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Blessed Land 66: Mount Gan福地六十六 甘山

Type
Grotto-Heavens and Blessed Lands
Location
China · Guizhou / Chongqing · Qianjiang / Qiannan (presumed) · 'In southern Qian'
Coordinates
27.5, 108 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

66th of the Seventy-two Blessed Lands: 'in southern Qian, the place administered by the Perfected Ning,' tentatively identified with southeastern Guizhou or Qianjiang, Chongqing, though no consensus exists.

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)