Blessed Land 43: Mount Jilong福地四十三 鸡笼山
- Type
- Grotto-Heavens and Blessed Lands
- Location
- China · Anhui · Hexian, Ma'anshan · Mount Jilong, He County
- Coordinates
- 31.85, 118.25 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 forty-third of the Seventy-two Blessed Lands: "It lies in Liyang County, Hezhou, and is governed by the Perfected Guo." It is identified today with Mount Jilong in He County, celebrated as "the foremost renowned mountain north of the Yangzi," with Daoist temples dating from the Ming and Qing.