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Immortal Showing the Way

The wonderful scenery of Huangshan Mountain has attracted many visitors. Among them were said to be immortals, like the Yellow Emperor, the Dragon King and even the Eight Immortals. The story goes that once on the day of the annual gathering of the Eight Immortals (八仙), seven of them arrived on time, while Han Xiangzi (韩湘子) was late. Zhang Guolao (张果老) guessed that Han Xiangzi must have been fascinated by the scenery of Huangshan Mountain on his way. Then Zhang Guolao flew into the sky to look for Han Xiangzi. Just as Zhang expected, Han was sightseeing on Huangshan Mountain. He was enjoying himself so much that he forgot the gathering. Zhang tried every possible way to persuade Han to leave. Han, however, was reluctant to go, and turned a stone into a replica of himself, in case he forgot the way to Huangshan Mountain the next time. The stone therefore was named Immortal Showing the Way (仙人指路). Zhang, for fear that Han would slip away again, rode backwards on his donkey to keep Han in sight and also to keep seeing the mountain.

Where is the site of Immortal Showing the Way? It is on the way from Yungu Temple to Baierling. If you take Yungu Cable Car to Beihai, you can walk to Beierling and walk around 800m downhill to get to view the Immortal.  

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