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The '''Eight Deities who are represented as a group and rarely individually. Each Immortal's power can be transferred to a tool of power (法器) that can give life or destroy evil. Together, these eight tools are called "Covert Eight Immortals" (暗八仙 àn ~). Most of them are said to have been born in Tang Dynasty or Song Dynasty . Not only are they worshipped by the Daoist s, but they are a popular element in the secular Chinese Culture . They live on Penglai Mountain-Island . The Immortals are:
For their names in Chinese Character s and Wade-Giles , see the individual pages in the list above. In literature before the 1970s , they were sometimes translated as the Eight Genii . First described in the Yuan Dynasty , they were probably named after the Eight Immortal Scholars Of The Han . IN LITERATURE The Immortals are the subject of many artistic creations, like Painting s and Sculpture s. Examples of Writing s about them include:
WORSHIP Established in Song Dynasty , the Xi'an temple Eight Immortals Palace (八仙宮), formerly Eight Immortals Nunnery (八仙庵), where statues of the Immortals can be found in the Hall of Eight Immortals (八仙殿). In Mu-cha (木柵 mù zhà), Taipei County , Taiwan , there is a temple called South Palace (南宮), nicknamed Eight Immortal Temple (八仙廟 ~ miào). OTHER SETS OF EIGHT IMMORTALS
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