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Xiwangmu's Peaches of Immortality, Japanese painting by Kumashiro Yūhi, circa 1750
Chinese - Ceramic teapot in the form of two peaches - a symbol of immortality (or a wish for long life). Yixing- [I-hsing]-ware, with blue-brown glazing

In Chinese mythology, Peaches of Immortality[1] (Chinese: 仙桃; pinyin: xiāntáo; Cantonese Yale: sīn tòuh or Chinese: 蟠桃; pinyin: pántáo; Cantonese Yale: pùhn tòuh) are consumed by the immortals due to their mystic virtue of conferring longevity on all who eat them. Peaches symbolizing immortality (or the wish for a long and healthy life) are a common symbol in Chinese art, appearing in depictions or descriptions in a number of fables, paintings, and other forms of art, often in association with thematically similar iconography, such as certain deities or immortals or other symbols of longevity, such as deer or cranes.

  1. ^ also translated as the Immortal Peaches and Magical Peaches

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