo poles12

Könntest du ihm davonlaufen?

Tempoklasse nach der Beschreibung der Quellen (hüpft), keine Messung.

Du, gehend etwa 5 km/h
Jiangshi etwa 5 km/h
Du, joggend etwa 10 km/h
Ein fitter Erwachsener im Sprint etwa 24 km/h
Ein schneller Radfahrer etwa 37 km/h

Quellen

  1. Jiangshi - Wikipedia
  2. Vampire folklore by region - Wikipedia

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