Eight Immortals Story of Zhang Guolao

Recently, the company organized a trip to Yantai Penglai.

When I came back, the company bought souvenirs, one of which was a small picture book of eight immortals.

That little picture book is a set, and each of the eight immortals has a story of their own.

Each person can choose a copy from a set.

I got Zhang Guolao.

Zhang Guolao, in my impression, is associated with a creature and a bridge.

Creatures are donkeys. Zhang Guo rode a donkey upside down, which is found in many Chinese paintings. An old fairy with white hair, fluttering hair, sat on a donkey, but looked back, sometimes holding a flute and playing there.

Zhang Guolao's donkey can know the road by himself, or Zhang Guolao, due to his high mana, can see and avoid in time behind the situation of steep slopes /other donkeys/trucks/deep ditches/mountain streams in front of him, 360-degree navigation system, praise one, high-end spells!

The bridge is the Zhaozhou Bridge. It is said that there are also donkey footprints on the bridge, which are the traces left by Zhang Guolao's illegal crossing of the bridge while the cement of the bridge has not yet dried.

Later, a poem was left behind:

Sui people choose to build a stone rainbow bridge, which is famous in the world for many years. Where the fairy rode the donkey, the footprints are still obvious.

Simply put, it is that the search for someone has not been found, and the ticket cannot be opened!

Zhang Guolao, this name can actually reveal a lot of information. Of course, there may be many people around us named Zhang Guoliang.

But Zhang Guolao's name does have a lot to do with himself.

First of all, Zhang is a surname, which does not need to be elaborated.

Then there is the word "fruit". Zhang Guolao's chengxian is related to ginseng fruit, and the following are two related legends.

A legend is that Zhang Guolao was originally a courier who drove a donkey to deliver goods. Later, in the process of delivering a courier, I passed by a temple, and as a result, I ate ginseng fruit porridge cooked by unknown people, and I had to become a fairy. But still stress again, do not eat food indiscriminately, otherwise it is really easy to "become immortal".

Another legend is that Zhang Guolao was originally a young monk who carried water in the temple every day. As a result, one day, the water in the water tank magically dried up overnight. Then Elder Zhang Guo and his master ambushed near the water tank at night to see who was a water thief. In the middle of the night, I saw two small dolls with light PP coming in, reaching into the water tank, and the water in the two water tanks was drunk. After dawn, the two masters and apprentices looked around the temple and found 2 large ginseng fruits. The two of them boiled soup and drank it, letting Zhang Guolao watch by himself. As a result, the aroma of the soup became more and more intense, too fragrant, Zhang Guolao ate the ginseng fruit himself, and then gave the soup to a donkey outside the door, rode on the donkey and ran, afraid that the master would beat him. When running, the running master chased after him, and he had to observe the situation at any time, so he could only ride backwards.

Behind this legend is good, explain two things at a time, perfect!

Finally, there is this "old" word - Zhang Guo's old "old". In fact, Zhang Guolao is really old. It is said that Zhang Guolao was a person of the Yao era, that is, the Yao of the era of "Yao Shunyu", the prehistoric era. Then Zhang Guolao is said to have appeared in the tang Xuanzong era, at that time there were about 3,000 years old, it seems that this ginseng fruit is not eaten in vain, immortal!

Elder Zhang Guo and Tang Xuanzong were quite lucky. When Tang Xuanzong heard that there was such an immortal as Elder Zhang Guo, he wanted to meet him, so he sent someone to ask to see Elder Zhang Guo.

The messenger actually found Zhang Guolao. As a result, within a short time of being found, Zhang Guolao died, and a day later, the body was still decomposing.

In fact, Zhang Guolao is not dead, just a blindfold.

However, Elder Zhang Guo, you hid well, and then came out to wander around, letting Tang Xuanzong know again, so he sent someone to invite him again.

Zhang Guolao was really easy to find, and he found it again. This messenger saw that Zhang Guolao was a bad old man, with white hair and a dry and thin head, and he looked down on him a little. As soon as Elder Zhang Guo saw it, he was about to lie down and touch the porcelain again, and the messenger was also a clever person, so he quickly apologized, which invited Elder Zhang Guo to Tang Xuanzong.

Elder Zhang Guo came to Tang Xuanzong, and Tang Xuanzong couldn't help but say 2 words:

"That's it."

Does it mean that the immortal wind dao bone, the spirit is flying? How could such a little old man be invited, thinking that the messenger was fooling him, and wanted to kill the messenger?

Elder Zhang Guo remembered the messenger's good wine and good dishes, and in the blink of an eye, "black sideburns and bright teeth, better than prime-age", let Tang Xuanzong be stunned, Fang Zhi met the real immortals, not a bad old man.

Later, Tang Xuanzong also wanted to try Zhang Guolao, so he let Zhang Guolao drink poisonous wine. As a result, after Zhang Guolao drank it, his teeth turned black, and then Zhang Guolao knocked out his teeth, and after a while, it was still a mouthful of dazzling white teeth.

Tang Xuanzong was convinced of Zhang Guolao and planned to make Zhang Guolao his brother-in-law and marry his sister Princess Yuzhen to Zhang Guolao.

Zhang Guo listened to it and thought in his heart, the spell belongs to the spell, so a young and beautiful big beauty, how can I, an old man, be able to withstand it, this is not OK!

He resolutely resigned from such a family affair,

He also paid a song: Marry a woman to get a princess, and raise the land to the gongfu. People think it's gratifying, I think it's awesome.

Speaking out the shrewdness of an honest man.

Soon after, Elder Zhang Guo resigned to Tang Xuanzong, and perhaps he also refused to erase his face.

Tang Xuanzong also gave Zhang Guolao a lot of money and goods, and the two of them said goodbye, thus achieving a friendly legend of kings and immortals.

Finally, let's talk about Zhang Guo's old donkey.

As you can imagine, you have a paper paste car, and when you're not in use, you can fold it up and put it in your pocket. When you use it, take the car out, blow a breath, the car will automatically become larger, and travel thousands of miles a day, no need to refuel. Automatic navigation, amphibious use, not afraid of scratching.

Zhang Guo's old donkey is such a "car", which is really magical.

Finally, I would like to conclude today with a poem:

How many people in the world,

Nothing like this old man;

Not riding a donkey upside down,

Everything looks back.