{"id":1387,"date":"2018-10-03T11:20:14","date_gmt":"2018-10-03T03:20:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hiredchina.com\/articles\/2018\/10\/03\/the-7-most-haunted-places-in-china\/"},"modified":"2024-12-21T16:51:01","modified_gmt":"2024-12-21T08:51:01","slug":"the-7-most-haunted-places-in-china","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hiredchina.com\/articles\/the-7-most-haunted-places-in-china\/","title":{"rendered":"The 7 Most Haunted Places in China"},"content":{"rendered":"

China\u2019s history is incredibly vast and complex, and its ghost stories are no exception. Step into 5,000 years of history and the ghastly past of China, from the wiles of eunuchs in Beijing to deserted mansions in Shanghai.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

China\u2019s history is incredibly vast and complex, and its ghost stories are no exception. Step into 5,000 years of history and the ghastly past of China, from the wiles of eunuchs in Beijing to deserted<\/a> mansions in Shanghai.<\/p>\n

While some of the stories are groundless and have no actual proof, the sheer bone-chilling factor attached is enough to make the places attractive in a mysterious sense. Many buildings\u00a0\u2014 old, ruined or new \u2014 have several ghost stories attached to them, but not every abandoned house is haunted and not every haunted house is abandoned.<\/p>\n

The Forbidden City, Beijing<\/strong><\/p>\n

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In 1995, a\u00a0soldier nicknamed\u00a0Fat Fu\u00a0said that one evening: \u201cWe were watching TV in the guard room, and at 9 o\u2019clock, two of our men broke in. They looked scared and flustered, saying that a woman with long hair and a black gown had run away from them after they found her walking\u00a0the grounds.\u201d<\/p>\n

The guards gave chase, but the woman managed to keep a distance of about 30 meters from them. When the two men finally cornered the woman at a locked door, they ordered her to turn around. When she turned around, what they saw was so shocking that they dropped their flashlights.<\/p>\n

The woman had no face, just hair, according to Fu. They went back to the spot where the woman had been cornered, guns drawn, but all they found were the lit flashlights that the terrified<\/a> guards had dropped when they came face-to-face with the ghost.<\/p>\n

Visitors have also sworn to have seen the ghosts of soldiers, eunuchs, and brides walking the halls of the Forbidden City, while others have heard music played at night, as well as ladies laughing and talking with each other.<\/p>\n

High Street, Hong Kong<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The Sai Ying Pun Community Complex is located in one of the most chilling locales on High Street in Hong Kong; it was built in 1892 as quarters for European nurse<\/a>s. It typically looks like a haunted house with its eerie yellow lights shining on massive stone arches, casting long shadows across the dark, empty verandas.<\/p>\n

Its frightening history matches its gloomy environment. The building was seized by Japanese\u00a0troops during the Second World War and used as an execution hall. Then, after the war, it was converted into a mental asylum.<\/p>\n

Abandoned in 1961, it\u2019s now badly scarred from two fires. However, the place where heads rolled and the demented screamed to their deaths has not been completely abandoned!<\/p>\n

Over the years, there have been repeated sightings of a person\u00a0dressed in traditional Chinese\u00a0cloths\u00a0on the second floor of the building,\u00a0who bursts into flames. Other sighting includes a headless ghost running down the corridors in the middle of the night.<\/p>\n

It is also affectionately, yet fearfully, known as the High Street Haunted House.<\/p>\n

Great Wall of China<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Known as one of the world\u2019s greatest wonders, the Great Wall is often known for its 5,000-mile-long extension. During the construction, an estimated 1 million soldiers died building the wall.<\/p>\n

Now, in more recent times, visitors have claimed to have seen the ghosts of soldiers walking the wall or hearing the marching footsteps of them.<\/p>\n

The north part of the wall, also known as The Wild Wall, is where most of the ghosts are seen or heard. Many hikers had died around The Wild Wall from very strange accidents and are said to have joined the soldiers.<\/p>\n

Huguang Huiguan Opera House<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Built in the early 1800s as a home for the poor and less fortunate, it\u2019s now an opera house and museum. Built with good intentions, it seems that it was situated on top of an ancient graveyard. Ghosts have been spotted since the\u00a0dynastic times.<\/p>\n

Allegedly, in the early 1900s, a housekeeper was hired who was so disfigured by leprosy that he kept the house ghost free.<\/p>\n

Many visitors have heard the ghosts\u2019 voices and people shouting, and if you\u00a0throw a stone into the courtyard, you may hear a loud scolding sound.<\/p>\n

Bejing\u2019s Imperial Palace<\/strong><\/p>\n

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With a history spanning over 600 years, this compound served as the Imperial Palace in the\u00a0Ming and Qing dynasties. At that time, it was common for people to be executed for betrayal or disobedience of\u00a0the ruling family or emperor.<\/p>\n

Since the late 1940s, security guards have reported\u00a0seeing\u00a0strange\u00a0animals scurrying about late at night, as well as a crying woman in white walking around the area.<\/p>\n

Prince Gong\u2019s Mansion<\/strong><\/p>\n

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A\u00a0notorious, corrupt official of the\u00a0Qing Dynasty, He Shen owned this house. With a\u00a0harem of 80 concubines, his only redemption was that he was devoted to his wife, Feng Shi. But Feng died of sorrow when her youngest son\u00a0was killed\u00a0fighting rebels.<\/p>\n

The mansion is said to be haunted by the ghosts of Feng, as well as many former escorts of He Shen. Late at night, Feng\u2019s cries can be heard echoing throughout the mansion. Security guards have reported seeing female ghosts in white in\u00a0the garden, presumably some of Shen\u2019s concubines.<\/p>\n

Tomb of General Yuan<\/strong><\/p>\n

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General Yuan\u00a0devoted his life to protecting the imperial family in the\u00a0Ming Dynasty.\u00a0The emperor, however, bought into malicious lies about the general and had him executed by the\u00a0painful death of\u00a01,000 cuts.<\/p>\n

According to rumor, the general vowed that his soul would always guard the imperial family\u2019s land.<\/p>\n

Upon hearing of the \u201cbetrayal,\u201d Beijing residents were so angry that they ate the general\u2019s body. His head, saved by one of his\u00a0faithful soldiers, was buried at Guanchu Men, where his family has held guard ever since.<\/p>\n

His ghost has been seen wandering there at night ever since. Some claim that his ghost wanders around this area at night to seek revenge or guard the land.<\/p>\n

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