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Blessed Land 6: Mount Nantian福地六 南田山

Type
Grotto-Heavens and Blessed Lands
Location
China · Zhejiang · Wencheng, Wenzhou / Qingtian · Nantian Township, Wencheng County (native place of Liu Ji)
Coordinates
27.85, 120 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 sixth of the Seventy-two Blessed Lands, described as lying “east of the Eastern Sea, reachable by boat, governed by the Perfected Liu”; now conjectured to be Mount Nantian in Wencheng, Zhejiang, the native place of Liu Ji of the Ming.

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)