At the mention of "gourd," the first figure to pop into many Chinese minds is that of Li Tieh-kuai, or "Iron-Staff" Li, one of the Eight Immortals, who characteristically is pictured with a calabash tied to his belt, filled, no doubt, with some magic potion.
「八仙」之一的李鐵拐，腰間所繫的就是一隻壺蘆，常人雖不知裡頭裝些什麼寶物，不過，無疑是一種「仙器」。