A Collection of Chinese Folk Ghost Stories

When the campfire dies out and the old man lowers his voice, the taboos buried by time quietly stir in the darkness...

These are not palace secrets or tales of the martial world, but **folk ghost stories**, rooted deep in the earth and passed along from lane to lane. They spring from the vague warnings of the elderly, inexplicable scratching at window lattices in the dead of night, flickering lights in abandoned old houses, and the awe of the unknown that lingers in everyone’s heart.

Open this collection of Chinese Folk Ghost Stories, and you will step into a corner forgotten by the lights of the modern world:

Listen to the water ghost whispering from the depths of a shadowy river, luring the unwary to become its substitute;

See the beautiful woman transformed by a fox spirit, telling of a thousand years of love and vengeance beneath the moon;

Touch the dust-covered bronze mirror in an old mansion, reflecting a pale face that does not belong to this world;

Smell the strange fragrance drifting beside a desolate grave, drawing lost night wanderers toward it...

Collected here are mysterious tales passed down by word of mouth from one generation to the next. Some are tragic and poignant, others eerie and terrifying, and still others bizarre and absurd. Yet every one bears the simple imaginings and deep-seated fears of our ancestors about nature, life and death, and the unknown.

Beware: some stories can never be forgotten once heard; some secrets will cling to you once you learn them...

Do you dare to listen to the whispers swallowed by the night?