Lesser Grotto 24: Mount Dongyang小洞天二十四 洞阳山洞（洞阳隐观天）
- Type
- Grotto-Heavens and Blessed Lands
- Location
- China · Hunan · Liuyang, Changsha · Around Dongyang Township, Liuyang
- Coordinates
- 28.25, 113.55 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-fourth of the Thirty-six Lesser Grotto-Heavens, titled the “Heaven of the Hidden Watchtower of Cavernous Yang,” governed by the Immortal Perfected Liu. Identified with present-day Mount Dongyang in Liuyang, Hunan (Dongyang Township); tradition holds that Liu Gen of the Han cultivated the Dao here, and Dongyang Temple was built in the Song.