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Blessed Land 5: Western Immortal Source福地五 西仙源

Type
Grotto-Heavens and Blessed Lands
Location
China · Zhejiang · Huangyan, Taizhou · West of Mount Weiyu, Huangyan
Coordinates
28.62, 121.22 Map
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 fifth of the Seventy-two Blessed Lands, described as lying “likewise at Qiaoling in Huangyan County, Taizhou, governed by the Earthly Immortal Zhang Zhaoqi.”

Related scriptures

Chart of the Palaces and Bureaus of Heaven and Earth, Record of Grotto-Heavens, Blessed Lands, Marchmounts, Rivers and Famous Mountains, Seven Slips from the Bookbag of the Clouds (Yunji qiqian)