太上老君

Taishang Laojun Wallpaper

This wallpaper depicts Taishang Laojun (太上老君), one of the most beloved figures in Chinese mythology. The composition follows the traditional iconography recorded in classical texts and centuries of temple murals, water-land ritual paintings and New-Year prints — not an invented modern design.

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The deified Laozi of 《道德经》 (Tao Te Ching) tradition, revered as the Daoist Three Pure Ones' 道德天尊 (Heavenly Worthy of the Dao and Its Virtue). Daoist canon and temple statuary give him the now-familiar form: flowing white hair and beard, lotus daoist crown, bagua-trigram robe, palm-leaf fan, with the green ox and elixir furnace recalling the legend of his departure west through the Hangu Pass.