Jiāngshī (殭屍) the hopping vampire

Yaoguai Wednesday continues with a spotlight on Asia’s most iconic undead creature of folklore the Jiāngshī (殭屍) or hopping vampire. Don’t be fooled by it hopping it is also capable of giving chase by running, and if sufficiently ancient, flight.

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A Tale of Two Serpents

This is the story of White Snake and Green Snake – In the earliest myths the white snake was considered an evil demon. Over the centuries, that legend has evolved from a tale of horror to a romance about forbidden love. The early 9th century Tang-dynasty literary collection Boyi zhi (博異志; “Vast Records of the Strange”) contains …

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