worldhistoryfacts: Tomb relief from the Han Dynasty in China, early second century. At the far left
worldhistoryfacts: Tomb relief from the Han Dynasty in China, early second century. At the far left is Xiwangmu, the Queen Mother of the West, who ruled over the world of the immortals. She was said to rule over a paradise on the fictional Mount Kunlun, attended by female deities. She would, on occasion, serve her guests the “peaches of immortality” that would enable them to live forever.{WHF} {HTE} {Medium} -- source link