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Lesser Grotto 21: Mount Baishi小洞天二十一 白石山洞(秀乐长真天)

Type
Grotto-Heavens and Blessed Lands
Location
China · Guangxi · Guiping, Guigang (alternatively Yulin) · Baishi Mountain, Madong Township, Guiping
Coordinates
23.25, 110.15 Map
First built
Same as above · The Grotto-Heavens and Blessed Lands system took shape in the Eastern Jin and Southern Dynasties, with the list of names fixed in the Tang by Sima Chengzhen and Du Guangting; the present-day location is a scholarly inference.

Overview

The twenty-first of the Thirty-six Lesser Grotto-Heavens, titled the “Heaven of Elegant Joy and Lasting Perfection,” governed by the Immortal Perfected Bai. Identified with present-day Baishi Mountain in Guiping, Guangxi. See the entry “Baishi Mountain, Guiping” for further detail.

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)