Blessed Land 1: Mount Difei (Maoshan)福地一 地肺山
- Type
- Grotto-Heavens and Blessed Lands
- Location
- China · Jiangsu · Jurong, Zhenjiang · Maoshan
- Coordinates
- 31.79, 119.33 Map ↗
- School
- Shangqing (Highest Clarity) School
- First built
- Same as above · The Grotto-Heavens and Blessed Lands system took shape in the Eastern Jin and Southern Dynasties, with the list of names fixed in the Tang by Sima Chengzhen and Du Guangting; the present-day location is a scholarly inference.
Overview
The first of the Seventy-two Blessed Lands, described as lying “within the boundary of Jurong County, Jiangning Prefecture, formerly the place of Tao the Recluse's seclusion” — that is, Maoshan. See the entry “Mount Mao” for further detail.