Comparative Analysis of the Culture Between Western
Vampire and Eastern Ghost
The economic basis determines the superstructure. Any production of the social phenomenon has its profound social resource. And all of the productions can be obtained from the basis of social existence, including the \and technological level of the feudal society people, people can not explain the dreams and sudden death. Therefore they imagine the existence of \
In order to seek the life material, our ancients battled with nature for a long time, and separated themselves with the surrounding environment gradually. Then they had a clear sense of themselves, and knew the certain natural phenomenon and process. They found that some natural phenomenon can bring the enjoyment unexpected. However, some natural phenomenon can bring them disaster, even death.
When the human at that time could not get rid of the terrorist and fear of the natural force, especially all kinds of natural hazards that they couldn’t solve around them, they gradually formed the concept of the ghost and soul.
It also reflected that in the society of low productivity people is weak and feeble before the natural phenomenon.
1.2.2 The desire for the psychological life
In ancient society, the worker lived the life under oppression of the cruel ruling class. The contradictions between the ruling class and the public are extremely sharp. However, people did not dare to attack the exploiting class in public. They still wanted that something can help them to easy the pain, they hope some one can punish the evil people and give the reward to kind people. Therefore, people created a false ghost society that largely the same with reality society. In the false world, people can release the suffering and unfair of the reality world wantonly. In their mind, they can use the supernatural ability to reward kind and punish evil people. In this way, they can pursuit the social justice and the happy life in their mind. To some extent, the ghost culture meets the people's psychological demands. At the same time, these kinds of psychological needs in turn promote the development of ghost culture in China.
1.2.3 The political reason
In order to control people's thought better, political masters of the feudal society largely
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Vampire and Eastern Ghost
imported the Buddhist thought. The masters hype the Buddhism thought that \as a man sows, so let him reap\among the common people. The thought was the concept of ghost culture. Thus it played the role of maintaining the feudal grassroots for political power.
1.3 The similarity of vampire and ghost 1.3.1 originality:Came out with human's image
The important reason of the similarity between Western vampire and Oriental ghost culture come from the ancient people's distortion thought for dream and soul. Dream is fantasy. When Chinese and western people is still in the primitive society of low productivity, people's thinking ability can't understand the physiology phenomenon of dream. In the dream, people seem to go everywhere easily and meet anyone. This can not happen in reality world. In addition, the shape of vampire and ghost imagined by people is similar to human.
1.3.2purpose: In order to meet the demand of human
The ghost culture of the east can satisfied the feeling of missing the dead relatives for people. In addition, it also can meet the curiosity of human. Therefore, the vampire culture also has the same functions for human-beings. Therefore, people created a false ghost and vampire society that is largely the same with real society. In the false world, people can release the suffering and unfair of the reality world wantonly. In their mind, they can use the supernatural ability to reward kind and punish evil people. In this way, they can pursuit the social justice and the happy life in their mind. To some extend, the ghost and vampire culture meets the people's psychological demands. At the same time, this kind of psychological needs in turn to promote the development of ghost and vampire culture in China.
1.3.3cause: Due to the fear of dying
The life and health are the essential things for people, and yet people are linked with disease and death closely. It is a great threat for both Chinese and western people in ancient time. Therefore, it forced people to find a way to explain and pray for liberation in urgent need. However, their thinking ability is extremely low at that time, and people could not find the scientific explanation. Then, they gradually formed the concept of the ghost and soul. And the vampire also is an explanation for the plague and the rabies at that time in Europe.
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Vampire and Eastern Ghost
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Vampire and Eastern Ghost
2 Characteristics of vampire and Chinese ghost
2.1 The characteristics of the vampire 2.1.1 Basic features
No shadow: people believe that vampire have no shadows. The shadow and image are the symbol of the soul, therefore, the vampire have no shadow.
The long and sharp fangs: vampire usually gains the blood by sucking blood of living people. Usually, they can hide the feature. It has become the main feature of the vampire. Actually, this statement belongs to the imagination of literature writers, as the early vampire does not like that. They need not have to access people, and they still can inhale the blood by using the pores of the skin.
The vampire can only move in the dark. No one can deny that this is a common feature of the vampire. People think the vampire fear of the sunshine.
Vampires do not need to eat, but they need to absorb blood. When they feel hungry, they will produce the strong desire for blood.
In the vampire clan, the status in their family is decided by the level of the ability. Certainly, for the vampire would not grow old, the actual live age has no relationship with the age like.
2.1.2 Other features
As the modern art beautified to the vampire image, the vampire also have the following characteristics.
They owe the handsome and beautiful faces. They often have their own castle, and they are noble originally. Moreover, they have the white skin and cold body. Having the extremely high speed, they have the incredible spirit power and so on.
2.2 The characteristics of Chinese ghost
The basic meaning of Chinese ghost culture is the soul after people died. The history of the ghost is long. That is to say, ever since the coming out of the words, the record about ghost also appeared. From the form of Chinese word of the ghost--\the glyph of the
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Vampire and Eastern Ghost
ghost looks like some one head wearing a big terrorist masks, and it is very similar with people. This shows that our ancestors had considered that the ghost is a monster with people close.
The \the soul after death, and that the soul is immortal. Consequently, many kinds of sacrifice custom about ghost came out. Along with the beautifying the function of the father and soul, the worship for ancestor played an important position in people's mind. Therefore, diverse sacrifice form appeared. Due to the diversification and widespread of the ancestor worship activities, the Chinese ghost culture has the strong family patriarchal characteristics. This makes the Chinese ghost culture distinguished with the western vampire culture obviously.
2.3 The similar features of the two cultures
Both the characteristics of western vampire and Chinese ghost are based on human-being. The image of the vampire looks the same with white people. And the image of the ghost in China also looks like the eastern people.
Both of them have the super power. The vampire and the ghost can move quickly. No matter the vampire or the ghost, they both have the kind and evil groups. Such as the film of the Chinese fair tale, it is one of the ghost story in The Strange Tales of Liao Zhai. It described a female ghost fell in love with a scholar. The beautiful and kind image of the female ghost-Xiao Qian had leaved the deep memory in many people's mind. The brothers in the TV show of The Vampire Dairy are the kind vampires. They still have the strong humanity.
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