Sunday, September 11, 2011

Week 4 Zombie!

Before I start to write my blog, I have read two blogs about zombies. I must say tonight is really a terrible night. I was scared by the rules about how to survive from zombies. When I turned all the lights off and stayed in the dorm alone during the night, the atmosphere here was perfect for horrible movies. When wind passed, it feels like something was wandering behind me. So I decided to keep awake and watch comedy.

Compared with zombie, vampire is more popular. I don't like zombie anyway. This creature makes me think of death. I guess the most important reason is zombie is not good looking and the way they change human to zombie is terrible. I like the movies of Twilight and The Vampire Diary. There are two different ways about how to change human to vampire. So I always think that maybe zombies are much prettier than I thought. I am sure that zombie is exist in every culture. They have same characteristic in some way, such as lifeless human, grey skinned and slow moving. But the survival rules are different. In western culture, clubs, chainsaws, rifles and submachine guns are the best choice. In ancient China, when people thought there are zombies, we will find Taoist to draw "Fu"(a magic figures drawn by Taoist priests to invoke or expel spirits and bring good or ill fortune. ). And there is an old rule in China that those kind of lifeless creatures are afraid of the blood of dog. I guess this is why we wear red clothes on chinese new year.

But now I think it's a good idea to stay with family and friends in a food store and keep a submachine gun with me. Although I am interested in what are zombies and vampires really look like, I hope they will never show up. I prefer to say hello to them in the movies or novels than in my real life.

1 comment:

  1. I enjoy reading your blog posts because whatever topic you select you never fail to educate the rest of us in regard to the Chinese culture relating to that issue.

    Come to think of it, Zombies and Vampires are very much alike. They both have pale skin. They are both contagious and they are both back from the dead. The differences are that zombies eat brains and are poorly clothed and vampires suck blood and are immaculately dressed. At least in popular culture.

    I don't however like the image of the vampire portrayed in Twilight or The Vampire Diaries so I am going to suggest to you a couple of sources that will make vampires seem ridiculously cool: Van Helsing and Buffy the vampire slayer.

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