Their mischievous likeness can also often be seen on the pillars and roofs of temples. Worshipped by Confucians, Buddhists and Taoists: The Eight Immortals occupy an important place in folk culture and their story can be found as early as the stories of the T'ang and Sung dynasties. They were used even more so as a subject of the Yuan dramas.
八仙在通俗文化中佔有重要地位，他們的故事早在唐、宋小說中已見記載，元代雜劇更常以八仙為題材，如：「眾天仙慶賀長生會」、「呂洞賓三醉岳陽樓」… … 等。