Penglai
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Etymology
A romanization of Mandarin 蓬萊／蓬莱 (Pénglái)
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Penglai
- A district of Yantai, in eastern Shandong, China (famous for its mirages out at sea), formerly known as Tengchow and since renamed for a mythical island.
- 1956 August, Army Operations in China January 1944 - August 1945, Eighth United States Army, page 210:
- Should the enemy land in the Penglai area (northeastern part of Shantung Peninsula) part of the 12th Independent Garrison Unit will oppose it.
- 1985 August 11, Robert D. McFadden, “IDA PRUITT, 96, WHO FOSTERED FRIENDSHIP WITH THE CHINESE”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 24 May 2015, Section 1, page 36:
- 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.
- 1996, Guanlong Cao, “Pigs' Heads”, in Guanlong Cao, Nancy Moskin, transl., The Attic: Memoir of a Chinese Landlord's Son, University of California Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, 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.
Synonyms
- (district): Tengchow / Teng-chou / Dengzhou (obsolete), Penglai City (legal)
- (mythical island): Penglai Island, Mount Penglai, Penglai Mountain
Translations
district; mystical paradise
See also
- Horai, the Japanese development of the Chinese legend
References
- ^ Leon E. Seltzer, editor (1952), “Penglai or P’eng-lai”, in The Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer of the World, Morningside Heights, NY: Columbia University Press, →OCLC, page 1450, column 1
Further reading
- Penglai, P'eng-lai, Peng-lai at the Google Books Ngram Viewer.
- Saul B. Cohen, editor (1998), “Penglai”, in The Columbia Gazetteer of the World, volume 3, New York: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 2398, column 3