Shangri-La - Togenkyo

Japanese: 桃源境 - とうげんきょう

A Chinese fairyland, one of the otherworldly realms in the mountains. Also known as Shangri-La. According to Tao Yuanming's Peach Blossom Spring, a fisherman from Wuling, Hunan Province, wandered into the place and was welcomed. Later, it was considered an ideal place on earth, and Wang Wei, Han Yu, Wang Anshi, and Hu Hong wrote poems about the journey to Shangri-La. It differs in character from Western utopias and paradises in that it is connected to the land and can be reached.

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Japanese:

中国の仙境，山中他界の一。桃源郷とも。陶淵明の《桃花源記》によれば，湖南省武陵のある漁夫が迷い込み，歓待を受けた所とする。のち，この世の理想郷とされ，王維，韓愈(かんゆ)，王安石，胡宏(ここう)らが〈桃源行〉の詩を作った。地続きで到達可能である点で，西洋のユートピア，楽園観と性格を異にする。

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