Blessed Land 28: Mount Tao福地二十八 陶山
- Type
- Grotto-Heavens and Blessed Lands
- Location
- China · Zhejiang · Rui'an, Wenzhou · Taoshan township, Rui'an City
- Coordinates
- 27.83, 120.45 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-eighth of the Seventy-two Blessed Lands: "It lies in Anggu County, Wenzhou, where Master Tao once lived in reclusion." It is identified today with Mount Tao in Rui'an, traditionally said to have been Tao Hongjing's dwelling place.