In Chinese mythology and the Taoism religion, I have a feminine image, which in this culture associates me with yin energy. I am located in my palace between a tiger and a dragon; yin and yang that represent my transcendence of these two energies. To my left the hare hold my candelabra and a humorous toad dances in front of me. Now you may be asking yourself what does any of this have to do with the Toad and the Hare well, the significance of the hare is: "Rabbits and hares are obviously excellent fertility symbols (the frogs and toads are also highly fertile as anyone who has collected frogspawn would know)"
The next cultural reference is the writings on the Zhuangzi and possibly mentioned in the oracle bone inscriptions (1500 B.C). Since, I am the only one who knows my beginning and my end, I am said to dwell in the never-never land of the far west. In some writings I am described to be in hybrid form dwelling at the Kunlun summit with other immortals and hybrids.
The last cultural reference I am going to display is the scroll painting of me from which is located at the British museum. This picture depicts me carrying precious immortal peaches. The location of me in this painting is my enchanted garden. This is also depicting me as a character of beauty and grace.
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