Penglai

Pénglái P'eng-lai English Alternative forms en P'eng-lai Wade-Giles Etymology A romanization of en cmn 蓬萊 Pénglái Pronunciation en /pɛŋ.laɪ/, pŭng′lī′Penglai or P’eng-lai 1450 1 en aɪ 2 en Peng lai Proper noun en district prefecture-level city/Yantai in eastern p/Shandong c/China (famous for its mirages out at sea), formerly known as Tengchow and since renamed for a mythical island. en 1956 August Army Operations in China January 1944 - August 1945 https://archive.org/details/DTIC_ADA640839/ w:Eighth United States Army 210 https://archive.org/details/DTIC_ADA640839/page/n210/ Should the enemy land in the Penglai area (northeastern part of Shantung Peninsula) part of the 12th Independent Garrison Unit will oppose it. en August 11, 1985 Robert D. McFadden Ida Pruitt IDA PRUITT, 96, WHO FOSTERED FRIENDSHIP WITH THE CHINESE w:The New York Times https://web.archive.org/web/20150524165407/https://www.nytimes.com/1985/08/11/nyregion/ida-pruitt-96-who-fostered-friendship-with-the-chinese.html 24 May 2015 https://archive.li/X51DO 0362-4331 1645522 Section 1 36 https://archive.li/X51DO Born in Penglai, on the coast of Shandong, in 1888, Miss Pruitt grew up in an inland village where for many years hers was the only Western family. en 1996 Guanlong Cao Pigs' Heads Guanlong Cao; Nancy Moskin The Attic: Memoir of a Chinese Landlord's Son https://archive.org/details/atticmemoirofc00tsao/ w:University of California Press 0-520-20405-0 95-38541 924910505 59 https://archive.org/details/atticmemoirofc00tsao/page/59/ In 1956 the government deprivatized all small businesses. The Penglai District collectivized the pig's head meat sellers into one production team. A mythical Chinese paradise located in the eastern seas and populated with Taoist immortals. en n.d. The Palaces and Gate Towers of Penglai w:Smithsonian Institution https://web.archive.org/web/20250329173757/https://asia.si.edu/explore-art-culture/collections/search/edanmdm:fsg_F1909.397/ https://asia.si.edu/explore-art-culture/collections/search/edanmdm:fsg_F1909.397/ March 29, 2025 The paradise of Penglai is one of the mythological islands that are located in the ocean east of China and inhabited by Daoist deities and immortals. Full of towering peaks, mysterious caves, and gushing waterfalls--and closely associated with the quest for physical immortality--Penglai was the frequent subject of artistic fantasies, such as the painting seen here. Synonyms district en Tengchow / en Teng-chou / en Dengzhou obsolete, en Penglai City legal mythical island en Penglai Island, en Mount Penglai, en Penglai Mountain Translations district; mystical paradise Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 蓬萊 Pénglái Japanese: ja See also en Horai, the Japanese development of the Chinese legend References Further reading Penglai, P'eng-lai, Peng-lai en 1998 Penglai Saul B. Cohen The Columbia Gazetteer of the World https://archive.org/details/columbiagazettee03cohe/ 3 New York Columbia University Press 0-231-11040-5 98-071262 164337564 2398 https://archive.org/details/columbiagazettee03cohe/page/2398/ 3 Anagrams en aegilnp apeling leaping pealing pleaing en Mythological locations