Blessed Land 72: Mount Donghai福地七十二 东海山
- Type
- Grotto-Heavens and Blessed Lands
- Location
- China · Jiangsu · Lianyungang · 'Twenty-five li east of Hai prefecture,' the area of present-day Yuntai Mountain (Flower and Fruit Mountain)
- Coordinates
- 34.65, 119.3 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
72nd of the Seventy-two Blessed Lands: 'twenty-five li east of Hai prefecture, under the administration of the Perfected Wang,' identified with present-day Yuntai Mountain (Flower and Fruit Mountain) in Lianyungang, Jiangsu, which was an island in the sea during the Tang and Song.