What is the significance of Taoism's' 36 caves and 72 blessed places'? Where are they?

Thirty-six small caves are relative to ten big caves. "Heaven and earth palace map" cloud:

"Thirty-six caves are among the famous mountains, and they are also ruled by immortals." Pet-name ruby, quoted in Preface to the Famous Mountains in Du Yue, a land blessed with caves, said that the thirty-six caves "have a palace with the sun, the moon and the stars as immortals, taking resisting sin and remembering life and death as the main way, taking Gao Zhen as the basis and taking the immortal king as the righteousness". The word AB 36 Cave first appeared in Taoist books of Shangqing School in Eastern Jin Dynasty. Gao Zhen's Book of Gathering Gods says, "There are thirty-six holes in the sky and underground." According to Taoist book AC, they are:

First, Huotong Cave, named "Huolin Cave". In Changxi County, Fuzhou (now Xiapu County, Fujian Province);

Second, Taiyue Cave in Dongyue is called Pengxuan Cave. In Ganfeng County, Yanzhou (now Tai 'an City, Shandong Province), since the Han Dynasty, it has been considered as a place to test the ghosts and gods.

Thirdly, Hengshan Cave in Nanyue is called Zhuling Cave. In Hengshan County, Hengzhou (now Hunan), the Record of True Immortals in the early Yuan Dynasty said that Chi Di Zhu Rong ruled Huoheng Mountain. Mrs Wei (Wei) ruled Nanyue. According to Anhui Huoshan, the ancient name Hengshan belongs to Tianzhu Mountain. This is what the so-called "Huo Heng Zheng Yue" in Bao Puzi's Inner Chapter refers to.

Fourthly, Xiyue Flower Cave is called "Total Fairy Cave", also known as "Extremely True Cave". In Huayin County, Huazhou (now Shaanxi);

Fifthly, the Changshan Cave in Beiyue is called "the total mysterious cave". In Quyang County, Hengzhou (now Hebei), it was changed to Hunyuan, Shanxi after the Ming and Qing Dynasties;

Sixth, Zhongyue Songshan Cave is called "Sima Dongtian". In Dengfeng County (now Henan);

Seventh, Mount Emei Cave, named "Xu Lingdong". In Emei County, Jiazhou (now Emei Mountain, Sichuan);

Eighth, Lushan Cave is called "the cave spirit is really heaven". In Dean County, Jiangzhou (now Jiujiang, Jiangxi);

Ninth, the Siming Mountain Cave is called "Danshan Chishui Sky". Shangyu County, Yuezhou (now Zhejiang). The mountain is in the southwest of Ningbo);

Tenth, Huijidong, named "extremely mysterious Dayuantian". Jinghu Lake in Shanyin County, Yuezhou (now Shaoxing, Zhejiang), or Yangping Mountain in Shu County;

Eleventh, Taibai Cave, named "Xuande Cave". In Chang 'an County, Jingzhao Prefecture (actually in Zhouzhi, Meixian and Taibai counties of Shaanxi Province);

The twelfth floor, West Cave, is named "Tianzhu Baotian". In Nanchang County, Hongzhou (now Nanchang, Jiangxi);

Thirteenth, Xiao Wei Cave, named "Good Life and Mystery". In Liling County, Chenzhou (now Hunan). According to the Xiaoweishan Cave, build a Dawei Mountain;

The 14th time, he sneaked into the cave and named it "Tian Xuan of Tianzhu Temple". In Huaining County, Zhou Shu (Jinji, now Anhui Buried Hill);

Fifthly, Guigu Cave, named "Tian Zhen Guixuan Temple". In Guixi County, Xinzhou (now Jiangxi), it was passed down as an alchemist in Zhang Ling;

Sixteenth, Wuyishan Cave is called "Zhensheng Metaphysics". Jianyang County, Jianzhou (now Chong 'an, Fujian, Jin Jianyang County and Chong 'anchang, Nantang);

