The Eight Immortals refer to the Taoist Eight Immortals widely circulated among the people, namely, Li Tie Guai, Zhang, He Xiangu, Lan Caihe, Han Xiangzi and Cao Guojiu. Because the Eight Immortals are all mortal, their temperament is close to the people.
Li Tie is the legendary leader of the Eight Immortals. According to legend, Li surnamed Xuan, also known as Li Ningyang, Li Hongshui and Li Kongmu. Legend of the Immortal and others said that he was good-looking and practiced in Dangshan Cave. Because I agreed to attend the Huashan Fairy Meeting of Lao Jun, I said to my disciples when I left, "I want to become a monk from Huashan. If the wandering soul doesn't return for seven days, you will burn my skin. " It is said that his soul is hidden in the liver and his spirit is hidden in the lungs. When Shen Yuan travels, his soul will follow him, leaving only his soul to protect the shell. This is the so-called "Shen Yuan comes out of the shell". Tie Guai Li left the shell for Shenyuan to travel abroad. Unexpectedly, on the sixth day, someone from disciple's family came to report that his mother was critically ill and disciple was on pins and needles. He persisted until noon the next day, and when he saw Master Yuan's soul not returning, he burned Master Tanke and went home to show filial piety. When the disciples came home, the Yuan God of Tie Guai Li came back, and there was no place to trust him. He is really crazy, just like a ghost wandering around. He suddenly saw the body of a starving man in the forest, and had a brainwave and thought, "That's enough!" "Immediately from the forehead, stood up, only feel bad, quickly poured out from the gourd old gentleman to elixir, gourd suddenly flashed golden light, reflecting an ugly image, dark face, unkempt head, tendrils of big eyes, his right foot is still lame, he was surprised. Suddenly someone clapped behind him. Looking back, it was the old gentleman. Tie Guai Li felt that this brand-new old mug was really out of shape. He was a little unhappy, so he was busy jumping out of Shen Yuan. At this time, the old man stopped and said, "Tao is not about appearance." If you look like this, if you are full of kung fu, you will be a real fairy. So he got a gold hoop to fix his hair and an iron crutch to help him walk. Li Tie monster often carries a gourd. It is said that there is a fairy medicine in it, which is specially used to cure diseases and save lives, and it has fallen to the world. Therefore, Tie Guai Li's image is that he is leaning on iron and carrying a gourd to travel around the world and solve people's difficulties.
Among the Eight Immortals, Zhong Liquan, also known as Han Zhongli, is second only to Tie Guai Li. Quanzhen Taoism is known as the "founder of Zhengyang" and one of the five northern Taoist ancestors. The story about his birth is very vivid. It is said that one day, a giant strode into his mother's inner room and said loudly, "I am Huang Shenshi in ancient times, and I am a nurse here." Suddenly, I saw different lights burning like fire, and then Han Zhong was born. When he was born, he was as old as a three-year-old child. He was born with a lucky face, a round forehead, thick ears and long eyebrows, a big mouth and cheeks, lips like Dan and long breasts. What's more strange is that he is silent day and night, and he doesn't cry or eat. Until the seventh day, he suddenly said: "I am traveling in Zifu, my name is Yujing." This sentence shocked his parents, because Zifu and Yujing were the Miyagi of the Jade Emperor in the sky, so they thought he was reincarnated as a fairy. His parents wanted him to have more power when he grew up, so he was named "Quan". It is said that when Li Zhong grew up, he served as a physician in the imperial court, and was later sent out to vomit. After the defeat, he lived in seclusion, met the emperor of Donghua, and got the true recipe of immortality, followed by the temperature and swordsmanship of Qinglong. Later, I met a real person in Huayang and taught him Taiyi Drunken Road, Fireman then Road and Dong Xiao Xuanxuan Road. In the end, he got the secret of the jade box at the No.4 peak of Zijin Mountain in Kongtong Mountain and became a fairy. He claimed that "the world is scattered", that is, the first idle person in the world. His image is usually bare-chested, with fan-shaped palms, big eyes, red face and two bun on his head.
Zhang is an old folk fairy named "Zhang Guo". Because he has reached middle age, people call him "Zhang". Zhang, known in Taoism, evolved from the Taoist priest in the Tang Dynasty. It is said that Emperor Taizong and Tang Gaozong sent messengers to call him into the palace, but he refused. In the period of Wu Zetian, he had to play dead halfway through the imperial edict. During the reign of Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty, an emissary finally invited him to the palace and named him "Dr. Yin Qing Guanglu" and "Mr. Xuan Tong". Later, Xuanzong prepared to betroth his daughter to him. He sang: "Daughter-in-law is fair, and public office is born on the ground. People are gratifying, I am awesome. " In the end, I didn't agree to this marriage. I quit my job and went back to the mountain. I walked halfway and died in Wupu County, Hengshan Mountain. Disciples said that they had become immortals, and Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty ordered the local qixia temple to be built as a sacrifice. According to folklore, he often travels around the world on his back, riding an upside-down white donkey, singing Taoist sentiments and persuading people. Later, the famous folk "riding a donkey to read a song book" came from this. The white donkey he rides travels through Wan Li every day and folds up like paper at night and puts it in a box. When riding during the day, spray some water into your mouth, and it will recover into a real donkey. Later generations wrote a poem: "How many people in the world are like this old man? Instead of riding backwards, everything looks back. "
The man surnamed Lu was regarded as "the founder of Chunyang" by Quanzhen Taoism, and one of the five northern ancestors, also known as "Lv Zu". Lv Dongbin was a scholar before he became immortal.
