Chinese Spirit Tales
Fox Spirits, Ghosts & Supernatural Stories from China
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Strange Tales (Liaozhai)
Pu Songling classic supernatural stories retold in English
Fox Spirits
The enchanting and dangerous world of fox immortals
Ghost Stories
Tales of the restless dead and the Chinese underworld
Demons & Monsters
Yaoguai, evil spirits, and supernatural creatures
Folk Beliefs
Superstitions, rituals, and protective charms
Afterlife
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Death Customs
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Demons
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Dream Spirits
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Exorcism
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Folklore
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Ghost Stories
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Ghosts
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Horror Fiction
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Liaozhai
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Rituals
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Shapeshifters
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Spirit Mediums
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Temple Legends
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Diyu: The Chinese Underworld and Its Ten Courts of Hell
Not one hell but ten — each with its own judge, punishments, and purpose. The Chinese afterlife bureaucracy that makes Dante's Inferno look simple.
The Chinese Afterlife Is a Bureaucracy (And That Tells You Everything)
In Chinese mythology, death is not the end — it is the beginning of a very long administrative process. The underworld runs on paperwork, bribes, and jurisdictional disputes.
The Hungry Ghost Festival: When the Dead Walk Among the Living
Every seventh lunar month, the gates of hell open and hungry ghosts roam the earth. How China celebrates — and survives — Ghost Month.
The Afterlife in Chinese Culture: A Traveler's Guide to the Underworld
Chinese hell has ten courts, a memory-erasing soup, a bridge of helplessness, and a wheel of reincarnation. It is not a place of eternal punishment — it is a processing center with an exit.
Hungry Ghosts and Wandering Souls: The Unquiet Dead of Chinese Folklore
Not all ghosts in Chinese tradition are malevolent. Many are simply lost, hungry, or lonely — and their stories reveal more about the living than the dead.
The Six Realms of Reincarnation in Chinese Buddhist Tradition
Humans, gods, animals, hungry ghosts, and demons — the cosmic wheel that determines where every soul goes next.