Onkoku

Japanese: 温谷 - おんこく
Onkoku

…There are also cases where the hot spring itself is regarded as a sacred object, and the shrine is named after the hot spring or the hot spring itself. [Yamaori Tetsuo]
[China]
Hot springs have always been regarded as mysterious by the Chinese, as seen in the Baopuzi, which uses the hot springs of Wen Gu as a metaphor for something beyond human common sense. Wen Gu is the Wenyuan Gu or Hot Spring Gu that appears in the Shan Hai Jing, and is said to be the place where the sun rises.

*Some of the terminology that refers to "Onya" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…このほか温泉そのものを神体として,神社に湯とか温泉の名をそのままつけた例もある。【山折 哲雄】
[中国]
 《抱朴子》が温谷の湯泉を人間の常識をこえたものの比喩のひとつにとりあげているように,温泉はつねに中国人によって神秘視された。温谷とは《山海経(せんがいきよう)》にあらわれる温源谷ないし湯谷であって,そこは太陽が登るところであるという。…

※「温谷」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

出典|株式会社平凡社世界大百科事典 第2版について | 情報

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