Novels like The Daoist Tradition of Northeast China
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- 1 Funeral Taboos 丧葬的禁忌 Is traditional funeral work really ordinary? My grandfather has worked in the funeral business for decades, and he’s always lecturing me. He says there are many taboos in this line of work, and the slightest mistake can bring disaster, or even cost you your life! I didn’t believe him at first. It wasn’t until the year I dropped out of school and apprenticed under him as a funeral officiant that I understood. It turned out none of it was just superstition... 2.6kReads6.6Score11414d adds
- 2 A Moment of Terror 惊魂时刻 My name is Li Tianming. Ever since I was old enough to remember, I’ve encountered one bizarre event after another. Everything started with that one day. —Reads—Score114d adds
- 3 A Collection of Ghost Story Files 鬼故事合集档案 This collection features several ghost stories, each centered on supernatural events. It includes both traditional folk tales of ghosts and monsters and eerie phenomena in modern cities. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 4 A Collection of Short Supernatural Stories 灵异故事短篇集 A series of three-person adventures beginning with Chapter 1245. Each chapter is a standalone story, blending folk customs, urban legends, horror, suspense, and comedy. The six protagonists each have distinct personalities, taking you between terrifying thrills and lighthearted fun. Hope you enjoy! 161Reads—Score—14d adds
- 5 The Return of the Hungry Ghosts 猛鬼回潮 A rising tide of evil spirits: a collection of Chinese and international horror and suspense stories. Horror, mystery, and thrills. There are many protagonists, from China to overseas, with one story per installment. From local wandering ghosts, vengeful spirits, and paranormal incidents to foreign witchcraft and curse magic. 12Reads—Score—14d adds
- 6 99 Short Ghost Stories 99个短篇鬼故事 Tang Cheng is an ordinary young man fascinated by supernatural events. He loves seeking out ghost stories to satisfy his curiosity. He sets out on a journey to find 99 terrifying ghost stories, gradually uncovering the strange conspiracies and mysterious events hidden behind them. As he investigates further, Tang Cheng begins to notice that some things are connected to him. Before the final mystery is solved, he must piece together all the clues and uncover the truth. The story explores the comp 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 7 The Hundred Ghosts Return in a Tide 百鬼回潮 The Hundred Ghosts Return: A collection of Chinese ghost stories inspired by modern tales of the strange and the terrifying. Legends of a hundred ghosts: the Poison-Eating Ghost, the Hanging Ghost, the Daolao Ghost, the Wild Ghost, the Reincarnation Ghost, the Jealous Wife of the Ford, the Ferocious Ghost, and more. 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 8 Strange Tales from Northeast China 东北那些灵异事 In the frozen, snowbound Northeast, back when electric lights still gave off a dim glow, the “tall tales” passed from mouth to mouth among ordinary folk were far more than mere stories... 291Reads6.7Score4314d adds
- 9 His Little Sweetheart, Sweetness Maxed Out 他的小软糖，甜度满格 His Little Sweetie, Sweetness Through the Roof 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 10 My Phone Can Predict My Bad Luck 我的手机能预知倒霉事 My Phone Can Predict When Bad Things Will Happen 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 11 The Red Wedding Dress Curse: The Corpse Wax Mystery 红嫁衣诅咒:尸蜡迷局 The Red Wedding Dress Curse: The Corpse Wax Mystery 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 12 Urban Paranormal Tales 都市灵异怪谈 Do you believe there are ghosts in this world? Or, to put it another way, what do ghosts represent to you? Fear? Death? Darkness? My view might be a little different from yours. I can see ghosts. Aside from those who died by suicide, who endlessly relive the moment of their death where they died, most ghosts are just like ordinary people. They simply have unfulfilled wishes. But there are exceptions. Have you ever heard of a jian? When a person dies, they become a ghost; when a ghost dies, it be 119Reads—Score—14d adds
- 13 The True Supernatural Events I Saw and Heard 我眼见和耳闻的真实灵异事件 Do you believe ghosts exist in this world? Have you ever encountered one? In fact, many paranormal events really do happen in this world. Or, to put it another way, ghosts truly exist all around us. Not everyone has seen the Egyptian pyramids with their own eyes, but that doesn't mean we can deny their existence just because we haven't seen them! I solemnly promise that every story in this collection is absolutely true. None of them are sensationalized or dressed up with empty embellishments jus 144Reads—Score—14d adds
