7th Grotto-Heaven: Mount Luofu第七 罗浮山洞（朱明耀真之天）
- Type
- Grotto-Heavens and Blessed Lands
- Location
- China · Guangdong · Boluo, Huizhou · Zhuming Cave, Mount Luofu (behind the Chongxu Temple)
- Coordinates
- 23.27, 114.05 Map ↗
- School
- Quanzhen (Complete Perfection) Daoism
- First built
- Sima Chengzhen, Chart of the Palaces and Bureaus of Heaven and Earth (during the Kaiyuan era of the Tang); Du Guangting, Record of Grotto-Heavens, Blessed Lands, Marchmounts, Rivers and Famous Mountains (end of the Tang) · The Grotto-Heavens and Blessed Lands system took shape in the Eastern Jin and Southern Dynasties; the roster of names was fixed in the Tang by Sima Chengzhen and Du Guangting. Present-day identifications are conjectural.
Overview
The seventh of the Ten Great Grotto-Heavens, five hundred li in circumference and titled the "Heaven of Vermilion Brightness and Luminous Perfection," governed by Master Qingjing. Today it is Mount Luofu in Boluo, Guangdong, where Ge Hong of the Jin dynasty practiced alchemy, and the ancestral seat of Daoism in the Lingnan region. See the entries "Mount Luofu" and "Chongxu Ancient Temple" for further detail.