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Blessed Land 36: Mount Gezao福地三十六 阁皂山

Type
Grotto-Heavens and Blessed Lands
Location
China · Jiangxi · Zhangshu, Yichun · Mount Gezao
Coordinates
27.96, 115.63 Map
School
Lingbao (Numinous Treasure) School
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-sixth of the Seventy-two Blessed Lands: "It lies in Xingan County, Jizhou, and is governed by the Perfected Guo." It is also the thirty-third of the Lesser Grotto-Heavens, and the ancestral court of the Lingbao School; see the entry "Mount Gezao" for further detail.

Related figures

Ge Xuan

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)