The illusion that the Qing Dynasty was rich in zombies came from Hong Kong zombie movies. In zombie movies, almost all zombies are dressed in official uniforms of the Qing Dynasty, with tusks, jumping around at night and bloodthirsty.
In Ching-Ying Lam's Mr. Zombie, Uncle Mao Shandao explains the birth of a zombie like this, because he won't leave after death. What are you angry about? Being held in his throat by resentment, anger, etc., over time, he became a zombie. People are resentful when they die, which is in line with China's traditional concept.
Zombies in Hong Kong movies can be said to combine the characteristics of western vampires and Xiangxi corpse driving. In short, they are the result of the integration of Chinese and western cultures. This feature is also reflected in zombie movies and TV series. Zombie movies are not behind. In order to change, filmmakers are gradually moving closer to western vampires. For example, Yin Tianzhao in I Have a Date with a Zombie is no longer a Chinese zombie, but a vampire.
Zombie movie popularity 1985 to 1995, cycle 10 year. According to statistics, hundreds of zombie movies were shot during 10, most of which were shoddy and of low quality, which made zombie movies lose their vitality.
In all zombie movies, the combination of thriller and comedy is followed, and the image of zombies is constantly changing.
Mr. Zombie also has the color of China's strange culture, but in Haunted House, he prefers western vampires. In any case, the life cycle of zombie movies as genre films is in contact with this. Ching-Ying Lam died on 1997. As a representative of zombie movies, he declared the decline of zombie movies.
Hong Kong movies have a far-reaching impact on the post-80s generation. Most post-80s, the first movie they saw was a Hong Kong movie. Zombie movies have also become an indelible memory during growing up. Until the 1980s, when they grew up, the zombies in the Qing Dynasty were engraved in the deep memory. Therefore, there is a saying that the Qing Dynasty was rich in zombies.
The real zombies in Qing Dynasty should be found in Strange Tales from a Lonely Studio and Notes on the Meridian. Those zombies are not wearing official clothes. In Pu Songling's Corpse Change, zombies move at night, which attracts people's yang and has physical limitations.
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