Lesser Grotto 14: Mount Qian (Tianzhu)小洞天十四 潜山洞(天柱司玄天)
- Type
- Grotto-Heavens and Blessed Lands
- Location
- China · Anhui · Qianshan, Anqing · Mount Tianzhu
- Coordinates
- 30.74, 116.45 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 fourteenth of the Thirty-six Lesser Grotto-Heavens, titled the "Heaven of the Celestial Pillar and Mysterious Governance," governed by the immortal Ji Qiuzi. This is Mount Tianzhu (Qianshan) in Anhui, the ancient Southern Marchmount as designated by Emperor Wu of Han. See the entry "Mount Tianzhu" for further detail.