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Blessed Land 7: Mount Yuliu福地七 玉溜山

Type
Grotto-Heavens and Blessed Lands
Location
China · Shandong / the Eastern Sea · Near Penglai, Yantai · “On an island of the Eastern Sea near Penglai”
Coordinates
37.9, 120.8 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 seventh of the Seventy-two Blessed Lands, described as lying “on an island of the Eastern Sea near Penglai, home to many Perfected Immortals, governed by the Earthly Immortal Xu Mai” — part of the system of the maritime immortal isles.

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)