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Article: Hop on pop: jiangshi films in a transnational context.(GLOBAL CINEMA)(Critical essay)
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- CineAction
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- December 22, 2009
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On e How.com, an instructional website with the tagline "How to Do just About Everything," one finds the following article: "How to Defeat a Chinese Hopping Vampire." Listed are 5 easy steps for anyone who should encounter such a being. They are as follows:
1. Pin a spell to the vampire's forehead. This spell should be written in chicken's blood, on a piece of thin yellow paper. This will subdue them.
2. Fend them off with a Ba-qua mirror, which is an 8-sided mirror often used in Feng Shui. Reflect the light in their direction, and they will beat a retreat.
3. Attack them with a sword made of lucky Chinese coins. This sword must first be ...