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Zhang Guolao Riding His Magical White Donkey Backwards and Folding It Like Paper

🐉 Chinese MythologyMount Heng, Shanxi, ChinaZhang Guolao • Emperor Xuanzong of Tang • Empress Wu Zetian

Zhang Guolao, one of the Eight Immortals, is a legendary figure renowned for his eccentricities and mastery of Taoist magic. He is most famous for riding a magical white donkey while facing backward, symbolizing a perspective that values the wisdom of the past over the rush of the future. When his journeys conclude, he utilizes a unique paper-folding magic to collapse his mount into a small...