Seventeenth, in the human cave, named "too mysterious and too happy." In Yongxin County, Jizhou (now Jiangxi);

The 18th, Gai Hua Cave, is called "Rongcheng Great Jade Field". Zhou Hui forty miles, in Yongjia County, Wenzhou (now Wenzhou City), accordingly, it has the same name as Gaihua Mountain in Jiangxi;

Nineteenth, Gaizhu Cave, named "Dragon Waist and Bright Sky". In Huangyan County, Taizhou (now Zhejiang);

Twentieth, the cave in Jiaodu Mountain was named "Baoxuan Cave". In Puning County, Rongzhou (now Rongxian County, Guangxi);

The 21st time, Baishi Cave was named "Xiuchangle Tian Zhen". Yulin in the south of the South China Sea (now Yulin in Guangxi), or Yunhe in hanshan county (now Anhui);

The twenty-second time, a loophole, was named "Jade Quetian". In Beiliu County, Rongzhou (now Guangxi), it is known as Ge Hong's alchemy;

The 23rd time, Jiuyi Mountain Cave was named "Chaozhentai Xu Tian". Tang Yan County, Daozhou (now Ningyuan, Hunan);

Twenty-fourth, Dongyang Cave, named "Dongyang Hidden View of Heaven", is located in Changsha County, Tanzhou (now northwest of Liuyang County, Hunan Province);

The 25th time, Mufu Cave was named "Zhen Xuan Taiyuantian". In Tangnian County, Ezhou (now at the junction of Hunan, Hubei and Jiangxi provinces);

Twenty-sixth, Judas Cave, named "Judas Flower Wonderful Field", is located in the northwest of Chenzhou (now Yuanling, Hunan);

Twenty-seven, Jinting Cave, named "Jinting worships wonderful days". In Yuezhou County (now Shengxian County, Zhejiang Province);

Twenty-eighth, Magu Cave, named "Danxia Tian". In Nancheng County, Fuzhou (now Jiangxi);

Twenty-ninth, Xiandu Cave, named "Xiandu Prays for Heaven". In Jinyun County, Chuzhou (now Zhejiang);

Thirtieth, Qingtian Cave, named "Qingtian Daiwada". In qingtian county (now Zhejiang);

The thirty-first time, in Central Shandong, was named "Zhu was born in heaven". Shangyuan County, Runzhou (now Nanjing, Jiangsu);

Thirty-second, Changliang Cave, named "Changliang released his life into the cave", is located in Jurong County, Runzhou (now Jiangsu), near Xiaomaoshan;

Thirty-third, Zigai Cave is called "Zixuan Cave shines on the sky". Dangyang County in Jingzhou (now Hubei);

Thirty-fourth, Tianmu Cave, named "Heaven covers Tian Xuan". In Yuhang County, Hangzhou (now Zhejiang);

Thirty-fifth, Taoyuan Cave, named "White Horse with Dark Sky". In Wuling County, Xuanzhou (now Taoyuan, Hunan);

Thirty-sixth time, Jinhua Cave was named "Tian Yuan Jinhua Cave". In Jinhua County, Wuzhou (now Zhejiang). -The word "blessed land" appeared very early, and the records of blessed land and blessed land in Kong Qiu were quoted in the Taoist scriptures compiled by the immortals of Shangqing School in the Eastern Jin Dynasty. The word "seventy-two blessed lands" can also be found in Taoist books in the Northern and Southern Dynasties. The book "Applying the Zhai Wei Book of Changes" includes "Twenty-four rulers, thirty-six Lu Jing, seventy-two blessed places, and 365 famous mountains ..." At that time, the specific name was contained in the book "Heaven and Earth Palace Map" compiled by the Taoist priest Sima Chengzhen in the Tang Dynasty. They are:

First, Difei Mountain (Maoshan) is located in Jurong County, jiangning house (now Jiangsu); ?

2. Gaizhu Mountain is located in Xiandu County, Quzhou (Xiandu County was not in Quzhou in the Tang Dynasty), or it is the same address as the Nineteen Cave.

