What kind of immortal is Zhang Guolao?

Zhang Guolao is one of the Eight Immortals of ancient Chinese myths and legends, and has a wide influence on Chinese folk.

Zhang Guolao (Zhang Guo), his surname is Zhang Mingguo, his name is Mr. Tongxuan, recruited by Wu Zetian and Xuanzong, and gave Xingzhou Wufeng Mountain (now Xingtai Zhangguo Lao Mountain).

According to the records of Wanli in the Ming Dynasty, the old man Zhang Guo, the word garden, Jiaocheng (Dongguan) Xiaonanxiang people also. Try to ride the white donkey to (Jiaocheng) Aso Mountain, take the iron cone finger stone as a hole, lead the donkey into Yan, and the donkey still exists in the rock today. He was a native of the Tang Dynasty (618-907), his real name was Zhang Guo, and because he was very old, people added one to his name"Old"words, showing respect for him.

According to legend, he has long been hidden in the west of the mountain. Travel between Jin (Yang) and Fen (Zhou). Tang Wu Zetian was hundreds of years old.

Then Heaven had sent an envoy to summon him, that is, he feigned death. Later generations saw him living in the mountains of Hengzhou. He often rode a white donkey upside down, traveling tens of thousands of miles a day.

When resting, the donkey is folded and hidden in a towel box. He was once summoned to Beijing by Tang Xuanzong, performed all kinds of spells, and was awarded the title of Doctor Yinqing Guanglu and Mr. Tongxuan. Later, on the grounds of "old age and sickness", he returned to Zhongtiao Mountain.

Because he often held a rap utensil made of bamboo in his hand, later generations regarded him as him"Taoism"The ancestor of (a traditional Chinese rap art) is said to have been invited by Tie Guan Li to be included in the Eight Immortals in Shilagmite Mountain during the Northern Song Dynasty.

Zhang Guolao was invited by Tie Guan Li at the gathering of immortals in the Song Dynasty and became an immortal on the stalagmite mountain.

According to records, Zhang Guo was a native of the Tang Dynasty, and his real name was Zhang Guo, because he was older, so people added an old character after his name when calling him to show respect for him.

According to legend, Zhang Guolao has been living in seclusion in Zhongtiao Mountain in Shanxi, during the Wu Zetian period of the Tang Dynasty, Zhang Guolao was already a hundred years old, Wu Zetian once summoned Zhang Guolao to see him, but Zhang Guolao pretended to be dead and avoided Wu Zetian's summons.

Later, someone saw Zhang Guolao living in the mountains of Hengzhou, he often rode a white donkey upside down, he could travel tens of thousands of miles a day, and when he was tired, he folded the donkey and put it in his box.

Zhang Guolao was once summoned by Tang Xuanzong to perform spells for Tang Xuanzong, and was awarded the title of Doctor Qingguanglu by Tang Xuanzong, and was given the name Mr. Tongxuan, and later he returned to the place of cultivation on the grounds that he was old and sick.

Legend has it that during the Northern Song Dynasty, Zhang Guolao was invited by Tie Guan Li when he participated in the Gathering of Immortals, and then became an immortal on the stalagmite mountain, and was included in the position of the Eight Immortals.

?Zhang Guolao is one of the Eight Immortals of ancient Chinese myths and legends, and has a wide influence among the people, and his prototype is a real historical figure.

Zhang Guo is a famous alchemist in the Tang Dynasty, his real name is Zhang Guo, because he is very old, everyone adds one to his name"Old"The word denotes a kind of respect.

There is no record of Zhang Guolao's life and deeds, but there are books such as "The Immortal Attainment of the Tao Elixir", "Dansha Jue" and "The True Secret of the Great God Dansha of Yudong". In the book, he recorded the geographical distribution of dansha and gave a detailed introduction to each region. In the line of alchemy, he advocated the cultivation of both inner and outer Dan, divided the inner Dan into three grades, and took the Nine Turns of the Great Dan as the upper grade, and put forward the theory of dual cultivation of life, which is considered to be the pioneer of the Song and Yuan Dynasty Inner Dan Studies.

Zhang Guolao claimed that he had existed in the time of Yao Shun and had lived for more than 3,000 years. Legend has it that he often rode around on a donkey and could travel thousands of miles in a day. At rest, the donkey is folded like paper.

Wu Zetian once sent someone to invite him, but he had no breath in front of the envoy, and his body was gradually rotting. The messenger could only go back to report that Zhang Guolao was dead, but a few days later, someone saw Zhang Guolao appear in the mountains on a donkey.

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Problem description: Zhang Guo in the Eight Immortals is always a ** person?

Analysis: Zhang Guo is always a native of Gansu.

In my country, "Eight Immortals Crossing the Sea, Each Showing Their Magical Powers" is a well-known mythological story known to women and children, but for whether there are really eight immortals in history, they are the best people, especially the "Zhang Guolao" who rides a donkey upside down is a ** person, many people know little, or don't know at all.

At that time, the famous writer Mr. Du Pengcheng's article "Walking Lingguan Gorge at Night" was famous all over the country, so that people understood the pride and hardship of the "Baocheng" railway builders, but few people knew that "Lingguan Gorge" was in **, what does this famous canyon have to do with Zhang Guolao, and even fewer people know.

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