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Lesser Grotto 4: Mount Hua小洞天四 西岳华山洞(总仙洞天)

Type
Grotto-Heavens and Blessed Lands
Location
China · Shaanxi · Huayin, Weinan · Mount Hua
Coordinates
34.48, 110.09 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 fourth of the Thirty-six Lesser Grotto-Heavens, titled the "Grotto-Heaven of the Assembled Immortals" (also written "Supreme Ultimate, Assembled Immortals"), governed by the immortal Hui Chezi. This is the Western Marchmount, Mount Hua. See the entry "Mount Hua" for further detail.

Related figures

Chen Tuan

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)