A jiāngshī (simplified Chinese: 僵尸; traditional Chinese: 殭屍; pinyin: jiāngshī; Jyutping: goeng1 si1), also known as a Chinese hopping vampire, is a type...
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Jiangshi fiction, or goeng-si fiction in Cantonese, is a literary and cinematic genre of horror based on the jiangshi of Chinese folklore, a reanimated...
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Jiangshi X (Japanese: キョンシーX, Hepburn: Kyonshī X) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Norihiko Kurazono. It began serialization on Shueisha's...
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least have around three jiangshi traveling with it. But when the written spell-paper falls or is pulled off of the jiangshi (in the case the sorcerer...
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Chinese horror film (section Jiangshi)
Ghosts. Jiangshi fiction, revolving around the hopping vampire or zombie, is a subgenre of Chinese horror. A staple genre of Hong Kong cinema, jiangshi films...
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jiangshi, a zombie-like creature dating back to Qing dynasty era jiangshi fiction of the 18th and 19th centuries, was featured in a wave of jiangshi films...
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Jiangshi: Blood in the Banquet Hall is a tabletop role-playing game about Chinese immigrants to North America managing a family restaurant while battling...
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Rigor Mortis (film) (category Jiangshi films)
Later, Chin visits Yau's restaurant, and Yau explains that his family are jiangshi (vampire)-hunters, but he has grown weary and taken up cooking instead...
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organization of corporeal revenants (resembling intelligent zombies or jiangshi) appearing in comic books published by DC Comics, related to the emotional...
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Ne Zha (Chinese: 哪吒之魔童降世; pinyin: Nézhā zhī Mótóng Jiàngshì; lit. 'Birth of the demon child Nezha'), also spelled Nezha, is a 2019 Chinese animated fantasy...
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derived from fungus or mould growing on corpses. Jiangshi legends have inspired a genre of jiangshi films and literature in Hong Kong and East Asia. Films...
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Mr. Vampire (category Jiangshi films)
lead for the majority of them. The vampire of the film is based on the jiangshi, the hopping corpses of Chinese folklore (similar to both zombies and vampires)...
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Richten's Guide to Ravenloft (2021). Chan and Sen-Foong Lim wrote and designed Jiangshi: Blood in the Banquet Hall, which was published in 2021, and was covered...
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Ontario Suburban Tasmanian Urban Japanese Korean Lovecraftian Monsters Jiangshi Vampire Werewolf Occult detective Organ transplantation Penny dreadful...
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Ontario Suburban Tasmanian Urban Japanese Korean Lovecraftian Monsters Jiangshi Vampire Werewolf Occult detective Organ transplantation Penny dreadful...
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helped reinvent the martial arts genre and popularized the zombie-like jiangshi genre. He is widely credited with assisting many of his compatriots, giving...
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jiangshi, a zombie-like creature dating back to Qing dynasty era jiangshi fiction of the 18th and 19th centuries, were featured in a wave of jiangshi...
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The Era of Vampires (category Jiangshi films)
Hark's Vampire Hunters. The film lacked comedy, a departure from earlier jiangshi films like Mr. Vampire that were popular in the 1980s. Danny Chan Kwok-kwan...
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Headless Horseman Horned Serpent Imp Invisible Man Hydra Jersey Devil Jiangshi Jinn Kaiju Kelpie Kraken Krampus Lake monster Loch Ness monster Legendary...
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consort Lady Mujiang (穆姜), who bore the clan name (姓, xing) Jiang, as Jiangshi 姜氏, "[lady of the] Jiang shi" (!). After the states of China were unified...
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Spirit. Hundun Huodou, a huge black dog that emits fire from its mouth. Jiangshi, a hopping vampire. Jiaolong, a hornless scaled dragon. Jin Chan, a prosperity...
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series roles for TVB. In 1996, he starred as a Taoist priest fighting jiangshi vampires in the series The Night Journey. His comical and endearingly scrooge-like...
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Encounters of the Spooky Kind (category Jiangshi films)
Third Kind (1977), Encounters of the Spooky Kind was the progenitor of the jiangshi film genre and one of Hong Kong's first action horror comedies. In the...
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My Date with a Vampire (category Jiangshi fiction)
on ATV in 1995 and 1996. It blends aspects of the "hopping" corpses of jiangshi fiction with those of western vampires, along with elements of Chinese...
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whose panicked scientists unleash a swarm of jiangshi to kill him. Shang-Chi is grievously wounded by a jiangshi and, before losing consciousness, he is rescued...
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Ghosts in Hindu Mythology – Bhoot, Baital & Pishacha Draugr Fext Ghoul Jiangshi Lich Manananggal Mummy (undead) (modern interpretation) Myling Nukekubi...
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and that they are ethnic group whose has not been seen for a long time. Jiangshi: Chinese hopping vampire Madam Koi Koi: African demon walking with hopping...
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Midnight Vampire (category Jiangshi films)
film directed by Yeung Kung-Leung. It is the first movie to feature a Jiangshi (Chinese hopping vampire). Yeung Yat-Ping Woo Dip-Ying Chao Fei-Fei Chiu...
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Two Chinese mythological creatures are comparable to sex vampires. A jiangshi (殭屍, "stiff corpse; hopping vampire") kills people to absorb their qi ("life...
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dramatic situations. Mythology portal Indonesia portal Revenant Undead Zombie Jiangshi Wiedergänger Bane, Theresa (2012). Encyclopedia of Demons in World Religions...
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