Temple of the Eight Immortals (continuation)

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There were lots of Taoist monks about.

# 6: HAN HSANG-TZU     Scholar, poet and student of transcendant life.  He is said to have been able to make flowers grow before the eyes of the beholders.  He was a pupil of Lu Ting-pin, and was instructed by him to climb a peach tree, whereupon he fell from his branch and became immortal.  He is the patron saint of musicians, and his symbol is the flute, which he is usually represented as playing. #7: LAN TS'AI-HO     Sometimes dressed as a male and sometimes as a female.  A wandering minstrel, whose songs told about the unreality of this fleeting life and the delusiveness of earthly pleasures.  Always dressed in colorful robes, and wore only one shoe.  At the end of earthly life, Lan Ts'ai-ho disappeared into a cloud.  Lan Ts'ai-ho's symbol is a basket of flowers, and is the patron saint of florists.

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