The Ten Signs of Long Life (Shipjangsaeng)

The Ten Signs of Long Life are found in the Land of the Immortals associated with the Daoist immortality cult that developed in China during the Han dynasty. Because of their magical potency, the emblems of long life were immensely popular in all strata of Joseon-dynasty Korean society. The ten symbols usually included in Shipjangsaeng imagery are deer, water, rocks, cranes, tortoises, pines, bamboo, the sun and pulloch'o, the fungus of immortality.