Lesser Grotto 5: Mount Heng (North)小洞天五 北岳常山洞（总玄洞天）
- Type
- Grotto-Heavens and Blessed Lands
- Location
- China · Shanxi / Hebei · Hunyuan, Datong / Quyang, Baoding · Mount Heng, the Northern Marchmount (identified in the Tang and Song with Mount Damao in Quyang; from the Qing onward with Hunyuan)
- Coordinates
- 39.67, 113.73 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 fifth of the Thirty-six Lesser Grotto-Heavens, titled the "Grotto-Heaven of Assembled Mystery," governed by the immortal Zheng Zizhen. The Northern Marchmount, Mount Heng (Changshan), was identified in the Tang and Song with Mount Damao in Quyang, Hebei, and from the Qing onward worship shifted to Mount Heng in Hunyuan, Shanxi. See the entry "Mount Heng (North)" for further detail.