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Hermit and her Jiang Shi

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This is a completion of one of my old sketch [link]

The hermit is Kaku Seiga from Touhou series.
The Jiang Shi with purple hair is Miyako Yoshika. The rest of the three are just some randomly drawn Jiang Shi since I felt that only one Jiang Shi would be too lonely for the scene.

For your information: 殭屍, Jiang Shi, the east zombie(wiki link:[link]:
Jiang Shi, like west zombie, is a living dead that arise from the grave. However, unlike zombie which could still walk like human, Jiang Shi joints are stiffen, so it moves around by hopping with arms outstretched. It come out at night and kills living creatures to eat their flesh, drink their blood and absorb their life force.

Originally, The word "Jiang Shi" was only to describe a stiffen corpse. As times pass by, more and more supernatural phenomenon somehow appeared. In a Fiction of Chin Dynasty, it describe Jiang Shi as 「白毛遍體,目赤如丹砂,指如曲勾,齒露唇外如利刃。」(Their body covered by white fur. Their eyes are as red as Cinnabar. Their fingers are like hooks. Their teeth were bared out of their mouth and they're as sharp as sword.... ). In 20 centuries, somehow the traits of western vampire were integrated into Jiang Shi as well. It sucks blood like how vampire do and the bite would cause the victim become a Jiang shi as well. (which might be the reason why the famous Hong kong's Jiang Shi movie series were translated as Chinese Vampire)

Notably, Jiang Shi could be controlled by putting a tailsman on their forehead.
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AlbinoFluttershy's avatar
"殭屍"?
More like "殭屎" or "囧屎" :rofl: