“Taoism and the Arts of China” is not only ... altar in a temple visited by Little in western China is of the Eight Immortals. Lu Dongbin stands among them, still central to Chinese life ...

One of the oldest of the Eight Immortals, who, like Lü Dongbin, appears in secular history books as well as Taoist legend, is said to have been a profoundly skilled alchemist and winemaker.

It is a place where mythology meets geology, where unusual rock formations form the backdrop for the legend of Han Zhongli becoming one of Taoism's Eight Immortals. The other seven were also said ...

A Han bronze incense burner with a conical openwork lid depicting a mountainous landscape is thus said to reflect the fascination of Emperor Wu (141 to 87 B.C.) with the Taoist Immortals and their ...

Below are the Eight Immortals, founding fathers of modern China who later emerged from the chaos of Mao Zedong's Cultural Revolution to orchestrate the opening of China to the world in 1978.