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Grotto-heavens are usually caves, grottoes, mountain hollows, or other underground spaces. In the Tang dynasty , immortals were thought to have lived in certain immortal cave-heaven lands that existed between heaven and earth, shrouded by colorful clouds; wonderful flowers, peach trees and fragrant grass were often said to have grown there.
One of the grotto-heavens is called Place of Charm and Beauty (pinyin: Bieyou Dong Tien). Bieyou also refers to a celebrated poem "Question and Answer in the Mountain" by the poet Li Bai : "You ask me why do I dwell in these green mountains / But I smile without a reply, only an easy mind / The river flows away silently / Bearing the fallen ...
[b] [2] These true form charts are typically aniconic diagrams organized in a puzzling configuration depicting mountain-inspired paradises (such as grotto-heavens), sacred sites, and Diyu (hells). [2] They are classified by Guo Ruoxu (郭若虛) as "magical paintings" (術畫) [12] and in the Daozang they are classified as "Numinous Charts". [2]
The counter feature to the holy or sacred mountains and peaks were the grotto-heavens, and various grottoes appear in Chinese mythological landscape. Sometimes sacred grottoes are associated with sacred mountains; and both may correspond to actual geolocations, but with an overlay of mythological geography.
2.1.1 Each of the Three Grottoes contains the ... Grotto-heavens; Sacred Mountains of China ... This grotto is concerned mainly with meditation and is the highest ...
In a legend originating in the state of Qi during the pre-Qin period, immortals live in a palace called the Penglai Palace which is located on Mount Penglai. [3] In Chinese mythology the mountain is often said to be the base for the Eight Immortals (or at least where they travel to have a ceremonial meal), as well as the illusionist Anqi Sheng.
Located in the Wangwushan-Yuntaishan National Park, Mount Wangwu is a famous Taoist site that includes the “Celestial Grotto of the Small Pristine Void” (小有清虚洞天), one of the Ten Grotto-heavens of Taoism. [2]
the Great Emperor of the North Star (Polaris) in the Purple Forbidden enclosure at the center of Heaven [b] the Great Heavenly Emperor of the Highest Palace of the Curved Array (Little Dipper) [c] the Empress of the Earth [d] The Great Jade Emperor is the head of all sky deities and presides over the heaven.