Eight Immortals (disambiguation)

Eight Immortals (disambiguation)

The Eight Immortals are ancient revered figures of Daoism.

Eight Immortals can also refer to:

People

*Eight Immortals of Huainan, also known as the Eight Gentlemen, eight scholars of the Western Han Dynasty
*Eight Immortals from Sichuan, known since the Jin Dynasty
*Eight Immortals of the Wine Cup, eight Tang dynasty scholars known for their love of alcohol
*Eight Elders of the Chinese Communist Party in the late 1980s and early 1990s

Places

*Mountains of the Eight Immortals, the eight peaks of Pat Sin Leng, in the northeast New Territories of Hong Kong
*Eight Immortals Mountain, Pa-hsien Mountain, in central Taiwan

Movies

*"Eight Immortals" (film), a 1971 Taiwanese/Hong Kong fantasy film


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