Editing Jiangshi (section)

=== Cinema and popular culture ===
Jiangshi legends have inspired a [[Jiangshi fiction|genre of jiangshi films]] and literature in Hong Kong and the rest of East Asia. Movies such as ''[[Mr. Vampire]]'' and its various spin-offs ''[[Mr. Vampire II]]'', ''[[Mr. Vampire III]]'', and ''[[Mr. Vampire IV]]'' became cult classics in comedy-horror and inspired a short-lived vampire craze in East Asia, including Taiwan and Japan. The craze subsided quickly by the mid-1990s but enjoyed a brief resurgence in the early 2000s. Attempts to experiment with the genre by producing pure horror movies, such as Tsui Hark's ''[[The Era of Vampires]]'' without the comic elements, have met with criticism and lacked the same popularity.

Today, jiangshi appear in toys and video games, such as Hsien-Ko from [[Darkstalkers]], Qiqi in ''[[Genshin Impact]]'', Chiaotzu in ''[[Dragon Ball]]'', and Yoshika Miyako from ''[[Touhou Project]]''. Jiangshi costumes are also sometimes employed during Halloween.