Translated from Chinese, “chian-shi” means “ossified corpse.” His nails are black, long and razor sharp. They became like this
because Chiang-shi died and was buried a long time ago. The muscles and arms are also stiff, so Chiang-shi walks with his arms stretched forward. The leg muscles hardened after death, making it difficult for the monster to walk. Chiang-shi moves in strange leaps. The Chiang Shi are said to travel alone or in groups throughout China, sometimes having to walk hundreds of miles to return to their hometown.
Chiang-shi, like zombies, are dead bodies that move and hunt people. These creatures feed on blood and cannot get enough of it. They kill people and drink the blood that flows from them. The Chiang-shi are brain dead, so they cannot think, see or speak. They track their prey by smell or breath. If you encounter one of these monsters, you need to hold your breath so you can get rid of it.
To repel the attack of the Chiang Shi, you must write a special spell on yellow paper with chicken blood, and then stick it to your forehead
monster. It was also believed that you can protect yourself from Chiang-shi with the help of rice, because he must stop and count each grain.
In China, it was customary to bury people who died far from their homes in their homeland. The monks were paid to transport each corpse individually, so they placed several corpses in a row on bamboo stretchers. When they were being transported, it seemed to those around them that the bodies were bouncing on their own as they walked - this is probably why the legends about the living dead - the Chiang-shi - arose. A deceased person becomes a chiang-shi if during his lifetime he committed many bad deeds.
Translated from Russian · original on wisdomlib.ru