The story of He Xiangu, one of the eight immortals crossing the sea

One of the Eight Immortals of Taoism. There are many theories about his origins. Zhejiang, Anhui, Fujian and other places all have local He Xiangu. However, there are many legends that the daughter of the He family, when she met an immortal on the way, gave a fairy peach or a fairy date to eat, became an immortal, and did not know hunger. Able to predict good and bad, good at flying lightly. One said that he was a disciple of Lu Dongbin.

"The Strange Trail of the Immortal Buddha" said: He Xiangu is the daughter of He Tai in Zengcheng, Guangzhou. He had six hairs on the top of his head when he was born. When he was sixteen years old, he dreamed that an immortal taught him: "If you eat mica powder, you can lose weight and live forever." So she ate mica, swore not to marry, and often traveled to and from the valley, walking like a fly. Every morning, she went out and brought back some mountain fruits for her mother to eat in the evening. After gradually not eating grains, Wu Zetian sent an envoy to summon her to the palace, but suddenly disappeared on the way to Beijing. After that, the day is born. In the ninth year of Tang Tianbao, he appeared in the Magu altar, standing in the five clouds, and then appeared in the small stone building in Guangzhou. Song Zeng Minxing's "Duxing Magazine" recorded: "Di Qing passed through Yongzhou in his early years when he was fighting for Nannong, and heard that He Xiangu could predict good luck and evil, so he specially went to inquire about the results of the war, and He Xiangu said: "The public does not need to see the thief, the thief is defeated and leaves." At first, Di Qing did not believe it, and later the vanguard of the Song army fought with Nannong Zhigao's soldiers, but after a round, Zhigao was defeated and fled into Dali. He Xiangu often holds lotus flowers.