- 14 Urban Mountain Guides: The Mystery of the Wu Clan 都市赶山人之巫族谜团 After a hundred years cut off from the world, Guan Zhaoming is forced to descend from the mountains when his master passes away. But China has changed beyond recognition in the century since he left. The mystery of his own bloodline, a string of serial murders, a woman found dead in a refrigerator, a mummified corpse in an apartment... A series of vicious crimes targeting Chinese women, shikigami from Japan, a crisis threatening China's dragon veins! These bizarre cases all conceal a shocking co —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 15 Room 204 204号房 Room 204 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 16 Midnight Tales of Strange and Unusual Things 午夜奇谈异闻录 Lin Xia, an archaeology student, discovers a cracked bronze mirror in an abandoned ancient temple in Gansu. Engraved on its back are the words, “See the demons within your heart, and your soul shall return to the Yellow Springs.” That night, Lin Xia shines a phone light at the mirror in the dormitory, only to see the reflection of a younger brother who drowned in childhood. In reality, his brother’s portrait sits by the bedside... As bizarre events unfold one after another, an ordinary life is 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 17 The Thirteenth Friend 第十三个朋友 Su Rang, an investigator with the Folk Customs Affairs Bureau, and his team are caught in a cursed mystery spanning a century. When the ghost of “Gu Shisan” awakens once more, a house at 14 Fuxing Road in Bincheng becomes the scene of another inexplicable disappearance. The number of missing people always points to the eerie number “thirteen.” As the investigation deepens, Su Rang realizes this is only the tip of the iceberg. Beneath the world within the walls, dark currents are stirring. Doppel 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 18 Little Dongbei 小东北 Nature has yin and yang, and society has good and evil. An imbalance between yin and yang brings chaos, but so does drawing too sharp a line between good and evil. When righteousness dwells within, evil cannot intrude. When yin is balanced and yang is secure, the spirit is at peace. Your path is yours to choose: follow your nature, let go of judgment, and wisdom will shine. The Dao moves by returning to its source. In a word, avoid extremes and don't make the same mistake twice... 370Reads7.1Score—14d adds
- 19 The Midnight Spirit Medium 午夜问米人 Before my grandfather died, he handed me a bag of moldy rice and said that our family had been asking rice questions for three generations, but the tradition had to end with me. I asked why. He only said, “Because some things, once you ask about them, you can never come back.” I didn't listen. I took the bag of rice. On my first night asking the rice, I asked about Liu, the widow who had hanged herself at the end of the alley three years ago. The rice spun three times in the bowl, then stood 72Reads—Score—14d adds
- 20 The Dragon-Locking Well: Snakebone Town 锁龙井：蛇骨镇 The Dragon-Locking Well: Snakebone Town —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 21 Grave Keeper 墓吏 There are Buddhas and Daoists, immortals and ghosts, humans and demons, good and evil, black and white. I vow not to become a Buddha until Hell is empty; I vow not to become an immortal until the Ghost Path is no more! 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 22 The Northeast Spirit Medium's Hall 东北出马堂口 The Zhang family’s spirit-medium clan in Northeast China, from the works of Northern Little Master. A reader of qi can determine life and death through qi, and distinguish yin from yang through the eyes. The old clan’s people and its spiritual encampment, five armies marching forward. When the sun breaks through, fame follows; when the immortals descend, the incense burns bright. A lineage passed down through two branches and three generations, with more than a decade of professional experience. 24Reads6.6Score—14d adds
- 23 A Collection of Folk Ghost Stories 民间鬼事汇 This is a novel steeped in mystery, with every chapter like a door opening onto a strange new world. It brings together all kinds of folk tales and ghost stories, taking you into eerie corners hidden behind the bustle of everyday life. Here, you will encounter all manner of ghosts and monsters. Some originate from ancient curses, quietly wreaking havoc over the years; others linger in the human world because their obsessions remain unresolved. Each story is like a mysterious bead, linked to the 108Reads—Score—14d adds
