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Blessed Land 21: Mount Maling福地二十一 马岭山

Type
Grotto-Heavens and Blessed Lands
Location
China · Hunan · Chenzhou · Around Mount Suxian, Chenzhou (conjectural)
Coordinates
25.8, 113.03 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 twenty-first of the Seventy-two Blessed Lands: "It lies east of the water within the walls of Chenzhou, the retreat of the Perfected Su Dan." It is identified today with Chenzhou, Hunan, at Mount Suxian, associated with the legend of Su Dan's tangerine-tree well.

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)