Halloween is coming, Mr 殭屍(geung1 si1) (Chinese Vampire/Jiang Shi) is so happy.
By the way, do you know why殭屍 (geung1 si1) always moves around by hopping, with its arms outstretched?
One of the origins of 殭屍 (geung1 si1) is like that:
Long time ago, some people left their hometown to work elsewhere. After they died(死sei2), their friends paid some money to the hire Taoist priests to transport their corpses back to their hometown
since people believed they would be homesick (思鄉si1 heung1)if buried somewhere unfamiliar.
The Taoist priests (道士dou3 si1) transported the corpses only at night and ring bells to notify other pedestrians of their presence
because it was considered bad luck (衰運sui1wan6) for a living person to see the dead body.
Those Taoist Priests were carrying dead bodies
on bamboo rods (竹竿juk1gon1) , when the bamboo flexed up and down, the corpses appeared to be hopping in unison from a distance.
on bamboo rods (竹竿juk1gon1) , when the bamboo flexed up and down, the corpses appeared to be hopping in unison from a distance.
This website is about the secret of 殭屍:
http://anthony_chung_is.mysinablog.com/index.php?op=ViewArticle&articleId=878285
Youtube of 殭屍:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3AsVaeTzXQI
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3AsVaeTzXQI
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