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Ghostlore of Contemporary Beijing
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Solovyova A.
This chapter explores supernatural beliefs in the urban space of contemporary Beijing. It examines representations of traditional demonic characters and plots in modern urban culture, the ways in which they survive and adapt in new social and cultural contexts, forms of interaction between traditional and contemporary mass culture, and some specific features of Asian traditions of ghostlore and ghost storytelling. It also discusses demonology as a special realm of Chinese culture, and its main features and new functions in urban conditions, as well as various authorities which influence the content of the supernatural in the spaces of the capital.
Pakhomova A., Креативные индустрии 2025 Т. 1 № 3 С. 10–15
The study examines the strategies for disseminating St. Petersburg's urba klore in a digital environment and evaluates the representation of various plots i official, tourist, and social network spaces. The approach to folklore branding of cities through storynomics considers narrative a key tool for attracting tourists. The narrative potential of urban folklore provides trends in ...
Added: April 1, 2026
Volchkova E., Journal of Ethnology and Folkloristics 2023 Vol. 17 No. 1 P. 68–82
This article* examines the origins and development of notions about jian spirits, beings into which, according to Chinese folk tradition, the souls of the dead transform after their demise. An analysis of the few available references to jian in Chinese literature and folklore suggests that the first mention of jian as ‘ghosts of ghosts’ appears ...
Added: October 16, 2025
Михайловская В. А., Кашкина А. А., Паршакина Т. А. et al., Фольклор и антропология города 2025 Т. 7 № 2 С. 96–122
This study examines the competing and coexisting narratives about the past of the territory where the Skolkovo Innovation Centre is located. The authors analyze the intersections and contradictions between the public image of Skolkovo as a project built “from scratch” and a locally preserved alternative narrative maintained by residents
and employees of the Research Institute of ...
Added: August 17, 2025
Mazo O., В кн.: Тексты магии и магия текстов.: М.: Издательский дом НИУ ВШЭ, 2022. С. 223–247.
Added: October 11, 2022
Starostina A., Journal of Ethnology and Folkloristics 2021 Vol. 15 No. 1 P. 154–169
The article aims to clarify the relations between the early versions of tale type ATU 575. Examining the range of Chinese accounts concerning various wooden birds, the author concludes that two groups can be distinguished. The first consists of stories about flying wooden kite-like birds that are not used as vehicles, while in the second, we ...
Added: July 7, 2021
Starostina A., Живая старина 2021 Т. 109 № 1 С. 9–12
The story "The Secretary's Wife" from the medieval Chinese collection "Extensive Writings About Strange Things" ("Guang yi ji", 8th century) contains several motifs included in the group "Witches' customs" in S. Thompson's index. These motifs are not typical for medieval Chinese narrative prose, but they can coexist in a similar combination in much later European ...
Added: July 7, 2021
Starostina A., Ориенталистика 2021 Т. 4 № 1 С. 190–211
The scholarly study of Chinese folklore began in the middle of the 19th century. Pioneering research had been conducted by Europeans, who were familiar with current works in this area and gained access to the field, archival and book sources in different regions of China. Among the first people who embarked on the study of ...
Added: May 14, 2021
Starostina A., Петербургское Востоковедение, 2020.
"Records on Investigating Spirits" ("Jishen lu") is a short story collection compiled by the famous Chinese writer and calligrapher Xu Xuan (917–992).
This edition includes the first complete commented translation of the book into a European language and a study of its history and composition. The research covers the collection's religious and mythological elements reflecting the ...
Added: December 7, 2020
Starostina A., Ли И., М.: Синосфера, 2019.
В настоящем издании представлен первый полный комментированный перевод на русский язык двух китайских сборников сюжетной прозы, созданных во второй половине IX века — начале X века. Книга адресована специалистам в области филологии, истории и этнографии Китая, а также всем, интересующимся средневековой китайской литературой и культурой. ...
Added: December 7, 2019
Starostina A., Живая старина 2017 Т. 2 № 94 С. 21–23
В статье описана эволюция сюжета о Волосатой деве в китайской литературе в течение первого тысячелетия н.э., а также представлена гипотеза о происхождении образа Мао-нюй. ...
Added: October 4, 2018
Starostina A., Шаги/Steps 2016 Т. 2 № 2-3 С. 280–298
В статье разбираются особенности рассказов о животных в одном из наиболее известных раннесунских сборников сюжетной прозы. Дана первичная классификация животных как персонажей рассказов. Сюжеты рассказов разбиты на несколько групп в зависимости от того, в какие отношения с человеком вступает животное. ...
Added: October 4, 2018
Moroz A., Петров Н. В., Живая старина 2018 № 2 С. 38–41
The article describes the project "The Folklore Map of Moscow", on which the authors work. The goal of the project is to describe the maximum number of spatial objects in Moscow with which folklore texts, beliefs and practices are associated, to analyse the system acording to which these folklore phenomena function, and present them as ...
Added: September 4, 2018
Moroz A., Живая старина 2018 № 2 С. 41–44
The article deals with the mechanisms of adoption of monuments and urban street sculpture by a folkloric tradition: the appropriation of unofficial names, the appearance of humorous descriptions, the completion of the composition of monuments, and so on. ...
Added: September 4, 2018
Moroz A., В кн.: Городские тексты и практики.Т. 2: Ньюслор: фольклорная интерпретация актуальных событий.: М.: Издательский дом «Дело» РАНХиГС, 2017.
The article considers the folklore reaction to a new uniform of employees of the Russian Post on the background of the folklore portrait of the Russian Post as a whole. Jokes, anecdotes, memes and photo collages, accentuating the unreliability and low delivery of mail, serve as a background for making fun of a new uniform resembling ...
Added: September 3, 2018