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Blessed Land 33: Mount Ling福地三十三 灵山

Type
Grotto-Heavens and Blessed Lands
Location
China · Jiangxi · Shangrao · Mount Ling, north of Shangrao City
Coordinates
28.6, 117.95 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 thirty-third of the Seventy-two Blessed Lands: "It lies north of Shangrao County, Xinzhou, and is governed by the Perfected Mo." It is identified today with Mount Ling in Shangrao, which had many Daoist temples in the Ming and Qing.

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)