Kunlun Mountains

Japanese: 崑崙山 - こんろんざん
Kunlun Mountains

A legendary mountain in ancient China. It is also written as Kunlun, and is also called Kunlun Hill or Kunlun Xu. Located in the west of China, it is said to produce jade, and the source of the Yellow River is thought to originate from this mountain. It was originally considered the capital of the heavenly emperor, but later, due to the strong influence of Taoist thought, it came to be considered an ideal afterlife for the ancient Chinese. In other words, it was imagined as a paradise on earth, where the female immortal Queen Mother of the West lived, with a river running around it, whose waters would make one immortal if one drank it. Famous legends include Emperor Yellow Emperor's climb up Kunlun and King Mu of the Western Zhou Dynasty visiting Queen Mother of the West on this mountain.

[Kiyoji Ito]

Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

Japanese:

中国古代の伝説上の山岳。昆侖とも書き、また昆侖丘(きゅう)、昆侖虚(きょ)ともいう。中国の西方に位置して玉を産し、黄河の源はこの山に発すると考えられた。初めは天上に住む天帝の下界における都とされていたが、のちに神仙思想の強い影響から、古代中国人にとっての理想的な他界とされるようになった。つまり女仙の西王母(せいおうぼ)が居を構え、その水を飲めば不死になるという川がそこの周りを巡っているという、地上の楽土として観想された。黄帝の崑崙登山や、西周(せいしゅう)の穆(ぼく)王がこの山上に西王母を訪ねた伝説などが有名である。

[伊藤清司]

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