Jiangshi

A reanimated corpse in Chinese folklore, commonly depicted hopping with outstretched arms and draining the qi or life force of the living.

Qing dynasty: The Chinese imperial dynasty that ruled from 1644 to 1912. Many familiar jiangshi stories took shape in Qing-era literature and popular culture.
Qi: A vital energy or life force in Chinese thought and traditional practices. Jiangshi stories often portray the creature as consuming qi from living victims.
A Chinese Ghost Story: A 1987 Hong Kong fantasy film directed by Ching Siu-tung. Its supernatural world helped popularize jiangshi imagery in Hong Kong cinema.
Zombie: A reanimated dead person in modern horror, often depicted as mindless and infectious. Jiangshi is commonly linked to Chinese ritual and qi-draining rather than mass infection.
Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio: A collection of classical Chinese supernatural tales written by Pu Songling in the seventeenth century. Its corpse and ghost stories helped establish literary settings for later jiangshi traditions.
Hun and po: Two aspects of the soul in traditional Chinese thought, associated with spiritual and bodily existence. Ideas about souls and the body help explain how a corpse might remain animate.
Mr. Vampire: A 1985 Hong Kong comedy horror film directed by Ricky Lau. The film established a comic-action template for hopping jiangshi and Taoist exorcists.
Vampire: A folkloric or fictional undead being that sustains itself by consuming blood or life. The shared predation can obscure the jiangshi’s distinct Chinese folklore and hopping movement.
Pu Songling: A Qing-dynasty writer best known for the supernatural tales collected in Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio. His stories helped bring uncanny corpses and spirits into influential Chinese fiction.
Chinese ghost: A spirit of the dead in Chinese belief and storytelling. Jiangshi is bodily and animated, unlike a ghost that appears as a disembodied spirit.

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KrasueCompared with: Jiangshi stories center on reanimated bodies rather than Krasue’s separated head and organs.