One of his good friends is a fellow countryman named Gou Kun. Gou Jian's parents died, and his family was poor, but he was honest. He is an honest gentleman and studies hard. Lv Dongbin admired him very much, became his sworn brother Jin Lan, and invited him to live in his own home, hoping that he would study hard and have a bright future. One day, a guest named Lin came to the house. Seeing Gou Jian's beauty and diligence, he told Lv Dongbin that he wanted to betroth his sister to Gou Jian. Lv Dongbin was afraid that his sexual desire in bed would miss his bright future, so he quickly dodged. Unexpectedly, I heard that Miss Lin was beautiful and insisted on accepting this marriage.
Lv Dongbin thought for a long time, agreed, and said to Gou Gou, "Dear brother, since he has made up his mind, I won't stop him, but after marriage, I will sleep with the bride for three nights first." I was shocked, but I couldn't help looking down. Besides, all the expenses of the wedding depend on the Lujia family. Who can make himself poor? After much deliberation, I gritted my teeth and agreed. On Gou Gou's wedding day, Lv Dongbin was beaming, planning everything before and after running, but Gou Gou was ashamed and simply hid aside. In the evening, seeing off the guests, Lv Dongbin walked into the new house and saw the bride wearing a red gauze and sitting on the bed. Lv Dongbin didn't lift the red veil and didn't speak. He just sat under the lamp and buried himself in reading. Miss Lin waited until midnight, but her husband still didn't sleep, so he had to sleep with his clothes on.
When I woke up in the morning, my husband was gone. It was like this for three nights in a row. Cocoa made Miss Lin miserable. Looking back, I finally survived three days. When I first entered the bridal chamber, I saw my wife crying and bowed my head and said, "Why did Lang Jun stay up for three nights, reading in front of the lamp, coming in at night and leaving at dawn?" This question is dumbfounded. The bride looked up and was even more surprised: how did her husband change someone? It took the couple half a day to suddenly realize.
Gou stamped his foot and laughed at the sky: "It turns out that my brother was afraid that I was insatiable and forgot to study. Inspire me in this way! " Teacher Lin is also very happy and full of respect for Lv Dongbin. Both husband and wife said: Brother Lu must repay this kindness in the future. A few years later, Gou Jian really became the top scholar and a big official. The couple left Lv Dongbin's family in tears and went to their post. Eight years have passed, and this summer, the Lujia family caught fire unexpectedly, and a large amount of property was reduced to ashes. Lv Dongbin, his wife and children have to live in a small house made of broken bricks, which is hard enough.
Lv Dongbin had to go out and ask Gou Kun for help. After many hardships, he finally found Gou Kun's home. Gou Jian was very sympathetic to the fire in Lv Dongbin's house and received him warmly, but he didn't mention help. Lv Dongbin lived for several months and didn't get any money. Lv Dongbin sighed in the sky: "Human feelings are as thin as paper, and a wide face changes, and the world is all about it!" In a rage, I left without saying goodbye. When Lv Dongbin returned to his hometown, he was surprised to find that his shabby hut had been replaced by a new tile house. He is far away, and his children and wife are very weak. How can he build a big house? Even when I approached the door, what shocked me even more was that three souls walked two feet: white paper was stuck on both sides of the door. Someone died at home? He hurried into the room and saw a coffin parked in the room. His wife, Pima Dai Xiao, cried.
Lv Dongbin was stunned for a long time: Which Dai Xiao did she support? Call softly: "madam." The lady looked back and shouted in horror, "You, are you a person or a ghost?" Lv Dongbin was even more surprised: "How could your wife say that? I am back well, how can it be a ghost? " After studying for a long time, the lady dared to believe that this was really Lv Dongbin's return and said, "Oh, dear! Really scared me to death! This will not be in a dream. "
It turned out that shortly after Lv Dongbin left home, a group of people came to help him build a house, and then he left. At noon the day before yesterday, another group of people carried a coffin and said that they had died in Gou's house. Hearing this, my wife cried her eyes out. I cried today, but I don't want Lv Dongbin to come back. Lv Dongbin knew that all this was a trick of Gou Jian. He picked up a sharp axe and cut the coffin. With a click, the coffin cracked, full of gold and silver treasures and a letter. Lv Dongbin opened the letter and read: "Gou Gao is not an ungrateful person. He sent the gold and silver family to build a house. You let my wife stay in the house, and I'll let your wife cry her eyes out. "
Lv Dongbin woke up from a dream with a wry smile: "Dear brothers, you have helped me so much!" Since then, the relationship between Lu and Gou Jian has deepened. This is the old saying: "If you live in Lv Dongbin, you won't know what to do." . Because "Dog Watch" and "Dog Bite" are homophonic, it becomes "Dog Bites Lv Dongbin, but it doesn't know how to love". Later, Lv Dongbin was immortal because of Zhong Liquan. He was the most human among the Eight Immortals. He is handsome and funny, cured people's violence and evil spirits, and is also good at drinking and lusting. The people shaped it into a ranger image with a sword in his hand to save human suffering.
