Lan Caihe

[Illustration: A woodcut print of the Daoist immortal Lan Caihe. The figure is shown with a youthful, eccentric appearance, wearing tattered robes with one foot bare and the other wearing a boot. They carry a set of wooden clappers (castanets) slung over one shoulder. In the background, a flowering branch grows from a craggy garden rock.]

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"Your family is facing a great calamity. You should make crimson pouches crimson pouches: Small bags made of red cloth; the color red is traditionally associated with protection, vitality, and the power to ward off evil spirits. and fill them with cornelian cherries cornelian cherries: Known as zhuyu, these are the berries of the medicinal dogwood tree. In ancient folklore, their strong fragrance was believed to repel malevolent spirits and prevent illness. to be tied to your arms, then climb a high mountain and drink chrysanthemum wine original: 菊花酒 (juhuajiu). A traditional drink made from fermented grain and chrysanthemum petals, consumed to promote longevity and expel "heat" or toxins from the body.."

"The disaster can thus be dispelled." [Huan] Jing Huan Jing was the mortal disciple of the miracle-worker Fei Changfang. This story is the widely recognized origin of the Double Ninth Festival (Chongyang Festival), celebrated on the ninth day of the ninth lunar month. followed these instructions and took his entire family to climb the mountain. When they returned that evening, they found that their oxen, sheep, chickens, and dogs had all died sudden, violent deaths In traditional belief, the animals acted as spiritual substitutes, dying in place of the family to satisfy the omen of calamity..