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Ba xian - The Eight Immortals

The Eight Immortals is a group of legendary, semi-historical Daoist figures important in both religious Daoism and popular religion, said to have obtained immortality through the elixir of life produced by alchemy or by the eating of magic fruits.

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Eight Daoist Emblems and
Hundred Antiques

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