Legends about the Eight Immortals started to circulate orally long ago among Chinese people and were recorded in the works of writers of various dynasties. The Eight were called the "Roaming Immortals" in Taoist legends. Their images appear in all sorts of arts and crafts, often to convey the idea of a free and leisurely life.

Set of eight    $87.00    (Not in stock, but can be ordered)
 

Han Zhongli    $15.00 each

Han Zhongli was given the first divine revelation by Tieguai Li and then went into the mountains to seek the light. After his return to the world, he killed a tiger with a flying scimitar and changed copper into gold to help the poor. He is usually shown with a feather fan in a comfortable posture. (10 Inch X 6.4 Inch; Colorized; Handmade by knife-cutting)

Lv Dongbin    $15.00 each

Lv Dongbin lived during the Tang dynasty. After failing twice at the imperial examinations he led a vagrant life for years. Later he met Han Zhongli, who taught him the secrets of alchemy. Then he became a hermit in the Zhongnan Mountains to seek the way of Immortality. Later, he roamed the empire and was said to have performed various magic arts to rid the world of evils. Taoists considered him to be one of the five supreme deities of the North. (10 Inch X 6.4 Inch; Colorized; Handmade by knife-cutting)

Zhang Guolao    $15.00 each

Zhang Guolao was a hermit in the Zhongtiao Mountains for a long time. It was said that he lived quite long in the reign of Empress Wu Zetian (690 - 705 A. D.). When summoned by the Empress, he feigned death by magic in order to avoid meeting her. Later people saw him in the mountains near Hengzhou. He used to travel on a donkey which could cover thousands of miles in a single day. When taking a rest, he would fold up the donkey as if it were made of paper and put it into his suitcase. (9.6 Inch X 6.7 Inch; Colorized; Handmade by knife-cutting)

Tieguai Li    $15.00 each

Tieguai Li, meaning Li with the Iron Crutch, was a lay Taoist by the name of Li Xuan who received his Enlightenment from the Supreme Patriarch of Taoism himself. Once his soul left his body to travel abroad but had to enter the corpse of a starved beggar when he found his own body mistakenly burnt by his disciple. He then had an earthly form with unkempt hair, a dirty face, a bare abdomen and a crippled leg. He blew water on the beggar's bamboo cane and turned it into an iron crutch. Hence comes his popular name. He is also generally shown carrying a gourd said to contain magic medicines. (9.8 Inch X 6.2 Inch; Colorized; Handmade by knife-cutting)

Lan Caihe    $15.00 each

Lan Caihe usually dressed in colorful tatters wandering through the country. He is generally shown carrying a flower basket in his arms. (9.8 Inch X 6.4 Inch; Colorized; Handmade by knife-cutting)

Han Xiangzi    $15.00 each

Han Xiangzi is said to be a distant nephew of the great Tang writer - statesman Han Yu. Intelligent and unrestrained in nature, he managed, once in an early winter, to make peonies blossom in a few days in different colours, each blossom carrying a written poem, to the great astonishment of his uncle. He is usually shown to play a flute. (10 Inch X 6.2 Inch; Colorized; Handmade by knife-cutting)

He Xiangu    $15.00 each

He Xiangu was a Tang dynasty woman. She became an immortal at the age of fourteen by taking mica powder. After that, she was so agile that her body could float from one peak to another collecting fruit for her mother. Another source says that she was a woman Taoist of Yongzhou during the Song dynasty. (9.6 Inch X 6.7 Inch; Colorized; Handmade by knife-cutting)

Cao Guojiu    $15.00 each

Cao Guojiu is said to have lived during the Song dynasty and his name was Cao You, while Guojiu being an official title for being brother of the empress. It was said that he scattered his wealth among the poor and went into the mountains to seek the Way of Enlightenment. Finally, he was immortalized by Han Zhongli and Lv Dongbin. (9.8 Inch X 6.2 Inch; Colorized; Handmade by knife-cutting)

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