3. Xiantuan Mountain is near the grass market in Baixi, Shili, Liangcheng County, Wenzhou (according to the fact that there was no Wenzhou in Liangcheng County in the Tang Dynasty, it is suspected to be "Lecheng County" in the Tang Dynasty, that is, now Yueqing, Baixi Town is located in the north of Yandang Mountain, whether to elaborate);

4. Dongxianyuan, in Huangyan County, Taizhou (now Zhejiang); ?

Fifth, Xixiangyuan, located in Qiling, Huangyan County, Taizhou;

Sixth, the South Tianshan Mountains are in the east of the East China Sea. Legend has it that the boat can reach. According to Ji Sheng in the Ground, Nantian, qingtian county, Zhejiang Province is one of the 72 blessed places in ancient times. Seventh, Hosta Mountain, near Penglai Island in the East China Sea;

Eighth, Qingyushan, west of the East China Sea, meets Fusang Wonderland;

9. Yumu Cave ("Cave" or "Pit") is located in the south of Renshan (now Yongxin, Jiangxi); Tenth, Danxia Cave, located in Magu Shanxi (now the south of Jiangxi Province); ?

Eleventh, Junshan, in Dongting Caoqing Lake (now Dongting Lake, Hunan Province); ?

Twelfth, Daruoyan is located in Yongjia County, Wenzhou (now Zhejiang). Pass for Tao Hongjing to modify the true letters patent;

Thirteenth, Jiaoyuan, in Jianyang County, north of Jianzhou (now Fujian);

14. Xu Ling is located in the north of Tangxing County, Taizhou (now Tiantai, Zhejiang). Sima Cheng Town, a Taoist priest in the Tang Dynasty, was once a hiding place.

15. Wozhou, south of Yuezhou County (now Shengxian County, Zhejiang Province); ?

Sixteen, Tianmu Cen, in Shan County (now Sheng County, Zhejiang Province). Li Bai's Dream of Climbing Mount Tianmu: "Only the Yue people talk about Mount Tianmu" and "A straight line goes to heaven, with its peak reaching the sky, the top of the five sacred peaks, casting a shadow across China" refers to this;

Seventeenth, Ruoyuexi, south of Huiji County in Yuezhou (now Shaoxing, Zhejiang);

Eighteenth, Jinting Mountain in the east of Shengxian County, Zhejiang Province, with Jinting Cave on it. Tang Peitong recorded a cloud: among the mountains and rivers, Jinting is the most beautiful. Or nicknamed Wei Zishan, in Chaoxian, Luzhou (now Anhui);

Nineteenth, Qingyuan Mountain, in Qingyuan County, Guangzhou (now Guangdong);

Twentieth, Anshan, in the north of Jiaozhou (now Guangdong and Guangxi); ?

21. Maling Mountain, located in Shuidong, Chenzhou (now Chenxian County, Hunan Province);

The twenty-second time, Eyangshan, in Changsha County, Tanzhou (now Hunan); ?

Twenty-third, the cave market, also in Changsha County, Chenzhou, is a "cave altar";

Twenty-fourth, sapphire altar, west of Zhurong Peak in Nanyue; ?

Twenty-fifth, the temple of light, at the source of Mount Hengshan; ?

Twenty-sixth, the source of the cave spirit, recruiting immortals to see the west in Hengshan Mountain, Nanyue; 27. Donggong Mountain, in Wuling, Guanli Town, Jianzhou (now Donggong Mountain between Zhenghe, Zhouning and Pingnan counties in Fujian); ?

28. Taoshan, in Anguo County, Wenzhou (now Ruian, Zhejiang). Tao Hongjing once lived in seclusion here; ?

Twenty-nine, Huang San Well, in Hengyang County, Wenzhou (now Pingyang, Zhejiang);

Thirtieth, Lanke Mountain, in Xin 'an County, Quzhou (now Quzhou City, Zhejiang Province); ?

