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Hi,

 

New to this forum and have a question I hope you can help me out with :).

 

Could you help me to identify who are displayed on the picture below? And if possible maybe give a short account on the story displayed?

Thanks so much in advance!

 

Top left: 西王母 [Xi Wangmu] with assistants and dancers?

 

Middle left: 北斗 [bei Dou] and 南斗 [Nan Dou] with in the middle 麻姑 [Magu]

 

Bottom left: 福禄寿 [Fu, Lu en Shou] and 和合二仙 [Hehe erxian]

 

Top right: 斗母 [Dou Mu]

 

Underneath the 7 sisters (from Chinese valentine)

 

Group of 4 with 雷公 [Lei Gong] and 電母 [Dian Mu] and 2 unknown

 

關帝 [Guan Di] and 鍾馗 [Zhong Kui]

 

Group of 5 is unknown to us

 

財神 [Cai Shen] sitting on a tiger

 

老子 [Lao Zi] sitting on a buffalo

 

龍王 [Long Wang] with the shrimp soldier and crab general

 

Under the 7 sisters: 四大天王 [si Da Tianwang]

 

Sitting on the dragon 井神 [Jing Shen]?

 

In the centre: 嫦娥 [Chang'e]

 

In the top centre: 二郎神 [Er Lang Shen] and 嫘祖 [Leizu]

 

Bottom middle: 玄武 [Xuan Wu] / 八仙 [baxian] / 觀音 [Guan Yin]

 

The 2 people on the balcony under the tree are unknown to me

 

 

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The 2 people on the balcony under the tree are unknown to me

 

I believe they are the two famous poets from the Tang dynasty, 李白(Li Po) and 杜甫(Du Fu).

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