Han Xiangzi, courtesy name Qingfu[1] or Beizhu,[2] is a Chinese mythological figure and one of the Eight Immortals in the Taoist pantheon.

Han Xiangzi is often depicted carrying a dizi (Chinese flute), so he is also regarded as the patron deity of flutists.

Emperor Xianzong was furious and wanted to execute Han Yu, but eventually pardoned him, demoted him, and sent him out of Chang'an to serve as the Prefect of Chao Prefecture (潮州; present-day Chaozhou, Guangdong).

Han Xiang served as a da li cheng (大理丞), an official in the Ministry of Justice, under the Tang government.

[2] In the miscellany Miscellaneous Morsels from Youyang, Han Yu had an unnamed grandnephew who lived in the Huai River region.

However, Han Xiangzi never impregnated his wife, and several years later he ran away from home to join Lü Dongbin and Zhongli Quan.

After several failed attempts to break Han Yu’s Confucian obstinacy, Xiangzi finally delivered him after saving his uncle’s life from a snowstorm at Languan (Blue Pass).

Snow is piled on Languan (Blue Pass), and my horse will not push on Many years later Emperor Xianzong of Tang was offended by Han Yu's criticism of Buddhism.

On his way to Chaozhou, Han Yu's journey was blocked due to heavy snowfall on Languan (Blue Pass).

The love story between Han Xiangzi and Dragon Girl (Longnu) is a famous folktale in China [9] and has been adapted to many television series as well as opera.

The old lady then took a magical golden bamboo (or Azure Deep Sea jade in another version [10]) from her bag and handed it over to Xiangzi.