He Xiangu, the only fairy of the Eight Immortals. It is said that she was originally named He Xiugu and was born in the period of Wu Zetian in the Tang Dynasty. When she was born, Ziyun walked around the room with six bright lights on her head. Smart and agile since childhood, brilliant. When she was fifteen, she dreamed that God taught her to eat mica powder, so she was as light as a fly. Shuttle between the top of the mountain, go out every morning and pick mountain fruits to pay homage to my mother. Later, I broke through the valley and my speech became abnormal. When Wu Zetian heard about it, she sent messengers to invite her, but she disappeared halfway. Some people say that she flew to Tang Zhongzong on the eighth day of August. There is another saying that when He Xiangu entered the mountain at the age of thirteen, he met the immortal Lv Dongbin and one of the peaches, Lv Ci. After eating it, he won't be hungry, and he can predict good and bad, which is quite effective. People in the village regarded her as a god and built a building for her to live in. Later, Lv Dongbin made her immortal.
In the Eight Immortals, there was a cynical and crazy beggar named Lan Caihe. Lan Caihe, originally a man, often dressed as a woman in sculpture or opera, carrying a flower basket. It is said that he was born barefoot, but it turned out to be a wooden belt more than three inches wide, with one foot wearing boots and the other barefoot. Wear cotton-padded clothes in summer and lie in the snow in winter, breathing like steam. He often walks and sings in the city with a clapper more than three feet long. He looks crazy, and men, women and children follow him. People gave him copper coins, but he put them on with a long rope and mopped the floor. He left them and didn't look back. Sometimes when I see the poor, I give them copper coins.
Later, when he got drunk at Haoliang Restaurant, there was the sound of a cloud crane playing the flute. Suddenly, he flew into the clouds, dropped his boots and belt, and left Ran Ran. His most famous tap dance song is: Tap Blue Cai He, what can the world look like? Beauty is a spring tree, and the shuttle is thrown into the fleeting time. The gangsters in ancient times never came back, but more and more come today. Ride couples to the blue sky, and watch Sang Tian give birth to Bai Bo at dusk. Changjing Minghui is in the air, and the gold and silver palace is high!
Han Xiangzi, the son of the Eight Immortals, is a handsome boy holding a flute. Han Xiangzi, whose real name is Han Xiang, is the nephew of Han Yu, a great writer and assistant minister of punishments in the Tang Dynasty. Han Xiang was a white crane in his previous life, which was inspired by Zhong Liquan and Lv Dongbin. He was reincarnated as the son of Han Hui in Changli County, whose real name was Xiangzi. He lost his father in his childhood and was raised by his uncle Han Yu. When he grew up, Zhong and Lu Erxian taught him the art of spiritual practice. Han Yu strongly opposed it and scolded him.
As a result, Han Xiangzi became a monk and lived in seclusion in Zhong Nanshan, and was listed as the Eight Immortals. Han Xiangzi changed his uncle Han Yu many times, but Han Yu didn't realize it many times. Later, Han Yu was banished to Chaoyang, passed through Languan and was buried in the snow. Xiangzi came to clear the way and point out the maze. Han Yu finally realized that he had become a fairy.
Cao Guojiu's image is wearing a gauze hat, a red robe and official clothes, and holding a yin and yang board (jade board), which is quite different from other immortals' costumes. Legend has it that he is the eldest brother of Emperor Cao of the Song Dynasty, and he is famous for his idleness. His talent is pure and good, his ambition is pure and empty, and he does not admire vanity or wealth.
Later, Cao Guojiu was deeply ashamed of his younger brother's coquetry and resistance to the law and murder, so he hid in the rocks, dressed in casual clothes and carefully thought about mysterious and profound truth. One day, he met two immortals, Zhong Liquan and Lv Dongbin. They asked, "I heard that you are cultivating. What are you raising? " A: "Monk." The immortal asked again, "Where is the Tao?" Cao Guojiu raised his hand and pointed to the sky. The second fairy asked again, "Where is the sky?" Cao Guojiu pointed to his heart. The second fairy smiled and said, "The heart is heaven, and heaven is the Tao. You have understood the true meaning of Tao. "
So I taught him the secret and enlightened him to join the immortal team. There is also a saying that when he became a monk, the emperor gave him a gold medal. Later, when he crossed the Yellow River, he didn't have a boat fare, so he used it as a mortgage. He happened to meet Lv Dongbin and travel with him, so he was named "Eight Immortals" because of his enlightenment.