Mount Penglai

   Penglai (Chinese: 蓬萊仙島; literally: "Penglai Immortal^[1] Island") is a place Chinese mythology. In Japanese mythology it is called Hōrai.^[2]

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 Pinyin Pénglái xiāndǎo Wade–Giles P'eng2-lai2 hsien1-tao3 IPA [pʰə̌ŋ.lǎi ɕjɛ́n.tàu] Yue: Cantonese Yale Romanization Pùhng Lòih Sīn Dóu Jyutping Pung4 Loi4 Sin1 Dou2
Japanese name
Kanji	蓬莱
Transcriptions Romanization Hōrai

Since before the Qin dynasty people said that immortals live there.^[3]

In the story of Urashima Tarō Mount Penglai is linked with Tokoyo. In the original Chinese text, Mount Penglai is called Horai, but it's also noted that it should be pronounced as Tokoyo-no-kuni.^[4][5]

Related pages

• Tokoyo
• Avalon
• Dilmun