藍采和
Lan Cai He

藍采和是唐朝人，在今安徽省鳳陽縣臨淮關鎮得道成仙。他其實是個有點才氣的流浪漢，他的事迹在《續仙傳》、《南唐書》、《確潛類書》等書中均有記載。

據南唐‧沈汾《續仙傳》云：「藍采和，不知何許人也。常衣破藍衫，六黑木腰帶，闊三寸餘。一腳着靴，一腳跣行。夏則衫內加絮，冬則臥於雪中，氣出如蒸。每行歌於城市乞索，持大拍板長三尺餘，帶醉踏歌，老少皆隨看之。機捷諧謔，人問應聲答之，笑皆絕倒，似狂非狂，行則振靴。⋯⋯歌辭極多，率皆仙意，人莫之測。但以錢與之，以長繩穿，拖地行，或散失亦不回顧。或見貧人即與之，或與酒家。周遊天下。人有為兒童時至，及斑白見之，顏狀如故。後踏歌於濠梁，酒樓乘醉，有雲鶴笙簫聲。忽然輕舉於雲中，擲下靴衫腰帶板拍，冉冉而去。」

The Immortal Hermaphrodite
Lan Cai is said to have wandered the streets as a beggar while singing a song about the brevity of mortal life. Her/his attribute is a basket of flowers associated with longevity, which she/he carries to remind viewers of the transience of life and with which she/he can communicate with gods.
She/he is variously portrayed as a youth, an aged man, or a girl; in modern pictures generally as a young boy.
She/he is represented by wearing a tattered blue gown and only one shoe.
Lan Cai is the patron deity of florists.