There are many stories about the Eight Immortals in folklore, and the stories of the “Eight Immortals Celebrating Longevity” and the “Eight Immortals Crossing the Sea” are more widely known. The story of “Eight Immortals Celebrating Longevity” often appears in folk crafts such as paintings, porcelain, sculptures and folk operas, and is loved by the public and is an essential theme for folk celebrations.
When the birthday of the Queen Mother of the West was approaching, the Eight Immortals discussed how to celebrate the birthday of the Queen Mother, and Zhang Guolao proposed to seek words from Tai Shang Laojun. The Eight Immortals then drove the auspicious clouds to the home of Tai Shang Lao Jun. After listening to the request of the Eight Immortals, Tai Shang Lao Jun was pleased to write a song in the key of “A Thousand Years”: The sun is warm in Kunlun, the scenery is good in Lang Yuan. The jade building drunk, the mysterious girl Fu Zhu Yan, suddenly felt the dawn of dark clouds, increase the delicate; people in also, the glory of the South Pole auspicious light around. The position of the old man than the East King, through ten thousand years and immortal, Yao Chi Terrace above the yin religion. The products of Juntian, praise the Qiankun since a long time; now the sea crane add chips, do not hesitate to pour the golden bottle. After the eight immortals finished reading, they praised more than one thing, so they bid farewell to Laojun and returned to their home in the clouds. The Eight Immortals made a birthday scroll by using the silk of the Heavenly Sun as the shaft, weaving the stars as words and cutting the clouds as colors, and measured the size of the Queen Mother’s house. On the birthday of the Queen Mother, the Eight Immortals went to celebrate the birthday of the Queen Mother in full costume, holding the birthday cloud scroll and riding on the auspicious clouds.
All the Buddhas, the Jade Emperor, the gods and the immortals in the sky came to celebrate the birthday, and the court was full of guests and a feast was held. Suddenly, the fairy boy came to report that “eight immortals came to celebrate the birthday.” The Queen Mother ordered the fairy boy to bring the eight immortals to the table. After the chitchat, the eight immortals presented the cloud scrolls for the birthday celebration. Wang Mu ordered to hang up the cloud scroll, and saw that the cloud was brilliant, full of glory, and the congratulatory words were meaningful. Moreover, the size of the cloud shaft was just right for the Queen Mother’s court. The Queen Mother was delighted and invited all the immortals to visit Lang Yuan. The garden was full of exotic flowers, exotic flowers, rare birds flying around the guests, spiritual beasts dancing and welcoming, red peaches and green birds singing together. Everywhere there is a foreign fragrance with the embrace, step by step with the fairy music from. Thousands of strange and different, it is difficult to describe. I also saw that the platform and the hall were twisted and bent, and reached nine levels. The sky of the infinite is seen from above, and the four directions are seen from below. It is a sight to behold. As the ancient poem says: the heavenly gods and immortals, the earthly prime minister’s house; there are fields of jade, no land not planted flowers.
The queen mother and set up a banquet above the Yao Chi, and the immortals to drink. In the feast there are cross pear fire dates, jade liquid jade syrup, caraway purple mushroom. Precious and delicious, there are all. During the banquet, Dong Shuangcheng blew the flute of Yunhe, Wang played the musical instrument of Bailang, Xu Feiqiong drummed the reed of Taixu, and An Faqi sang the song of Miaochu. The four of them sang and overlapped with each other, and it was really a wide music of Jun Tian and a long rhythm. The eight immortals listened to the music and were inspired by it. Lan Caihe went to the Queen Mother with a goblet to pay respect to her birthday. The Queen Mother said, “I have heard for a long time that you are good at singing, today is the right time for music, why don’t you try it for me?” Caihe said, “I am afraid that my songs are not compatible with the white snow.” The Queen Mother said, “Each has its own meaning, there is no need to be modest.” So Cai He came to the front of the court and danced in a coiled manner with his clothes fastened, with his hands holding a cloudy board and jumping wildly. When the dance was over, Cai He sang with a big step and said, “This is the end of the performance. The immortals laughed. The queen mother said, “There is no such performance as yours among my ministers.” The immortals elected Xiangzi to sing a song about Taoist love, and Xiangzi left the stage to blow a Xiao to cheer. The Queen Mother praised, “This song is a realistic fairy scene.” So she ordered An Faqi to write down the music.
A fairy boy with three thousand years a fruit of the peach came to the table, the queen mother ordered all immortals to eat two. The birthday banquet is completed, Zhang Guolao rate of immortals thanked the Queen Mother, floating to the Long Hua Fairy Conference and go.
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