Rock Zombie

[brciktw]

Edited August 21, 2010 by brciktw

[LuxorV]

Thanks for sharing this original creation, bricktw.

Are those demon-killer tags you put on their foreheads? (Sorry, I don't know if they have a traditional name or other meaning; the question is mostly based on manga/anime examples.)

P.S. - Could you please reduce the pics size to 800 pixels maximum, as by our Guidelines? Thank you.

[brciktw]

Jiang Shi (simplified Chinese: 僵尸; traditional Chinese: 僵屍 or; pinyin: jiāngshī; literally "stiff corpse" or "zombie")　are reanimated corpses that hop around, killing living creatures to absorb life essence (气/氣qì) from their victims. Jiāngshī is pronounced gœngsi in Cantonese, or kyonshi in Japanese. They are said to be created when a person's soul (魄 pò) fails to leave the deceased's body, due to improper death, suicide, or just wanting to cause trouble.[1][2]

Generally their appearance can range from plain ordinary (as in the case of a recently deceased person) to downright horrifying (i.e. rotting flesh, stiffness, rigor mortis, the like commonly associated with corpses that have been in a state of decay over a period of time). A peculiar feature is their greenish-white furry skin; one theory is this is derived from fungus or mold growing on corpses. They are said to have long white hair all over their heads[3] and they may be animals.[4] The influence of Western vampire stories brought the blood-sucking aspect to the Chinese myth in more modern times.

A supposed source of the jiang shi stories came from the folk practice of "Traveling a Corpse over a Thousand Li" (千里行屍), where traveling companions or family members who could not afford wagons or had very little money would hire Taoist priests to transport corpses of their friends/family members who died far away from home over long distances by teaching them to hop on their own feet back to their hometown for proper burial. Taoist priests would transport the corpses only at night and would ring bells to notify other pedestrians of their presence because it was considered bad luck for a living person to set eyes upon a jiang shi. This practice (湘西趕屍) was popular in Xiangxi where many people left their hometown to work elsewhere.[5][6] After they died, their corpses were transported back to their rural hometown using long bamboo rods, believing they would be homesick if buried somewhere unfamiliar. When the bamboo flexed up and down, the corpses appeared to be hopping in unison from a distance. [7][8][9] Once it was a myth.[10] Some people speculate that the stories about jiang shi was originally made up by smugglers who disguised their illegal activities as corpse transportation and wanted to scare off law enforcement officers.[11]

There may be victims of premature burial.[12]

They are sometimes called Chinese vampires by Westerners, despite the fact that unlike vampires, most jiang shi usually have no self-awareness, consciousness or independent thought, so they are also called Chinese zombies

[LuxorV]

Wow, thanks for the explaination.

On the other hand, you still need to resize those images, please

[brciktw]

Wow, thanks for the explaination.

On the other hand, you still need to resize those images, please

thanks

[XimenaPaulina]

Great custom armour and headgear with the tags. Thanks for sharing this brciktw and for the detailed explanation (from wikipedia right?) - I've learned something new today.

[brciktw]

I transform my pics for fill 800 pixels. The demon-killer tags as your mention are Taoist magic figures to restrain the demons.

Here are the classic Chinese vampire ... to stop it from jumping around causing harm, a slip of blessed paper by a master taoist priest is placed at their head.

Thanks for sharing this original creation, bricktw.

Are those demon-killer tags you put on their foreheads? (Sorry, I don't know if they have a traditional name or other meaning; the question is mostly based on manga/anime examples.)

P.S. - Could you please reduce the pics size to 800 pixels maximum, as by our Guidelines? Thank you.

[brciktw]

Oriental Halloween

[Morgan19]

Always love your stuff, BTW. And it's neat learning about aspects of the holiday in other cultures. :)

m19

[Flare]

Wow, nice figs...

[Big Cam]

Very cool, I love your posts. Always rare and always of cool new ancient looking new pieces. If that makes sense.

[brciktw]

2012 Rock Zombie

BrickTW four anniversary