1. The Eight Immortals are the eight gods widely circulated in Chinese folklore. The names of the Eight Immortals: Tieguai Li (Li Xuan), Han Zhongli (Zhongli Quan), Zhang Guolao (Zhang Guo), Lu Dongbin (Lv Yan), He Xiangu (He Qiong), Lan Caihe (Xu Jian), Han Xiangzi , Uncle Cao Guo (Cao Jingxiu).
2. The Eight Immortals are different from many Taoist immortals. They all come from the human world, and they all have colorful mortal stories before they attained Taoism. They are different from the sacred and solemn images of ordinary immortals. They are completely different, so they are loved by the people. Among them are generals, relatives of the emperor, beggars, Taoist priests, etc. They are not born to be immortals, and they all have some shortcomings, such as Han Zhongli's bare breasts, Lu Dongbin's frivolous personality, and Tieguai Li's drunkenness. Adulthood and so on. The Eight Immortals also represent men, women, old and young, rich and poor. For this reason, Taoist temples generally have places to worship the Eight Immortals, or have independent Eight Immortals palaces, and the Eight Immortals also appear in temple fairs. The Eight Immortals also often appear in New Year paintings, embroidery, porcelain, lanterns and dramas. It is said that the Eight Immortals will regularly go to the Queen Mother of the West to celebrate birthdays, so the "Eight Immortals Birthday" has also become a common birthday theme in folk art. When folk operas are performed to honor the gods, so-called "Eight Immortals Opera" such as "Drunk Eight Immortals" or "Eight Immortals Celebrate Birthday" are often performed.