Blessed Land 15: Wozhou福地十五 沃洲
- Type
- Grotto-Heavens and Blessed Lands
- Location
- China · Zhejiang · Xinchang, Shaoxing · Mount Wozhou (Lake Wozhou), Xinchang County
- Coordinates
- 29.45, 120.95 Map ↗
- First built
- Same as above · The system of Grotto-Heavens and Blessed Lands took shape during the Eastern Jin and the Southern Dynasties; the Tang Daoists Sima Chengzhen and Du Guangting fixed the list of names. The precise present-day location is a matter of scholarly conjecture.
Overview
The fifteenth of the Seventy-two Blessed Lands: "It lies south of Shan County, Yuezhou, and is governed by the Perfected Fang Ming." It is identified today with Wozhou in Xinchang, a place of reclusion for the Jin-dynasty monks Zhi Dun and Bai Daoyou, among others.