As well as the rich mythology of the Fairyland of the Queen Mother of the West, the Chinese also had an eastern fairyland which came to be portrayed in increasingly specific detail, and which attracted people of various eras to set out to sea in search of immortality. The success of these adventures was limited: many left, but few returned.
除了豐富的西王母仙境神話，中國還有一個不斷被具體化的東方仙境，吸引著歷代人們身體力行渡海求仙，求仙不死固然成就有限，去者多，返者少，卻也更形神秘，令人嚮往。