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Ghost stories, fox spirits, demons, Liaozhai tales, exorcism rituals, and the rich world of Chinese spirit mythology. en https://cnspirit.com/folklore/complete-guide-chinese-supernatural/ From hungry ghosts to fox spirits, Daoist exorcism to the courts of hell — the complete guide to China 2026-03-21 https://cnspirit.com/folklore/complete-guide-chinese-supernatural/ https://cnspirit.com/urban-legends/urban-legends-modern/ Every Chinese city has its own urban legends — the haunted building that no one will rent, the subway station where ghosts ride after midnight, the... 2026-03-18 https://cnspirit.com/urban-legends/urban-legends-modern/ https://cnspirit.com/urban-legends/chinese-urban-legends-went-viral/ The internet didn 2026-03-17 https://cnspirit.com/urban-legends/chinese-urban-legends-went-viral/ https://cnspirit.com/underworld-courts/ten-kings-of-hell-complete-guide/ The Chinese underworld has ten courts, ten judges, and a legal system more detailed than most earthly ones. 2026-03-17 https://cnspirit.com/underworld-courts/ten-kings-of-hell-complete-guide/ https://cnspirit.com/urban-legends/campus-ghost-stories/ Every Chinese university has its ghost story — from the library specter to the dormitory fourth floor. 2026-03-16 https://cnspirit.com/urban-legends/campus-ghost-stories/ https://cnspirit.com/urban-legends/modern-ghost-sightings/ Smartphone ghost photos, haunted livestreams, and AI-generated spirits — how technology is transforming Chinese supernatural culture. 2026-03-16 https://cnspirit.com/urban-legends/modern-ghost-sightings/ https://cnspirit.com/underworld-courts/underworld-courts-judges/ Chinese hell has ten courts, each with a specialized judge, specific punishments, and a bureaucratic process that would make any government agency proud. 2026-03-14 https://cnspirit.com/underworld-courts/underworld-courts-judges/ https://cnspirit.com/urban-legends/beijing-subway-ghosts/ The haunted last train, the phantom passengers, and the ghostly woman at Yonghegong — Beijing 2026-03-13 https://cnspirit.com/urban-legends/beijing-subway-ghosts/ https://cnspirit.com/temple-legends/temple-legends-ghosts/ Every old temple in China has stories — of monks who achieved enlightenment, of demons who were defeated, of ghosts who still wander the halls at night. 2026-03-12 https://cnspirit.com/temple-legends/temple-legends-ghosts/ https://cnspirit.com/underworld-courts/mengpo-soup-drink-erases-memory/ Before you 2026-03-12 https://cnspirit.com/underworld-courts/mengpo-soup-drink-erases-memory/ https://cnspirit.com/underworld-courts/how-to-avoid-punishment-chinese-hell/ The Chinese underworld has rules — and where there are rules, there are ways around them. 2026-03-12 https://cnspirit.com/underworld-courts/how-to-avoid-punishment-chinese-hell/ https://cnspirit.com/underworld-courts/ox-head-horse-face-hell-messengers/ When your time is up, two figures come to collect you — one with the head of an ox, one with the face of a horse. 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So why are some of them the most haunted places in the country? 2026-03-07 https://cnspirit.com/temple-legends/haunted-temples-gods-ghosts-coexist/ https://cnspirit.com/spirit-mediums/tongji-spirit-mediums-southeast-asia/ In Singapore, Malaysia, and Indonesia, Chinese spirit mediums pierce their cheeks with skewers, speak in tongues, and dispense advice from the gods. 2026-03-07 https://cnspirit.com/spirit-mediums/tongji-spirit-mediums-southeast-asia/ https://cnspirit.com/folklore/chinese-underworld-guide/ Ten courts, eighteen hells, and the most organized afterlife bureaucracy in any mythology — welcome to Diyu. 2026-03-07 https://cnspirit.com/folklore/chinese-underworld-guide/ https://cnspirit.com/temple-legends/temple-guardian-spirits/ Door gods, stone lions, and spirit walls — the protective entities that guard Chinese temples from evil. 2026-03-06 https://cnspirit.com/temple-legends/temple-guardian-spirits/ https://cnspirit.com/demons/yaoguai-monster-classification/ A Classification of Chinese Monsters 2026-03-04 https://cnspirit.com/demons/yaoguai-monster-classification/ https://cnspirit.com/temple-legends/cursed-objects-chinese/ Haunted mirrors, possessed jade, and unlucky antiques — the objects that carry supernatural danger in Chinese tradition. 