- 24 A Dog's Life: I Nearly Ended Up on the Dinner Table from the Start 狗生人：开局差点被端上餐桌 Li He was just a cook earning 3,000 yuan a month, until an accident brought him to an absurd, bizarre world where dogs give birth to humans... Here, dogs give birth only to the dead and the living. The dead are made into food first, while the living are the truly terrifying ones! Here, once a dog-headed person, always a dog-headed person. Here, when the bell rings, it's time to gather ingredients and cook! Splurt, the amniotic sac bursts. A human is born from a dog. Li He's eyes are bloodshot. H 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 25 This Spirit Medium Puts All Doubters in Their Place 本出马仙专治各种不服 At sixteen, I was forced to take up the incense and begin my work as a spirit medium. I've been at it for twenty-three years. The Fox, Yellow Weasel, White Hedgehog, Willow Snake, and Gray Rat spirits travel with me. I can handle all kinds of demons, ghosts, karmic debts, and spiritual debts. A possessive fox spirit from Inner Mongolia won't leave me alone. A dead soul clings to an old house. Malevolent spirits run rampant through the streets. I never charge the poor exorbitant fees for treatmen 9Reads—Score114d adds
- 26 Girls' Dormitory 女生宿舍 Every school has its share of ghost stories, especially places steeped in yin energy, like the girls' dormitory... I'm a veteran who used to be an atheist. But it wasn't until I became a security guard at Taiping School that I learned the truth...! 223Reads8.3Score—14d adds
- 27 Mount Yin of the Forsaken: Raising Fiends in Coffin Mountain, Commanding the Underworld Winds 绝户阴山：棺山养煞，我掌阴间风 My name is Chen Jiu, and I was born in Juehu Yin Mountain. After my grandfather died, I became the new guardian of the Coffin Mountain, raising evil spirits. With a whole repertoire of feng shui secrets and a peachwood sword, I slay the Yellow Immortal, seal yin coffins, venture into ancient tombs, and break deadly curses. Everyone in the village fears me, curses me, and wants me gone. Only my brother Gou Sheng dares to risk his life alongside me. When evil spirits come, I’ll slaughter them un —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 28 I'm Not a Birdman 我不是鸟人 During my final days in the psychiatric hospital, a few of my friends died. I learned a secret, and I was granted a brief stretch of lucidity. This is a story with nothing to do with humanity’s future, the origin of the universe, past and present lives, or the mysteries of science. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 29 Campus Ghost Stories 校园鬼汇 A fast-paced, feel-good story of eerie incidents on campus. Join the characters as they explore the school's chilling horrors! A cursed phone, a lifelike silicone doll, a deadly package, mysterious glasses, a terrifying elevator, revenge for bullying, an abandoned classroom building, a dance studio, a study room, sculptures... The campus is full of strange happenings. 23Reads—Score—14d adds
- 30 Crossing the Calamity in Seven Days 七日渡厄 My name is Lin Ye. I’m a struggling author who makes a living writing rule-based horror stories. Then I receive an anonymous email. It contains nothing but a yellowed Republican-era theater ticket and a single line: “Come to the Du’e Theater within seven days, or the ‘rules’ you write will become the way you die.” The moment I step into the theater, time across the entire city begins looping in seven-day cycles. I wrote, “Don’t look in the mirror at midnight,” and the next day someone sees th 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 31 Cold Case Pursuit: The Workplace Abyss and the Silver-Haired Trap 悬案追凶：职场深渊与银发陷阱 The fatal fall from the rooftop wasn't suicide. Workplace bullying was just a cover! I, Lin Yan, a criminal investigation team captain, uncovered the truth: a 500,000-yuan loan, deleted surveillance footage, nursing-home residents, and exploited workers were all pawns in a silver-haired scam syndicate's scheme to rake in money! The mastermind not only controls the fraud network, but also has powerful protectors who can cover the whole sky... I take on the cover-up head-on and tear down those pro —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 32 My Paranormal Memoirs 我的灵异自传经历 The story follows the male protagonist through a series of supernatural and terrifying events he personally experienced as a boy and later as an adult. Each chapter is a new story, beginning with memories from his childhood, as the paranormal incidents grow steadily more frightening. 