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He is a friend and ally of the Eight Immortals. Ng also portrayed Sun Ying, the Six Eared Macaque's son and Sun Wukong's apprentice. He has a crush on Long San and relentlessly tries to win her heart. Ding Lan as Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of compassion and mercy. She shows up to help the Immortals when they are in desperate situations.
The Eight Immortals play an important part in the plot of the video game Fear Effect 2. In the Andy Seto graphic novel series Saint Legend, the Eight Immortals reappear to protect the Buddhist faith from evil spirits set on destroying it.
According to the Hsiu hsiang Pa Hsien tung yu chi, epithets of Lan Caihe include "the Red-footed Great Genius," Ch’ih-chiao Ta-hsien incarnate. [1] Lan was also called the "foot-stomping immortal," [13] which was a reference to the genre of music that Lan performed, "stomping songs," which are described further below.
In a legend originating in the state of Qi during the pre-Qin period, immortals live in a palace called the Penglai Palace which is located on Mount Penglai. [3] In Chinese mythology the mountain is often said to be the base for the Eight Immortals (or at least where they travel to have a ceremonial meal), as well as the illusionist Anqi Sheng.
She is often seen as the only female among the Eight Immortals (though the sex of Lan Caihe, another of the Eight Immortals, is somewhat ambiguous). He Xiangu is believed to have lived in the Tang dynasty and was born in either Lingling District , Yongzhou , Hunan or Zengcheng District , Guangzhou , Guangdong , and some portrayals have her as ...
Also, according to Daoist legend, he is the founder of the internal martial arts style called "Eight Immortals Sword" (八仙剑), considered to be one of the martial treasures of Wudangshan. According to one story, Lü's teacher Zhongli Quan became an immortal and was about to fly to heaven , while saying to Lü that if he kept practicing the ...
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Li Tieguai (Chinese: 李鐵拐; lit. 'Iron Crutch Li') is a figure in Chinese folklore and one of the Eight Immortals in the Taoist pantheon. He is sometimes described as irascible and ill-tempered, but also benevolent to the poor, sick and the needy, whose suffering he alleviates with special medicine from his bottle gourd.