Lesser Grotto 2: Mount Tai小洞天二 东岳泰山洞(蓬玄洞天)
- Type
- Grotto-Heavens and Blessed Lands
- Location
- China · Shandong · Tai'an · Mount Tai
- Coordinates
- 36.26, 117.1 Map ↗
- First built
- Same as above · The Grotto-Heavens and Blessed Lands system took shape in the Eastern Jin and Southern Dynasties; the roster of names was fixed in the Tang by Sima Chengzhen and Du Guangting. Present-day identifications are conjectural.
Overview
The second of the Thirty-six Lesser Grotto-Heavens, titled the "Grotto-Heaven of Pengxuan," governed by the immortal Master Shantu. This is the Eastern Marchmount, Mount Tai. See the entry "Mount Tai" for further detail.