The history of Western culture, I do not know how many terrorist image has been imagined to become the eternal theme. A vampire is one of the most famous, and often European and American film and television drama as the protagonist, sought after by a number of spectators. As early - Tom Cruise and Brad - Pitt Joining two handsome interpretation of the movie "Interview with the Vampire," in recent years, the fiery film "Twilight" series, the US drama "Vampire Diaries" and so on. So what is the origin of vampire? Why is there no such Chinese culture?
The origins of the vampire
What exactly is a vampire? In this regard, different opinions. The earliest origins of vampire, said to be the biblical Cain. Adam and Eve were expelled from the Garden of Eden to the wilderness after, gave birth to Cain and Abel. Brother Abel was a shepherd, and Cain a tiller of the soil. Once the two usual sacrifice to God, since they Abel Livestock, the offer is rich meat, Cain's apples and oranges God will provoke resentment. Cain murdered his brother angrily. Later, God knows the matter very angry, gave Cain a curse, his expulsion. God punishes his life wandering, only to a living vampire, though never die, but the world would be hunted. Cain would now form the vampire family. Later in the book took him and Satan lover Lilith (Lilith, first appeared in Sumerian myth, the first wife of Adam, the Jewish Old Testament, God left because of dissatisfaction with the Garden of Eden) make a pair that is Lilith witch magic strength, and to teach how to use the blood of Cain generate power for their own use. For this reason, some people think that Lilith is the first true vampire.
It was also generally agreed that vampire bats and has a close relationship, their tuxedo and cape and bat image always similar, there is a bat in the name of the breed was named "vampire bat." But this is not the legend is all about. There is a version of this: the 14th century, Delakela Earl lost due to curse God and love, thus became the first vampire, the vampire is king, after he had sucked the blood of the people will become vampire. While another version, he wrote: When Judas betrayed Jesus for a bag of silver coins, God would punish him into a vampire, eternal penance performed in the dark. Therefore, the vampire can not see the sun, afraid of crosses, silver products will become their nemesis.
Despite these legends, research the origin of vampires from history can be traced back to the word "werewolf." "Werewolf" legend originated in Greece, are those suicide or church excommunicated man, died and was buried without religious ceremony to pray over the place, they can make their own bodies do not rot and can leave the grave . 17th century, "werewolf" can be turned into a vampire legends began to appear. 18th century, Europe began an official report on the case of the vampire. It is said that in 1725, in a report on vampires, the first occurrence of the word "vampire." Vampire legend gradually became a mysterious topic.
Literature and film to promote the image of the vampire
Western culture has become a vampire mystery theme, the 19th century British novelist Stoke credit for this. Stoker's novel "Delakela" (the movie "Dracula" is based on this novel) published in 1897, laid the modern myth of the vampire legend. Since then a lot of vampire works are more or less inspired by Stoke, Stoke has been called the "father of ghost fiction." Stoke than even Coleridge, the great writer like Dickens and Dumas had written works on the vampire theme.
In the 20th century, the vampire image are preserved, and has been further developed by the film industry. In a series of vampire movie, vampire legends Christianity no longer necessary background, but added many new elements. For example, the movie "Interview with the Vampire" and "Queen of the Damned" are more successful Hollywood blockbusters. The development of modern science has given new definition vampire: In the "Blade" series of movies, vampires have a new source of interpretation --- genetic variation product. While in other strange works, and even become a comic vampire image, such as comic "monster Taro", the vampire Count Delakela drink tomato juice into a nice guy.
Differences of Chinese and Western cultures
In Western culture, there are some other terrorist image, such as a full moon werewolf variation, the famous British Delhi image "Headless Horseman", there is a special dragon kidnapped princess. These images of terror spread throughout the world in the process triggered a strange reaction, some of which goes to show that the conflict of East and West cultures. For example, the image of the dragon in the West is a product of evil, in China and is a symbol of national power. Because of these cultural differences, in China there is no image of the vampire.
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