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Elder Chang Kuo, Master Comprehension-of-Profundity, was a Taoist alchemist. One of the Eight Immortals, he lived during the Tang Dynasty in the Heng Prefecture on Mount Tiáo. Legends about Chang Kuo indicate that during the reign of Emperor Hsüan Tsung of the Tang Dynasty in 735 ACE, he was called to Luoyang in Henan where he was granted the honourable title of Very Perspicacious Teacher and elected Chief of the Imperial Academy. Chang Kuo journeyed more than one thousand li everyday around the environs between the Chin Territories and the River Fen. A Taoist breath regulation master, he devised his own method of Kung Fu, which included back flip kicks and shoulder extension ground touching backbends. Primarily a Taoist Bodhisattva, over the centuries, Chang Kuo has also spent many years in Buddhist contemplation in caves, earning him the appellation of White Spiritual Bat. The Longmen Grottoes in particular were a favorite meditation site for him. Chang Kuo also specialized in making wines from herbs and shrubs that had curative and healing qualities for himself and the other Immortals. He asserted that he was already several hundred years old during the reign of Empress Wu; and, that he had been Emperor Yao's Grand Minister. Working with his alchemical knowledge and herbal wisdom, he hoped and continues to hope to one day be able to bestow the gift of longevity upon the peoples of China.
Chang Kuo will be working with Hierarch Lan Caihe,
a Hierarch of the Fifth Ray of Rainbow Healing. One of the Eight Immortals, she
was a Taoist Boddhisattva with mastery of all aspects of yin and yang who has
extensive knowledge of the five elements and the curative healing properties of
flowering shrubs.
The Sacred Site focal point of Hierarch Change Kuo and the Seventh Ray of Mythos Transformation is the Longmen Grottoes (Longmen Caves), which are located about twelve kilometers south of Luoyang in Henan Province, China. One of the most renown of the ancient sculptural sites in China, the Longmen Grottoes (which primarily portrayed Buddhist themes), were thickly clustered for about one kilometer along two mountains, Longmenshan to the West and Xiangshan to the East. Constructed on the caves started around 493 ACE with thirty percent of them dating from the Northern Wei Dynasty and sixty percent of them from the Tang Dynasty. Overall the Longmen Grottoes were comprised of around 2,345 caves and niches with 100,000 Buddhist images and 2,800 inscriptions. There were also 43 pagodas.
An UNESCO World Heritage Sites since November 2000, the
area around Longmen Caves used to be called Yique, The Gate of the Yi
River since the Yi River flowed northwards between Xiangshan and
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