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Blessed Land 47: Mount Huxi福地四十七 虎溪山

Type
Grotto-Heavens and Blessed Lands
Location
China · Jiangxi · Jiujiang · Huxi (Tiger Stream), Mount Lu (alternatively Pengze)
Coordinates
29.6, 115.98 Map
First built
Same as above · The system of Grotto-Heavens and Blessed Lands took shape in the Eastern Jin and Southern Dynasties; the Tang-dynasty Sima Chengzhen and Du Guangting fixed the list of names. Present-day locations are identifications made in later times.

Overview

47th of the Seventy-two Blessed Lands: 'in southern Pengze county, Jiang prefecture, the place of reclusion of Master Five Willows,' referring to the hermitage of Tao Yuanming; identified today with Huxi (Tiger Stream) on Mount Lu or with Pengze.

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)