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Blessed Land 20: Mount An福地二十 安山

Type
Grotto-Heavens and Blessed Lands
Location
China · Guangxi / Vietnam · North of Jiaozhou · "North of Jiaozhou, the retreat of Master Anqi"
Coordinates
22, 106.5 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 twentieth of the Seventy-two Blessed Lands: "It lies north of Jiaozhou, the retreat of Master Anqi (Anqi Sheng), and is governed by him." Its location is conjectured to lie somewhere between southern Guangxi and northern Vietnam.

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)