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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 story is loosely based on a short story in Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio. It was a huge success in Hong Kong, South Korea and Japan and sparked a trend of folklore ghost films in the HK film industry. The movie won many awards. [37] [38] Ten years later, A Chinese Ghost Story: The Tsui Hark Animation was based on the
Western (front) elevation of Chaonei No. 81 during 2014.. The Buma Inn in Beijing. [1] [2]Chaonei No. 81, an abandoned mansion in Beijing's Chaoyangmen neighborhood, is claimed by believers to be haunted by the ghost of a crestfallen woman whom her husband or lover, a Kuomintang official, left when the Communist forces were approaching the city. [3]
In the 1987 HK film entitled A Chinese Ghost Story a yaoguai in the form of a "tree demon" was the main antagonist. The "tree demon" was able to command the spirits of the dead to do its bidding, and one of the ghosts falls in love and saves the main protagonist, Nie Huaiqing.
The influence of western vampire stories brought the blood-sucking aspect to the Chinese myth in more modern times in combination with the concept of the hungry ghost, though traditionally they feed solely on the qi of a living individual for sustenance and in order to grow
In Search of the Supernatural (traditional Chinese: 搜 神 記; simplified Chinese: 搜神记; pinyin: Sōushén Jì; Wade–Giles: Sou-shên Chi; Jyutping: sau2 san4 gei3; lit. 'Record(s) of Searching for the Spirits'), is a 4th-century Chinese compilation of legends, short stories, and hearsay concerning Chinese gods , ghosts , and other ...
Karoline is based on the woman who ultimately brought the police to Overbye's door, wanting her baby back. Von Horn and Langebek took creative license with her story, and now have Karoline spend ...
In Chinese folklore, a wangliang (Chinese: 魍魎 or 罔兩) is a type of malevolent spirit. [a] Interpretations of the wangliang include a wilderness spirit, similar to the kui, a water spirit akin to the Chinese dragon, a fever demon like the yu (魊; "a poisonous three-legged turtle"), a graveyard ghost also called wangxiang (罔象) or fangliang (方良), and a man-eating demon described ...