SUBHK Posted December 30, 2012 Hi, New to this forum and have a question I hope you can help me out with . Could you help me to identify who are displayed on the picture below? And if possible maybe give a short account on the story displayed? Thanks so much in advance! Top left: 西王母 [Xi Wangmu] with assistants and dancers? Middle left: 北斗 [bei Dou] and 南斗 [Nan Dou] with in the middle 麻姑 [Magu] Bottom left: 福禄寿 [Fu, Lu en Shou] and 和合二仙 [Hehe erxian] Top right: 斗母 [Dou Mu] Underneath the 7 sisters (from Chinese valentine) Group of 4 with 雷公 [Lei Gong] and 電母 [Dian Mu] and 2 unknown 關帝 [Guan Di] and 鍾馗 [Zhong Kui] Group of 5 is unknown to us 財神 [Cai Shen] sitting on a tiger 老子 [Lao Zi] sitting on a buffalo 龍王 [Long Wang] with the shrimp soldier and crab general Under the 7 sisters: 四大天王 [si Da Tianwang] Sitting on the dragon 井神 [Jing Shen]? In the centre: 嫦娥 [Chang'e] In the top centre: 二郎神 [Er Lang Shen] and 嫘祖 [Leizu] Bottom middle: 玄武 [Xuan Wu] / 八仙 [baxian] / 觀音 [Guan Yin] The 2 people on the balcony under the tree are unknown to me https://fbcdn-sphotos-a-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-prn1/63636_10200380091689296_793826563_n.jpg Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ChiDragon Posted December 30, 2012 (edited) Subhk....... Welcome. Would you kindly move this to the 道家学说 section....??? Then we can go from there. Thanks..!!! Edited December 30, 2012 by ChiDragon Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ChiDragon Posted December 30, 2012 The 2 people on the balcony under the tree are unknown to me I believe they are the two famous poets from the Tang dynasty, 李白(Li Po) and 杜甫(Du Fu). Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SUBHK Posted December 31, 2012 Hi ChiDragon, Thanks for your reply! Didn't know how to move a topic so opened a new one topic in the section you mentioned. So please reply in http://thetaobums.com/topic/26056-help-with-identification/ for further discussion, thanks! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