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 33 Bureau 749: A Yin Messenger on the Road to the Underworld 749局：黄泉走阴人 There is an organization that exists only in the darkness: Bureau 749. Founded in 1974, with no records and no official status, it is made up of scientists and people with supernatural abilities. It handles the dirtiest, most sinister, most forbidden affairs in the human world. Ghost soldiers march through the night, leaving nothing but empty skins in an entire village. The White God of Wealth kills anyone who worships him, taking their souls to feed evil. An ancient Buddha opens its mouth to de 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 34 Hounded by a Thousand Evils: Keep Your Distance 万邪缠身：生人勿近 The Exorcist Pavilion sits at the corner of an old alley. Ordinary people are not welcome, and it only takes cases involving people plagued by evil spirits. A red-clad ghost in an ancient well, a legless woman in an elevator, a slit wrist in the mirror, sobbing in a karaoke room, a bloody birth chart in a wardrobe, a shadow in the break room... Miaojiang gu sorcery, corpse-driving Taoists, and Nanyang black magic all take turns appearing. Jiang Xun: As long as you can pay the price, I'll snatch —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 35 Strange Tales of Summoning the Gods 请神异闻录 At his eighteenth-birthday coming-of-age ceremony, a host of immortals came to offer their congratulations! In his dreams, he became a disciple of Jiang Ziya, who studied under the Primeval Lord of Heaven at the Jade Void Palace on Mount Kunlun, and learned the art of summoning gods. I’m powerless against those above the gods, but invincible against those below them. You know Taoist magic? I can summon gods! You know demonic arts? I can summon gods! You can invite an immortal spirit to possess y 38Reads—Score—14d adds
- 36 The Paranormal Investigator 探诡达人 My name is Qi Yue. I was born in the seventh lunar month, so that’s how I got my name. I’m a restaurant reviewer, and I’ve been doing this for five years. I made a little money in the first few years, but after the pandemic, the jobs became fewer and fewer. I wanted to switch to another line of work, but I didn’t know how to do anything else, so I had no choice but to keep struggling. With my pockets nearly empty, I desperately searched online for similar jobs. At last, I found a well-paid posit 6Reads—Score—14d adds
- 37 I Read People's Fortunes 我是一个看事的 (No harem, not a power fantasy, slow-paced, fighting monsters and leveling up) My name is Yu Xuanxiao. I was an ordinary person, but I was inexplicably drawn into a conspiracy and had no choice but to enter the Daoist sect and learn the art of talismans. By chance, I discovered that the source of it all was connected to a black fox from a hundred years ago. For the sake of my future, I can only fight alongside a group of like-minded companions, battling demons and monsters to the death time an 13Reads—Score—14d adds
- 38 One Ghost Story a Chapter: I Warned You, So Don't Blame Me 一章一个鬼故事，吓到你，别怪我 [Traditional Chinese paranormal + Chinese-style horror] [Folktales + eerie rural happenings] Collected from all over and adapted into fiction, these stories include all kinds of folktales and urban legends. They're like the scary stories sold at street stalls, told in plain, simple language, with details that become more terrifying the longer you think about them. Great for unwinding. Each chapter features a different cast of characters. Note: Believe in science and reject superstition. Don't ta 7.5kReads7.3Score39314d adds
- 39 The House Immortal Affairs Office 家仙办事处 Chen Ping'an, a graduate student in folklore, has never believed in ghosts or gods. That is, until he inherited his old family home and caught a fox spirit sitting on his sofa in the middle of the night, playing Honor of Kings. Then it tossed him an employment contract from the “Household Spirits Affairs Office.” From then on, his materialist worldview completely fell apart: Huang Xian works as a delivery driver, gathering intelligence. Bai Xian runs a traditional Chinese medicine clinic and sec 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 40 Curse of the Desolate Village 荒村咒怨 [Horror + suspense + mystery] [Step-by-Step Terror Series: Parasites Among the Living] An isolated mountain village is inexplicably struck by a spreading plague. The infected bleed from all seven orifices, while their internal organs liquefy and pour out through openings in their bodies, leaving them to die in gruesome agony. Several medical workers from the nearby town venture into the deadly region to investigate, and one bizarre incident after another unfolds… Can they uncover the truth? Who 313Reads8.0Score—14d adds
