Chinese Jiangshi folklore explained

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The jumping isn't just a spooky detail. Joints locked by rigor mortis mean Chinese Jiangshi can't walk at all, so they hop and seem to hover your way with both arms out, draining qi or life force as they go. Try holding your breath and apparently they lose your trail. Yellow Taoist talisman on the brow, Qing dynasty official robes on the body, that's the standard look. The whole floating image traces back to something real: corpse drivers hauling bodies home on bamboo poles after dark, which from a distance made the dead look like they were bouncing in rhythm. What gets me is that every civilization ends up with its own dragons and vampires. Wild how that keeps happening tbh