From Immortal Fairyland to Popular Paradise The Chinese conception of heaven has been deeply influenced by Buddhism, but the Daoist notion of fairyland--a land of bliss inhabited by deities and immortals, to which all Chinese aspired before the arrival of Buddhism--did not disappear as Buddhism spread, but was repeatedly recreated and revitalized.
中國人的天堂觀深受佛教影響，但在佛教傳入之前，芸芸眾生嚮往的神仙樂土﹘﹘仙境，並未因佛教的普及而消失，反而被一再創造翻新。