Immortals
Early representation of immortals as winged beings walking on clouds and holding a zhi ("numinous mushroom") in their hands. Source: Nanyang Wenwu yanjiusuo (Nanyang Institute for Cultural Heritage), ed., Nanyang Handai huaxiangbei (Han-dynasty stone reliefs from Nanyang, Hunan), fig. 171 (Beijing: Wenwu chubanshe, 1990).