), the first emperor to unite all of China sent men out to search for this legendary eastern mountain in the hopes of finding the magic elixir of immortality reputed to be hidden in its slopes.
不論崑崙山或海上仙山，基本上都屬神聖之域，非常人易入，所以博山爐的台座底盤象徵茫茫大海，難以超渡；此外，人們即使能夠來到那類似桃形的山上，也還有雲霧瀰漫，且充滿魑魅魍魎。