Can somebody quickly check if it is correct? Please please The conception of immortality, understood as living for a long time or as life after life, has long been a matter of humans interests. The belief in existence after death is an universal truth, which is natural for human brain, because of the fact, that people can’t acknowledge that life simply ends at some point and there is nothing further. Due to the strong belief in immortality, it has become a literary motif, often used by artists from all over the world. Furthermore, the cultures of many nations have developed a great amount of symbols that are related to longevity. One of such symbols are peaches in Chinese culture and apples in Western culture. Symbols are one of the main elements that create the culture of a given nation. The term “symbol” comes from the ancient Greek word symbolon, which originally meant a small object that, split in half, was a hallmark for two people who were in some way connected with each other. The subject of this essay is therefore to find and show both symbols in literature of both cultures mentioned and compare them. The first part of the paper describes the concept of immortality in Chinese and Western culture. The author analyses Chinese approach to longevity, ways to achieve it and its history. Then, there are presented three main concepts of immortality in the Western culture section: the ancient Egyptian and Greek thought and the Christian faith. The second chapter is about the symbolism of peach as a motif in Chinese mythology and literature. The last chapter presents the apple as a symbol immortality which appears in Bible and in Celtic, Norse and Greek mythology.