Blessed Land 35: Mount Jinjing福地三十五 金精山
- Type
- Grotto-Heavens and Blessed Lands
- Location
- China · Jiangxi · Ningdu, Ganzhou · Mount Jinjing (Cuiwei Peak), west of Ningdu county town
- Coordinates
- 26.5, 115.95 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-fifth of the Seventy-two Blessed Lands: "It lies in Qianhua County, Qianzhou, and is governed by Qiu Jizi." It is identified today with Mount Jinjing in Ningdu, associated with the Jin-dynasty legend of Zhang Liying's ascension to immortality, and noted for its Danxia landform.