Lan Caihe
Lan Caihe (Chinese: 藍采和; pinyin: Lán Cǎihé; Wade–Giles: Lan Ts'ai-ho) is a Chinese mythological figure and one of the Eight Immortals in the Taoist pantheon. His/her age and sex are not clearly defined. He/she is usually depicted as a boy or girl dressed in sexually ambiguous clothing and carrying a bamboo flower basket and/or a pair of bamboo castanets. Lan was said to have been in a drunken stupor when he/she left the human world by riding on a celestial swan or crane into Heaven. One legend says that he/she became an Immortal with the help of Sun Wukong, who transferred 500 years of magical powers to him/her.
Modern depictions
In the television show Jackie Chan Adventures, Lan was shown to be the Immortal who sealed away Dai Gui, The Earth Demon. and is portrayed as a man.
See also
Media related to
Lan Caihe (藍采和) at Wikimedia Commons
References
- Eberhard, Wolfram (1986). A Dictionary of Chinese Symbols: Hidden Symbols in Chinese Life and Thought. Routledge & Kegan Paul, London. ISBN 0-415-00228-1.
- Yetts, W. Perceval (1916). "The Eight Immortals". Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society (Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland).