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Blessed Land 58: Mount Shanggu福地五十八 商谷山

Type
Grotto-Heavens and Blessed Lands
Location
China · Shaanxi · Shangluo · Mount Shang, Shangzhou district, Shangluo (hermitage of the Four Whitebeards)
Coordinates
33.85, 109.95 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

58th of the Seventy-two Blessed Lands: 'in Shang prefecture, the place of reclusion of the Four Immortal Elders,' referring to Mount Shang, where the 'Four Whitebeards of Mount Shang' lived in reclusion at the end of the Qin.

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)