Mount Penglai

Mount Penglai
"The Immortal Island of Penglai", by Chinese artist Yuan Jiang (1708), held by Palace Museum
GenreChinese mythology
In-universe information
TypeLegendary island of immortals, Otherworld
CharactersThe Eight Immortals
Mount Penglai
"Penglai" in Traditional (top) and Simplified (bottom) Chinese characters
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese蓬萊仙島
Simplified Chinese蓬莱仙岛
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinPénglái xiāndǎo
Wade–GilesP'eng2-lai2 hsien1-tao3
IPA[pʰə̌ŋ.lǎɪ ɕjɛ́n.tàʊ]
Yue: Cantonese
Yale RomanizationPùhng Lòih Sīn Dóu
JyutpingPung4 Loi4 Sin1 Dou2
Japanese name
Kanji蓬莱
Transcriptions
RomanizationHōrai

Penglai (Chinese: 蓬萊仙島; lit. 'Penglai Immortal[1] Island') is a legendary land of Chinese mythology. It is known in Japanese mythology as Hōrai.[2]

  1. ^ The character literally refers to a Daoist holy person/immortal or a mythological being, but is often used to describe places which exhibit the qualities of these beings.
  2. ^ McCullough, Helen. Classical Japanese Prose, p. 570. Stanford Univ. Press, 1990. ISBN 0-8047-1960-8.

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