Pang Tao (Flat Peaches) Eight Fairies Festival - a festival held on the 3d of the 3d lunar month in honor of the Goddess His wang mu

20.0 x 13.0cms, c30pp, accordion-fold album with hand-coloured illustrations & bilingual text (Chinese & English); original wooden boards with applied green character motif to upper cover; boards lightly worn with some marking & rubbing; internally moderate foxing & toning throughout, more pronounced to blank versos & outer leaves; colour plates bright. Structurally sound. Album depicting the Pang Tao (Peach Festival), celebrating the mythological gathering of immortals in honour of His Wang Mu, Queen Mother of the West. The work combines traditional Chinese imagery - immortals, celestial birds, & symbolic motifs - with English explanatory text.