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This eleven meters in
length, five meters in width and four meters high bronze statue of the 'Eight
Immortals Crossing the Ocean'
from Chinese mythology stands in
Anek Kuson Sala in
Chonburi.
It is probably the
largest of its kind in the world and weighs about 1,000 kilos. From left to
right the immortals are
Tsao Kuo-chiu (fig.),
Ho Hsien-ku
(fig.),
Chang Kuo Lao (fig.),
Chung-li Chuan (fig.),
Lu Tong-pin (fig.),
Han Hsiang Tzu (fig.),
Li Tieh-kuai
(fig.)
and
Lan Tsai-ho
(fig.).
Most of the immortals have been introduced into Japanese mythology, where
they received Japanese names and are collectively known as the
Seven Gods of Fortune (fig.).
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