This article is about one of the Eight Immortals, Zhang Guolao. Not to be confused with a god named Zhang Xian, with the second character meaning immortal.
In this Chinese name, the family name is Zhang.
Zhang Guolao 張果老
Zhang Lu's painting of Zhang Guolao, early 16th century
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese
張果老
Simplified Chinese
张果老
Literal meaning
Old Zhang Guo
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin
Zhāng Guǒlǎo
Wade–Giles
Chang Kuo-lao
Yue: Cantonese
Yale Romanization
Jēung Gwó Lóuh
Jyutping
Zoeng1 Gwo2 Lou5
Vietnamese name
Vietnamese
Trương Quả Lão
Japanese name
Kanji
張果
Zhang Guo Lao "decanting" his horse; Japanese painting, late 19th - early 20th century
Zhang Guo, better known as Zhang Guolao, is a Chinese mythological figure and one of the Eight Immortals in the Taoist pantheon. Among the Eight Immortals, Zhang Guolao, Zhongli Quan and Lü Yan were real historical figures.[contradictory] His existence is said to have begun around the middle or end of the 7th century, and ended approximately in the middle of the 8th. The epithet "Lao" added at the end of his name means "old".[1]
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playground for children. Apart from the sports facilities, there is also the Guolao Theater and juggling performances, dune buggy and ATV rides, as well as...
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