A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Myths and legends of Europe, the Americas, China, Japan, and India describe terrible bloodsuckers that may differ in power and individual characteristics. Still, all of them fascinate people, and their vampiric fright knows no borders.
Influential legends about Jiangshi (or Jiang shi) have long inspired a genre of literature, movies, and video games, especially in Hong Kong and East Asia.
Jiangshi - a genuinely terrifying undead Chinese creature - is described in Chinese legends and folklore as a half-vampire, half-zombie.
Typically, the Jiangshi (hopping vampire or hopping zombie) is depicted as a stiff corpse dressed in the official garments of the Qing dynasty (1644–1912), the last great dynastic empire to rule the region, with many powerful and long-lived rulers.
The belief that the human body can walk and function without personal consciousness or a soul has captivated human beings for centuries.
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