A fly whisk is a tool often made of horsehair used to brush flies away and as a hand fan in hot tropical climates. Fly whisks were used by Buddhist and Taoist monkto whisk away annoying insects without hurting them and they are seen as a way of melting away ones problems and difficulties. One of the traditional symbols of Buddhist monastic hierarchy in China and Japan, it represents the act of sweeping away ignorance, mental blindness, and mental afflictions. Because it is the identifying symbol of the Taoist immortal Lu Dongbin, it is also Chinese symbol of longevity and a long life and his personal magical and auspicious object that allows him the power to fly to and walk on clouds and oceans.
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The Eight Immortals were Taoist Deities who achieved immortality using different paths, usually dwell in mountains and hills, are portrayed singly, in pairs or as a group and are common deities seen in Taoist temples. They are folk heroes and most were actual people to whom extraordinary powers were attributed. Both Buddhist bodhisattvas and Taoist sages…
This Chinese-Republic porcelain is the Taoist Deity Lu Dongbin, one of the Eight Immortals, holding his identifying symbol, a fly whisk. Fly whisks were used by Buddhists and Taoists to deflect insects without hurting them which was viewed as a way to allay ones problems and difficulties. Fly whisk (yun chou) means cloud sweeper, which…
During the Song dynasty, mold made unglazed earthenware brick tiles decorated the doors and walls of the government, private religious buildings as well as the doors and tomb walls of the rich used as funerary decorations (mingqi) to wish the deceased happiness and comfort in their afterlife. This thin brick presents two images. The figure…
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