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Re: Hopping Chinese Vampires
I've merged the thread with the existing one (as they are from folklore they probbaly deserve to be here rather than just in Fortean Culture) and it answers most of your questions but just in case:
1. They hop for various reasons - either due to rigor mortis (although as we know that fades) or due to theur being Yin-heavy and getting a shock when they come into contact with the Yang of the ground. As with a lot of things this seems to be largely made up and gets changed to suit the films or just on a whim.
2. The Post-Its - as far as I'm aware there is no great depth to them and the symbols are usually just nonsense. Favourite means of getting the blood: chopping off a chicken's head or just biting the first tow fingers on your right hand.
I think the key is not to worry too much about it all and let it wash over you
ogopogo3 said:But as I became more seasoned in Chinese cinema I discovered that that's how it is. In that country, the vampires really do hop.
So I've just watched my 300th Hong Kong movie featuring hopping vampires. Yet they never explain...why do they hop?
Well, why DO they, goddamnit? Anyone? It's eating at me. Emps should know.
And if there's an expert on the subject, can you go a little more into the Post-It Note spells that they slap on their foreheads?
I get the general idea of the Post-It Note spells, but I could stand to learn more.
I've merged the thread with the existing one (as they are from folklore they probbaly deserve to be here rather than just in Fortean Culture) and it answers most of your questions but just in case:
1. They hop for various reasons - either due to rigor mortis (although as we know that fades) or due to theur being Yin-heavy and getting a shock when they come into contact with the Yang of the ground. As with a lot of things this seems to be largely made up and gets changed to suit the films or just on a whim.
2. The Post-Its - as far as I'm aware there is no great depth to them and the symbols are usually just nonsense. Favourite means of getting the blood: chopping off a chicken's head or just biting the first tow fingers on your right hand.
I think the key is not to worry too much about it all and let it wash over you