2026-03-04 https://cnspirit.com/temple-legends/cursed-objects-chinese/ https://cnspirit.com/temple-legends/haunted-temples-china/ Even holy ground isn 2026-03-04 https://cnspirit.com/temple-legends/haunted-temples-china/ https://cnspirit.com/spirit-mediums/modern-spirit-mediums-taiwan/ Taiwan has more active spirit mediums per capita than anywhere else on earth. 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Any creature that lives long enough can learn to take human form — and the results... 2026-02-23 https://cnspirit.com/shapeshifters/shapeshifters-folklore/ https://cnspirit.com/shapeshifters/animal-cultivation-yaoguai/ 500 years of moonlight absorption, a lightning tribulation, and suddenly your neighbor 2026-02-22 https://cnspirit.com/shapeshifters/animal-cultivation-yaoguai/ https://cnspirit.com/shapeshifters/fox-spirit-mythology/ Shape-shifting foxes who seduce scholars, grant wishes, and challenge the boundary between human and animal — a complete guide to fox spirit mythology. 2026-02-22 https://cnspirit.com/shapeshifters/fox-spirit-mythology/ https://cnspirit.com/folklore/fox-spirits-shapeshifters/ China 2026-02-21 https://cnspirit.com/folklore/fox-spirits-shapeshifters/ https://cnspirit.com/ghosts/female-ghosts-chinese-literature/ Beauty and Tragedy 2026-02-20 https://cnspirit.com/ghosts/female-ghosts-chinese-literature/ https://cnspirit.com/rituals/how-to-make-offerings-ancestors/ Ancestor worship isn 2026-02-20 https://cnspirit.com/rituals/how-to-make-offerings-ancestors/ https://cnspirit.com/rituals/paper-offerings-joss/ From simple ghost money to paper iPhones and designer bags — the tradition of burning paper offerings for deceased loved ones. 2026-02-20 https://cnspirit.com/rituals/paper-offerings-joss/ https://cnspirit.com/rituals/funeral-rituals-chinese-culture/ Chinese funerals are elaborate, expensive, and precisely choreographed — because getting the send-off wrong means the dead person 2026-02-18 https://cnspirit.com/rituals/funeral-rituals-chinese-culture/ https://cnspirit.com/rituals/daoist-exorcism-explained/ Talismans, swords, incantations, and spirit commands — the complete toolkit of the Daoist exorcist and how they battle ghosts and demons. 2026-02-16 https://cnspirit.com/rituals/daoist-exorcism-explained/ https://cnspirit.com/legends/zhong-kui-demon-queller/ The Demon Queller 2026-02-16 https://cnspirit.com/legends/zhong-kui-demon-queller/ https://cnspirit.com/liaozhai/what-is-liaozhai/ Written over 300 years ago, Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio remains the most influential collection of supernatural fiction in Chinese literature. 2026-02-15 https://cnspirit.com/liaozhai/what-is-liaozhai/ https://cnspirit.com/liaozhai/nie-xiaoqian-ghost-romance/ A beautiful ghost, a righteous scholar, and a demon tree — the most beloved love story in Chinese supernatural fiction. 2026-02-15 https://cnspirit.com/liaozhai/nie-xiaoqian-ghost-romance/ https://cnspirit.com/liaozhai/liaozhai-masterpiece/ Pu Songling spent forty years collecting and writing ghost stories. The result — Liaozhai Zhiyi — is not just a horror anthology. 2026-02-13 https://cnspirit.com/liaozhai/liaozhai-masterpiece/ https://cnspirit.com/rituals/feng-shui-for-dead/ The orientation of an ancestor 2026-02-13 https://cnspirit.com/rituals/feng-shui-for-dead/ https://cnspirit.com/liaozhai/pu-songling-biography/ Repeatedly rejected by the imperial examination system, Pu Songling channeled his frustration into nearly 500 supernatural tales that changed Chinese... 2026-02-11 https://cnspirit.com/liaozhai/pu-songling-biography/ https://cnspirit.com/liaozhai/painted-skin-analysis/ A demon wearing human beauty — the Painted Skin story has horrified and fascinated readers for 300 years. 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