Blessed Land 38: Mount Xiaoyao福地三十八 逍遥山
- Type
- Grotto-Heavens and Blessed Lands
- Location
- China · Jiangxi · Xinjian, Nanchang · Mount Xiaoyao, Xishan (Wanshou Palace)
- Coordinates
- 28.5, 115.63 Map ↗
- School
- Jingming (Pure and Bright) Daoism
- 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-eighth of the Seventy-two Blessed Lands: "It lies in Nanchang County, Hongzhou, and is governed by the Perfected Xu." This is the site of Xu Xun's practice at Xishan (Western Hills), and coincides with the twelfth of the Lesser Grotto-Heavens.