Yeren

In Chinese folklore, the Yeren (Chinese: 野人; pinyin: yěrén; lit.: 'wild-man'), variously referred to as the Yiren, Yeh Ren, Chinese Wildman[1][2] (Chinese: 神农架野人; pinyin: Shénnóngjiàyěrén; lit.: 'The Wildman of Shennongjia') or Man-Monkey (Chinese: 人熊; pinyin: Ren Xiong; lit.: 'Man Bear'), is a legendary creature said to reside in the remote mountainous forested regions of western Hubei.[3][4]

For the "people of the field" of the Zhou dynasty, see Yeren (Zhou dynasty).

Inscription at the entrance to the "Yeren Cave" in western Hubei Province.

The creature is often called the “Chinese Bigfoot” or “Chinese Yeti”.

In popular culture

• Wildman of China is Monster in My Pocket #119.
• The Chinese Wild Man shows up in John Carpenter's film Big Trouble in Little China.
• Yerens appear as monsters in the Iron Lore Entertainment video game Titan Quest. They can be found in Act III (Orient mission) of the game.
• Syfy's show Destination Truth searched for the Yeren in episode 12 of season 3.
• Animal Planet's show Finding Bigfoot searched for the Yeren in episode 5 of season 4 "Kung Fu Bigfoot".
• Lila from Cartoon Network animated series The Life and Times of Juniper Lee is a Yeren.

References

1. Zhou, Guoxing. "FIFTY YEARS OF TRACKING THE CHINESE WILDMAN" (PDF). Idaho State University. Archived from the original (PDF) on August 24, 2016. Retrieved 23 July 2018.
2. Byron, Katy (October 10, 2010). "Chinese researchers to relaunch 'Bigfoot' search - CNN.com". www.cnn.com. Retrieved 12 March 2020.
3. Frank Dikötter (1997). The Construction of Racial Identities in China and Japan: Historical and Contemporary Perspectives. C. Hurst & Co. Publishers. pp. 30–31. ISBN 1-85065-287-2.
4. Wren, Christopher (June 5, 1984). "ON THE TRAIL OF THE 'WILD MAN' OF CHINA". The New York Times. Retrieved 23 July 2018.