These eerie legends often appear in places where human activity is ambiguous, as if "something should have disappeared but exists, or should exist but is completely absent." In pursuing these eerie phenomena, I found that capital manifests itself in a strange way on various levels: it emerges ethereally but possesses greater power and influence than physical entities, yet it cannot be fully perceived or understood. Urban ghost stories serve as a counter-fantasy to this progressive, orderly, sterile, and overly materialistic capitalist society. In an Eastern context, people seek identity and a sense of belonging in rapidly developing cities by constructing Feng Shui spaces or rituals.
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2022