Blessed Land 70: Mount Beimang福地七十 北邙山
- Type
- Grotto-Heavens and Blessed Lands
- Location
- China · Henan · Luoyang · Mount Beimang, Luoyang (Shangqing Palace, Cuiyun Peak)
- Coordinates
- 34.7, 112.47 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
70th of the Seventy-two Blessed Lands: 'in Luoyang county, Eastern Capital, under the administration of the Perfected Wei,' identified with present-day Mount Mang north of Luoyang, the site of the legend of Laozi's alchemical practice and of the Shangqing Palace. See the entry 'Shangqing Palace, Luoyang' for details.