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Blessed Land 68: Mount Jincheng福地六十八 金城山

Type
Grotto-Heavens and Blessed Lands
Location
China · Sichuan (presumed) · Nanchong (alternatively Gansu) · 'At the garrison of Guxian, under the administration of the Perfected Shi,' alternatively identified with Mount Jincheng in Nanchong, Sichuan
Coordinates
30.8, 106.1 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

68th of the Seventy-two Blessed Lands: 'at the garrison of Guxian, under the administration of the Perfected Shi'; 'Guxian garrison' cannot be identified with certainty, and later tradition has generally identified it with Mount Jincheng in Nanchong, Sichuan (Tang-dynasty Guo prefecture), though some place it in Gansu.

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)