This article is about one of the less famous set of Eight Immortals. For the most popular set of "Eight Immortals", see Eight Immortals, which also contains a list of other sets of Eight Immortals.
The Eight Immortals Indulged in Wine (酒中八仙 in pinyin: jiǔ zhōng bā xīan) are Tang Dynasty scholars who like to drink. They are not deified. The term is used by Du Fu in his poem. It is also used in the biography of Li Bo in New Tang Book (新唐書).
Chinese wines from southern China are mostly made of rice; those from northern China are mostly made of wheat and sorghum and are called Baijiu, which means white liquor.
This wine is made of sorghum and wheat by fermenting in a unique process for a long period in the cellar.
This wine evolved from the Shaoxing tradition of burying the wine underground when a daughter was born.
The EightImmortals (八仙 in pinyin: bā xiān; in Wade-Giles: pa hsien) are Chinese deities who are represented as a group and rarely individually.
The most significant of the writings is The EightImmortals Depart and Travel to the East (《八仙出處東游記》 bā xiān chī chù dōng yoú zì) by Wu Yuantai (吳元泰 wú yuán taì) in Ming Dynasty.
It is about the Immortals on their way to attend the Conference of the Magical Peach (蟠桃會 pán taó huì) and encountered an ocean.
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