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Legends of dolgozhitelyah
Habitats on the stars Big Bear goddess Dow mu ( «Mother Bucket») was responsible life and death. Dow th prayed, asking for protection from premature death and serious diseases. Her husband was Dow-fu ( «Batyushka bucket») and nine star-sons, appears in human guise. Two of them - Beydou and Nandou - regarded as […]
Liu Anh and Bagun
Hansky Prince Liu Anh was a grandson of Emperor Gao Di. In those days, all knyazhichi using noble origins and wealth, was revered for the cause of entertainment in the range of beauties, hunting with dogs and racing. Only Anh was restrained and modest, diligently studied science, combining it with the lessons in fortune […]
Legends of the other immortals
Certainly no less interesting stories, and about many other immortals are not members of the famous eight. Vantszy Tsyao was tsarevichem, heir to the throne. For many years he studied the art of magic from daosa Futsyu-Guna and once demonstrated their parents successes, flying above them on the white crane in the pre-designated day.
Tradition of joint actions of eight immortals
Besides individual traditions of each of the eight immortals in isolation, there are also stories and on their joint activities.
Once they were all invited to the mistress West Sea vanmu. Sam Lao Tzu agreed nadpisat roll Eight Immortals who have decided to give to the goddess.
Immortal Hae Syangu
Among the eight immortals belong to one woman - Hae Syangu ( «Immortal maiden Hae»).
The house of her father was at Slyudyanogo stream. When the girl was 14-15 years old, she saw a wonderful dream: it was a saint, who advised her to eat dusty mica and the Earth is not food, to prepare the […]
Immortal Lan Tsayhe
The group also owns eight immortals Lan Tsayhe - a kind daossky Simpleton. He wore torn blue dress, wide belt with six blyahami black wood, on one leg boots, and another - bosaya. He walked on the market, raspeval songs that compose himself improviziruya at the time of submission, and begged.
Lan Tsayhe said strange […]
Immortal Cao Gotszyu
Immortal Cao Gotszyu distinguished noble origin: he was the son of a first minister and brother of the empress. Court life, with its luxury and intrigues were alien to Cao Gotszyu, and he left to wander the world, hoping to meet daosskogo mentor and comprehend «pure emptiness» this exercise. At the farewell emperor presented […]
Immortal Han Xiang
Stories about immortal named Han Xiang narrate mostly on his own relationship with the uncle, whose name was Han Yu, thinker and writer. Han Yu was konfutsiantsem-rationalist, and did not believe any of the Buddhist, nor daosskie miracles. His nephew, Han Xiang is the complete opposite uncle: from the birth of the boy had […]
Immortal Lee Teguy
About Lee Tegua told that one day he met a trip across the sky in the society, the legendary founder of Taoist Lao Tzu. Going to the walk, Lee Teguay freed from his body, and entrusted it to his student, asking to burn his body if he did not return within seven days.
Immortal Lyuy Dunbin
Birth of the immortal Lyuy Dunbinya accompanied by heavenly signs: at the moment of conception to the bed of his mother descended from the sky for a moment the white crane. Through the period came to light a strong kid. The boy was extremely capable, not letam developed. Lyuy could remember on the day […]
Legend of the eight immortals
Legend of the immortals are not limited to the legend of the floating islands in the abyss Gui-Xu. Bessmertny often lived there, or at the time among ordinary people. Such immortal told wonderful stories, and even worship them as gods.
Among the immortals are several of the people who used a special love. This so-called […]
Floating Islands Immortals
In the eastern Gulf Bokhai at great distances from the coast was a bottomless abyss Guysyuy. It stekali waters of rivers, seas, oceans and even the Heavenly River (Milky Way). This gulf is not increased and not decreased. In the abyss Guysyuy, According to tradition, swim five sacred mountains, islands: Dayyuy, Yuantszyao, Fanchzhan, Inchzhou […]
Taoists and the search for immortality
Appearances on a variety of legends and traditions, Daoist concept of immortality has been uneven and is not confined to the uncertain long life in the usual sense of the word. We must believe that the souls of people who come Tao, achieved their independence from the body, while the power over him that […]