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.