The coiling peaches of the Queen Mother of the West grant immortality, while the land beyond the Peach Blossom Spring, described in T'ao Ch'ien's early fourth century tale, is the Chinese equivalent of Shangri-la.
古人還相信桃木有驅邪退鬼之效；西王母的蟠桃是不老不死的仙果；陶淵明的桃花源境，暗示了一個理想的世界… …，桃子的典故真是不勝枚舉。