- 41 At Midnight, Don't Stay in Room 404 午夜十二点，别住404 After transferring schools, Lin Xiaoman is assigned to the strangest dormitory of all: Room 404. On the first night, she sees a pair of soaking-wet slippers beneath her bed, but no one admits they belong to her. On the second night, the shared clock turns counterclockwise and stops at the moment Senior Chu fell from the building three years ago. On the third night, her reflection in the bathroom mirror moves three seconds behind her, and unfamiliar bloody marks appear on her wrist. Her roommates 23Reads—Score—14d adds
- 42 Grandma's Tales of Strange Happenings in the Village 奶奶讲的乡村诡事 6Reads—Score—14d adds
- 43 The Rebirth Shop: I Handle Paranormal Cases at the Funeral Home 往生铺：我在殡仪馆处理灵异事件 My name is Chen Yang, and I run a funeral shop called Passing On in the outskirts of the city. By day, I sell wreaths and make paper effigies. My business is with the dead. At midnight, I burn incense and light candles, dealing with the “unclean things” that the living would rather avoid. 359Reads—Score—14d adds
- 44 Route 14 Night Bus 14路夜班公交车 My name is Li Long. For triple pay, I took the night shift on Bus Route 14, the one everyone else avoids. It starts at the old depot in the west of the city and ends at the back gate of the crematorium. Departure time: exactly eleven at night. The passengers have no body heat, no breath, and no faces. They are the souls of those who drowned in the river three years ago. A chilling aura hangs over the route, ghosts follow in its wake, and every stop hides a curse that claims lives. Three rules ar 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 45 The Nightmare Apartment [Dark Comedy] 恶梦公寓【黑色幽默】 [Horror, paranormal, infinite flow, pure horror with no humor] [Realistic instances with richly developed backstories] My name is Chen Lin. The story begins one night when I get a distress call from my younger sister. It isn't until I enter an ancient castle with four people of unknown origins that I realize what a terrifying, desperate world lies hidden beneath our own... “There's no such thing as undeserved good fortune. The source of the light is the true essence of evil.” “When you read this —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 46 Tales of the Strange from Baiyangdian 白洋淀诡事录 A giant serpent transforms into a dragon and survives its tribulation to ascend. Serpents have their own path, just as immortals have their own trails. After the Marco Polo Bridge Incident, Japanese invaders trample into Baiyangdian, burning, killing, looting, and committing every imaginable atrocity. The land lies in ruins and its people weep blood. With the nation in peril, a Taoist priest descends from the mountain. The protagonist, Sun Changsheng, is a deserter from the Kuomintang army. One 387Reads7.0Score—14d adds
- 47 Divine Brows, Ghostly Ways 神眉鬼道 [Horror, no saintly heroine, no dragging things out, decisive and ruthless, exceptionally vicious ghosts] My name is Shan Qing. I had given up on the world, but by a twist of fate, I stumbled upon secrets hidden on its other side. The man-eating statue that vanishes from the school in the dead of night, the inscrutable old monk in the temple, the terrifying figure roaming the city streets... Vicious ghosts slaughter the world, and red fog pollutes the soul. Hell isn’t confined to the underworld. 16Reads—Score—14d adds
- 48 Ghostly Tales from Fengdu 丰都鬼事 In her previous life, young artist Lin Wan set out alone for the fabled ghost city of Fengdu to search for her missing older sister, Lin Zhixia. Naively, she trusted the seemingly kind innkeeper and local gentry, unaware that she had stepped into a carefully laid trap. Coveted for her yin constitution, she was ultimately sacrificed in an old mansion behind Fengdu's famous mountain by the so-called “good Samaritans” to a traitor in the underworld who had disguised himself as Black Impermanence. H 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 49 Tales of the Supernatural in Rural Northeast China 东北农村诡事录 A collection of eerie and terrifying folk tales. Zhang Liang was born in the 1970s and was forced onto the path of exorcism by a curse. Every tale is full of danger and excitement, with an ending no one can predict. If you have the nerve, come take a look and experience a different kind of ghost story. Mildly scary, read with caution. 84Reads—Score—14d adds
- 50 Cat Sacrifice: She Lives in a Cat’s Eyes 猫祭：她住在猫的眼睛里 Three collections of horror stories: "Cat Sacrifice: She Lives in the Cat’s Eyes", "Snake Curse: The Evil of Qingshi Town", and "The Dying Magic Cube: An Embrace That Never Arrives". Each story is 80,000 to 100,000 characters long. I hope you enjoy them! Thank you all for your support! —Reads—Score—14d adds
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