Chinese Ghosts in Mongolia
Chinese Ghosts in Mongolia
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蒙古的中国鬼魂
DOI：
10.1163/146481710792710282
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2010
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G. Delaplace
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G. Delaplace
本文探讨了最近在蒙古首都乌兰巴托流传的一个谣言。人们报告说遇到了中国鬼，他们以穿着丝绸衣服的长胡子老人的形式出现。这些奇怪的幽灵被人们认为是中国商人的灵魂，他们仍然依恋着他们埋葬他们一生积累的财富的地方。当中国的经济扩张引起蒙古人的担忧时，这些殖民时代的幽灵听起来像是对当今中国移民的警告。通过对其中几个故事的介绍，本文表明，中国人本质上被想象为寄生生物，他们不仅来到蒙古进行贸易，而且甚至在自己死亡之后仍然坚持这个地方，以吸取其重要资源。
This paper explores a rumour that has been circulating lately in Mongolia's capital city, Ulaanbaatar. People report encounters with Chinese ghosts, who appear in the form of long-bearded old men dressed in silken clothes. These curious apparitions are recognised by the population as the souls of Chinese merchants, who remained attached to the place where they buried the wealth they accumulated during their life. At a time when Chinese economic expansion raises concerns among the Mongolian population, these ghosts of the colonial era sound like a warning against present-day Chinese migrants. Introducing several of these stories, this paper shows that Chinese people are imagined as essentially parasitic beings, who not only come to Mongolia to trade but stick to the place, even beyond their own death, to suck out its vital resources.