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**张果老 Zhang Guolao ** 竹根雕 Bamboo root Carving 中国工艺美术大师梁丰助1989年作品 现收藏于中国衡阳南岳梁丰助工艺美术馆 高 40.5公分 宽15.5公分 Hight 40.5CM Width 15.5CM Zhang Guo, better known as Zhang Guolao, is a Chinese mythological figure and one of the Eight Immortals in the Taoist pantheon. Among the Eight Immortals, Zhang Guolao, Zhongli Quan and Lü Yan were real historical figures. His existence is said to have begun around the middle or end of the 7th century, and ended approximately in the middle of the 8th. The epithet "Lao" added at the end of his name means "old".[1]