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Jiangshi legends have inspired a genre of jiangshi films and literature in Hong Kong and the rest of East Asia. Movies such as Mr. Vampire and its various spin-offs Mr. Vampire II , Mr. Vampire III , and Mr. Vampire IV became cult classics in comedy-horror and inspired a short-lived vampire craze in East Asia, including Taiwan and Japan.
The following is a list of supernatural beings in Chinese folklore and fiction originating from traditional folk culture and contemporary literature.. The list includes creatures from ancient classics (such as the Discourses of the States, Classic of Mountains and Seas, and In Search of the Supernatural) literature from the Gods and Demons genre of fiction, (for example, the Journey to the ...
The Vampire Watchers Handbook by "Constantine Gregory" and Craig Glenday, 2003 St. Martin's Press, New York, pp. 62–63; Mysteries of Mind Space and Time, The Unexplained series 1992 Orbis Publishing Limited, Westport, Connecticut, po. 150–151; A World of Vampires, documentary special, from the Two-Disk Special Edition Lost Boys DVD
Jiangshi – Life-draining, reanimated corpse; Jiaolong – Dragon; Jibakurei – Spirit that protects a specific place; Jievaras – House spirit; Jikininki – Corpse-eating ghost; Jinn (Arabian, Islamic) – Spiritual creatures; genii
The jiangshi saves the priest when his spells for taming the jiangshi are fruitless against the vampire. The cliché of jiangshi children, an allusion to a similar character in Mr. Vampire II, shows an awareness in jiangshi films of the genre by referencing its past cliches. [19] Jiangshi films declined in popularity around the mid-1990s. [20]
Jiangshi (1 C, 2 P) R. Reportedly haunted locations in China (1 C, 3 P) Y. Yaoguai (1 C, 27 P) ... Chinese ghost marriage; Ghosts building a wall; H. Hungry ghost; J ...
ZURICH (Reuters) -Israeli attacks on hospitals in Gaza have devastated the Palestinian enclave's health system and raised serious concerns about Israel's compliance with international law, the U.N ...
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