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Jiangshi

Detto anche: 殭屍, 僵尸, chiang-shih, geung si, kyonshī, gangsi
Folklore e mitiNon mortoSaltellaUna brutta morte o una sepoltura sbrigativaDal 1500 al 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

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Prima attestazione
1789
Discussed in Ji Xiaolan's Yuewei Caotang Biji (c. 1789-1798) and Yuan Mei's Zi Bu Yu
Origine
Chinese
Cina, Hong Kong, Taiwan
Cosa lo causa
Una brutta morte o una sepoltura sbrigativa
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.
Come lo si diventa
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.
Come si muove
Saltella
Modern depictions have it hop with arms outstretched; in older accounts it runs its victims down, and very old ones can fly.
Intelligenza
Senza cervello
Punti deboli
  • 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

Quando è comparso per la prima volta?

Mondo antico
Medioevo
Dal 1500 al 1899
Dal 1900 al 1967
Dal 1968 al 1999
Dal 2000 al 2009
Dal 2010 a oggi
1789

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

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Cosa dicono le fonti

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

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Classe di velocità dalla descrizione delle fonti (saltella), non una misura.

Tu, che cammini circa 5 km/h
Jiangshi circa 5 km/h
Tu, che corri circa 10 km/h
Un adulto allenato in sprint circa 24 km/h
Un ciclista veloce circa 37 km/h

Fonti

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

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Stessa epoca: Dal 1500 al 1899

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