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The eight tools of power used by Eight Legendary Chinese Immortals.

• 1. Li T’ieh Guai (Iron-crutch Li) used an iron crutch and a gourd (wu lou).
• 2. Chung-Li Chuan used a magical fan and sometimes a peach.
• 3. Lu Dong-Pin used a magic sword or a fly-whisk.
• 4. Lan T’sai Ho used a basket of flowers.
• 5. Chang Kuo-Lao used a bamboo walking stick and rode a mule.
• 6. He Hsien Ku used a magical lotus blossom and a fly-whisk.
• 7. Han Hsiang Tzu used a flute. 
• 8. Ts’ao Guao-chiu, used a jade tablet of admission to court, and sometimes a feather fan.

In Tây Ninh Temple, on both sides of the eighth level, those tools of power are displayed oppositely. It is believed that they have the power to expel evil.