Mount Huaguo
Area featured in the novel Journey to the West / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This article is about the fictional location in Journey to the West. For the mountain in Lianyungang, Jiangsu, see Mount Huaguo (Jiangsu).
Mount Huaguo (traditional Chinese: 花果山; pinyin: Huāguǒ Shān; Wade–Giles: Hua1kuo3 Shan1; Japanese: Kakazan; Vietnamese: Hoa Quả Sơn) or Flowers and Fruit Mountain, is a major area featured in the novel Journey to the West. A number of real-world locations have been connected with the Mount Huaguo, although the synonymous mountain in Lianyungang, Jiangsu is most commonly identified as its source of inspiration.