Blessed Land 30: Mount Lanke福地三十 烂柯山
- Type
- Grotto-Heavens and Blessed Lands
- Location
- China · Zhejiang · Quzhou · Mount Lanke (Shishi Shan), southeast of Quzhou City
- Coordinates
- 28.9, 118.95 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 thirtieth of the Seventy-two Blessed Lands: "It lies in Xin'an County, Quzhou, the retreat of Master Wang Zhi." This is the origin of the legend of "watching a game of chess until the axe-handle rotted away" (guanqi lanke); the mountain has a natural stone bridge known as the Stone Beam.