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Blessed Land 57: Mount Tianzhu (Yuqian)福地五十七 天柱山

Type
Grotto-Heavens and Blessed Lands
Location
China · Zhejiang · Lin'an, Hangzhou · Mount Tianzhu, Yuqian, Lin'an (alternatively Yuhang)
Coordinates
30.25, 119.45 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

57th of the Seventy-two Blessed Lands: 'in Yuqian county, Hangzhou, under the administration of the Earthly Immortal Wang Boyuan,' identified with Mount Tianzhu at Yuqian, Lin'an — distinct from the Tianzhu Grotto-Heaven in Anhui.

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)