In the early 1900s in western Hunan, if you were traveling at night, you might meet a group of mysterious pedestrians. The leader of the group would recite words in his mouth and beat a gong as he walked, while those who followed were dressed in black robes and hats and walked silently. To be exact, they are not people, but lifeless corpses, which is the mysterious Xiangxi Corpse Catching.

The last record of Xiangxi zombie-driving was in the 1950s, about the encounter of two People's Liberation Army (PLA) fighters--

Early in the 1950s, the western part of Xiangxi was just liberated, but the situation was extremely complicated. Two PLA fighters in civilian clothes were on a mission when they suddenly saw two men in black with strange dresses and secretive movements. Suspecting that these two people might be criminals, the PLA soldiers followed them to an inn.

The owner of the inn told the PLA fighters that these people were corpse chasers, and that the one in front of them was a corpse chaser, and the one behind them was a corpse. The PLA fighters did not believe in this evil and decided to knock on the door to find out what was going on.

The door opened after half a day of knocking, and the person who opened the door was a corpse-driver, while the corpse was still wearing a hat and standing in the darkness by the wall. After checking, the PLA soldiers found no abnormality and had to leave.

Back to the room of the PLA soldiers pondered over this matter, still feel very strange: is the body will really stand and walk? Suddenly, one of the soldiers thought that there were two pairs of bowls and chopsticks on the table of the necromancer at that time, could the dead people eat?

The PLA soldiers decided to continue to follow the investigation. However, after tracking for a long time, they still did not find any abnormality, the two finally pressed on and intercepted the corpse-driver. That's when they made a strange discovery.

This report from the time proves the authenticity of the phenomenon. So, when and why did it all start? Why is it that only the Miao people in western Hunan are the only ones who drive corpses?

A few thousand years ago, according to legend, the Hmong tribal leader Chi in the Yellow River and the Yellow Emperor tribal killings, straight to the bodies, blood flow into the river. To retreat, Chi You said to the side of the military division: "We can not leave the brothers who died in battle regardless, you use a little magic, so that the souls of these brothers return to their homeland." The master of the army in the middle of the corpse silent incantations, praying to the gods. After the spell, the corpses that were lying on the ground stood up, and walked southward behind the runic knots held high by Chi You. Chasing soldiers came, Chi You and the master of the joint spell, attracted five miles of fog, the enemy will be trapped in the fog.