Maggie presents the mushroom wine to celebrate the longevity of the Queen Mother of the West.
Release date:
2023-06-18
According to Ge Hong’s “Records of the Immortals,” Ma Gu cultivated the Dao on Mount Gouyu in Mouzhou, possessing exquisite beauty; after attaining immortality, she dwelled on the immortal isle of Penglai. On the third day of the third lunar month, the Queen Mother’s birthday, Ma Gu brewed Lingzhi wine by the banks of the Jiangzhu River and presented it as a gift to honor her longevity.
Later, this motif came to be widely depicted by the people as a celebration of longevity. In the “Magu Presenting Longevity” painting, the immortal maiden Magu holds a cup of lingzhi wine, the God of Longevity raises his cup, a young immortal boy lifts a peach of longevity high, and a crane carries a sprig of lingzhi in its beak—symbols of auspiciousness and fulfillment, and of both fortune and long life.
Illustrations: “Ma Gu Presenting Longevity”; accompanying items: bookmarks, New Year prints, wood carvings, porcelain, illustrations, and more.
Although the Yellow Emperor and the Flame Emperor are separated from us by more than five thousand years, with a gap of a millennium between them, it seems to be Heaven’s design that “Yanhuang” always appear together. As for lingzhi, the Flame Emperor and the Yellow Emperor each received distinct tasks from their respective teachers: “Chisong dwelt on Kunlun and once taught Shennong the method of consuming lingzhi; meanwhile, Guangcheng resided atop Kongtong and likewise imparted this knowledge to Xuanyuan. According to the Water Classic, Mount Jucu is said to be the place where Xuanyuan received the diagram of lingzhi—thus, the lingzhi diagram is believed to have originated there.”
It is precisely thanks to the impetus and efforts of Yanhuang that lingzhi has descended from the lofty realm of the immortals to the mortal world.
Illustration: Volume 87 of the “Imperial-Commissioned Compendium of a Wide Array of Flowers, Compiled at the Peiwen Studio”
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