Frankenstein’s Podcast 113: Spirits, Demons and Jiangshi From a Chinese Ghost Story and its Remake
Without Kalid, Joe takes on solo hosting duties and is joined by author, translator and speaker Xueting C. Ni to talk Chinese genre fiction and the myths, legends and creatures behind the 1987 film, A Chinese Ghost Story (directed by Ching Siu-tung) and its subsequent sequels and remakes, including the more recent The Enchanting Phantom. Listen to it here *Thank you to Jim Hall for the music! Check out more of his music here, and if you like what you hear, please consider donating to support his work here! *Thank you to Jim Tandberg for the Frankenstein’s Podcast artwork! *Shoutout to their Patreon Producer(s), Luke Johnson, Andy Groth, Jake Kohl & Joe Mischo! Support them on Patreon!
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Chinese Zombies: Why Do The Jiangshi Look Like Qing Officials?
Have you ever seen a Chinese horror film with zombies in it? I should like to clarify that by Chinese zombies I mean those stiff, lugubrious bluish green things that hop on two legs, with arms stretched straight out in front that so often get mixed up with Chinese vampires in the West. Have you ever wondered why these zombies tend mostly to be dressed in Qing official uniforms?
Posted in Articles and tagged corpse trainer, festival of the dead, Ghost Month, ghoul, horror, jiangshi, monsters, the undead, Zhong Yuan, zombies