Yaoguai

A jiāngshī (), also known as a Chinese hopping vampire, is a type of undead creature or reanimated corpse in Chinese legends and folklore. Due to the influence of Hong Kong cinema, it is typically depicted in modern popular culture as a stiff corpse dressed in official garments from the Qing dynasty. Although the pronunciation of jiangshi varies in different East Asian countries, all of them refer to the Chinese version of vampire.

any of several folk traditions in East Asia describing a fox-like apparition

mythical creature

Xiangliu (), known in the Classic of Mountains and Seas as Xiangyao (), is a venomous nine-headed snake monster that brings floods and destruction in Chinese mythology.

Chinese conception of the preta of Buddhist mythology

thumb|155px|right|The hōkō illustration by Toriyama Sekien.

right|thumb|200px|"Jinjenju" (人面樹) from the Konjaku Hyakki Shūi by [[Toriyama Sekien]] Jinmenju or Ninmenju () is a type of Yōkai and Yaoguai in Japanese and Chinese folklore. It is commonly depicted as a tree bearing flowers that resemble human heads. It notably appears in the Edo period Konjaku Hyakki Shūi by Toriyama Sekien.

right|thumb|200px|Hiderigami in the Konjaku Gazu Zoku Hyakki

transliteration of the Cantonese word 魔鬼 meaning "monster", "evil spirit", "devil" or "demon"

thumb|Tiangou from the Shan Hai Jing The tiangou () is a legendary creature from China. The tiangou resembles a black dog or meteor, and is thought to eat the Sun or Moon during an eclipse.

thumb|right|150 px|Woodblock print of the zhen from the Sancai Tuhui

creature from Chinese mythology

thumb|240px|Creatures depicted in Luo Ping's Gui Qu Tu (; )

thumb|right|200px|"Hyakki Yakōka Monogatari" by Edo Iseya Jisuke. The one to the right (from the viewer's perspective) is the chimi, and to the left is the mōryō. Chimei wangliang, or Chimimōryō (), is a term that refers to monsters of the mountains and monsters of the rivers. The term originated in China roughly 2,500 years ago in ancient chronicles such as the Zuo Zhuan. It originates from ancient Chinese legends about the spirits that harm people in the mountains and swamps, and its original meaning is "all kinds of Yaoguai (demons and ghosts)".

Bashe () was a python-like Chinese mythological giant snake that ate elephants.

in Daoism, 3 demonic creatures living in the 3 dantian (head, chest, abdomen) of the human body, entering the person at birth; they seek to hasten the death of their host and, after death, are freed from the body and become malevolent ghosts

Xirang () was a magical soil in Chinese mythology with the ability to self-expand and grow continuously. Its properties made it particularly effective for use by Gun and Yu the Great in fighting the rising waters of the Great Flood.

Creature in Chinese mythology

thumb|right|160px|Fire rat depicted in Japanese woodblock print. The huoshu or huo shu (), meaning fire rat or fire mouse, is a fantastical beast in Chinese tradition.