Brief introduction of Taoist immortal paintings

Taoist Fairy Paintings Collection is a collection of Taoist Fairy Paintings compiled by the Chinese Taoist Association. This atlas * * * contains 160 silk paintings of immortals in past dynasties, mainly in the Ming and Qing dynasties, and is classified according to the lineage of immortals. The pictures of immortals involved are: Jade Qing Yuanshi Tianzun, Shangqing Lingbao Tianzun, Taiqing Moral Tianzun, Jade Emperor, Western Queen Mother, Yusi, Three Officials, Five Old Tianzun, Thirty-two Heavenly Gods, Gods Worship, Gods Discipline, Taiyi Salvation Tianzun, Antarctic Fairy Weng, Zhenwu Emperor, Supreme Discipline, Shen Xiaochen Nine Gods, and Qun Zhong. The messenger of Qingyang Datura, Marshal Wind Wheel, Marshal Hunkong, Sixty Chen Yuan, Prince Taiyin Star, Nine Days Yingyuan Leipu Buddha and Heavenly Admiral, Buller Heavenly Admiral, Wang Lingguan, Four Grand Marshal, Eight Grand Marshal, Four Valued Gongcao, Fairy Map, Sanmao Zhenjun, Four Heavenly Masters, Guan Jun, Pure Yang Dijun, Real Taoist Zun Changchun and Magu Birthday Festival. The picture is accompanied by a brief introduction in Chinese and English. The collected Taoist immortals' pictures are rich in connotation, combining the teachings of respecting Taoism and morality, being extraordinary and free from vulgarity, being at ease and being dependent on form and spirit. Moreover, they are meticulous, with clear and delicate lines, bright colors, vivid immortals and different expressions, which show the personality and inner spirit of different characters. The fairy paintings of various schools are well-organized, complicated and orderly, and the individual and the whole are very harmonious. It is an excellent Taoist immortal painting.

Taoist immortal paintings (Beijing: Huaxia Publishing House, 1995).