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Jiangshi

E boetse e bitswa: 殭屍, 僵尸, chiang-shih, geung si, kyonshī, gangsi
Ditshomo le dinonwaneBafu ba tsohilengE a tlolaLefu le lebe kapa lepato le lebe1500 ho isa 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

Di lwantshe
E ngotswe ka lekgetlo la pele
1789
Discussed in Ji Xiaolan's Yuewei Caotang Biji (c. 1789-1798) and Yuan Mei's Zi Bu Yu
Tshimoloho
Chinese
Tjhaena, Hong Kong, Taiwan
Se e bakang
Lefu le lebe kapa lepato le lebe
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.
Kamoo o fetohang e nngwe ya tsona kateng
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.
Kamoo e tsamayang kateng
E a tlola
Modern depictions have it hop with arms outstretched; in older accounts it runs its victims down, and very old ones can fly.
Bohlale
Ha e na kelello
Dintlha tse fokolang
  • 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

E hlahile neng ka lekgetlo la pele?

Lefatshe la boholoholoMehla e Bohareng1500 ho isa 18991900 ho isa 19671968 ho isa 19992000 ho isa 20092010 ho fihlela kajeno1789

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

dinoutu tsa patlisiso

Seo mehlodi e se buang

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

Na o ka e phonyoha ka ho matha?

Sehlopha sa lebelo ho ya ka kamoo mehlodi e e hlalosang kateng (e a tlola), eseng tekanyo.

Wena, o tsamaya hoo e ka bang 5 km/h (3.1 mph)
Jiangshi hoo e ka bang 5 km/h (3.1 mph)
Wena, o matha butle hoo e ka bang 10 km/h (6.2 mph)
Motho e moholo ya matla a mathang ka lebelo le leholo hoo e ka bang 24 km/h (15 mph)
Mopalami wa baesekele ya lebelo hoo e ka bang 37 km/h (23 mph)

Mehlodi

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

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Ditshomo tsa dinaha tseo

Ro-langsTibetanXiangxi walking corpsesChinese (western Hunan; attributed to Miao sorcery)

Mehla e tshwanang: 1500 ho isa 1899

Zombi (Haitian)Haitian (Vodou folklore), 1750StrigoiRomanian, 1714Vampir (South Slavic)South Slavic (Serbian, Bulgarian, Croatian, Bosnian), 1725AbhartachIrish, 1870Arnold PaoleSerbian, 1732ChurelSouth Asian, 1880
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