Eight Immortals
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The Eight Immortals are a group of legendary xian in Chinese mythology. Each immortal's power can be transferred to a vessel that can bestow life or destroy evil. Together, these eight vessels are cal
Gathering of Yaochi (Eight) Immortals (瑤池仙劇圖), by Zhang Chong, Ming dynasty (British Museum)
The Eight Immortals (Walters Art Museum)
The Eight Immortals crossing the sea, from Myths and Legends of China. Clockwise in the boat starting from the stern: He Xian'gu, Han Xiang Zi, Lan Caihe, Li Tieguai, Lü Dongbin, Zhongli Quan, Cao Guojiu and outside the boat is Zhang Guo Lao.
Statue of the Eight Immortals in Penglai City, Shandong
Lü Dongbin
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Lü Dongbin was a Daoist scholar and poet who lived during the Tang dynasty in China, and whose lifetime supposedly spanned two hundred and twenty years. Elevated to the status of an immortal in the Ch
Eight Immortals
…Lan Caihe (藍采和), originally pictured as female; later becoming ambiguous, and is considered the patron of florists and gardeners. Lü Dongbin (呂洞賓), a scholar and poet considered to be the leader of the Eight Immortals. Han Xiangzi (韓湘子), a flute artist…
Zhang Lu's painting of Lü Dongbin, early 16th century
Yongle Gong, the main shrine to Lü and his burial place
The Immortal Lü Dongbin Appearing over the Yueyang Pavilion, Yuan dynasty.
The Daoist immortal Lü Dongbin crossing Lake Dongting, dated to the Song dynasty