31. Lexi, east of Jianyang (now Fujian) in Jianzhou;

The thirty-second time, Longhushan, was in Guixi County, Xinzhou (now Jiangxi). It is the place where an altar is located; Thirty-third, Lingshan, in Shangrao County, Xinzhou (now Jiangxi). One is "Lingying Mountain", which is located in the north of Raozhou (Boyang, Jiangxi Province); ?

Thirty-four, Yolanda, in Luofu Mountain (now Boluo, Guangdong); ?

Thirty-fifth, Jinjingshan, in Hua Qian County, Ganzhou (now Ningdu, Jiangxi); ?

Thirty-sixth, Ge jujube hill, in Ninao County, Jizhou (now Qingjiang, Jiangxi). Lingbao Daotan Department; 37. Shifeng Mountain, in Fengcheng County, Hongzhou (now Jiangxi); ?

Thirty-eighth, Xiaoyao Mountain, in Nanchang County of Hongzhou (now Nanchang, Jiangxi). Xu Xun Monastery; ?

Thirty-ninth, East Bai Yuan, east of Orfila County in Hongzhou (now Fengxin, Jiangxi); ?

Fortieth, Bochishan, in Chuzhou (now Huai 'an, Jiangsu); ?

The forty-first time, on the mountain, in Dantu County, Runzhou (now Jiangsu);

The forty-second time, Mao Gongtan, was in Changzhou County, Suzhou (now Wuxian County, Jiangsu Province). Or the cloud is in the seventy-two altar of Baoshan on the Dongting Lake in Suzhou;

Forty-third, Jilong Mountain, in Liyang County (now Anhui County);

The forty-fourth time, Tongbai Mountain, in Tongbai County, Tang Zhou (now Henan); ?

Forty-fifth, Pingdu Mountain, in Du Zhi County, Zhongzhou (now Fengdu, Sichuan); ?

Forty-sixth, Lvluoshan, in the north of Wuling County, Langzhou (now Taoyuan, Hunan); ?

Forty-seventh time, West Lake Hill, in Jiangzhou South pengze county (now Jiangxi). Tao Yuanming's seclusion in Jin Dynasty. Speaking of Lushan and Huxi;

Forty-eighth time, Zhang Longshan, in Liling County, north of Tanzhou (now Hunan); ?

The forty-ninth time, Bao Fushan was in Lianshan County, Lianzhou (now Guangdong), or the cloud was in the South China Sea. One is "Bao Dushan", who joined the party in Shuozhou (now Changzhi, Shanxi); ?

Fiftieth, Damian Mountain, in Chengdu County, Yizhou City (now Dujiangyan City, Sichuan Province);

The fifty-first time, Chen Yuanshan, in Jiangzhou duchang county (now Jiangxi);

The fifty-second time, Horseshoe Mountain, was in Poyang County, Raozhou (now Boyang, Jiangxi). One is "Maji Mountain", either in Zhou Shu (now Huaining, Anhui) or in Dantu County, Runzhou (now Jiangsu); ?

In the fifty-third time, Deshan (a work called Deshan) was located in Wuling County, Langzhou (now Taoyuan, Hunan); Fifty-fourth, Gaoxishui Blue Mountain, in Lantian County, Yongzhou (now Shaanxi);

Fifty-fifth, blue water, in Lantian County (now Shaanxi); ?

The fifty-sixth time, Yufeng, in Jingzhao County (now Xi 'an, Shaanxi Province). Or "Yufeng Mountain", in the middle of the river (in Zhou Pu Town, Yongji County, Shanxi Province); Fifty-seventh, Tianzhu Mountain, in Yuqian County, Hangzhou (now Lin 'an, Zhejiang);

Fifty-eight, Shanggu Mountain, in Shangzhou (today's Shangxian County, Shaanxi Province).

Fifty-ninth, Zhanggong Cave, in Yixing County (now Yixing City, Jiangsu Province); ?

Back to the sixtieth, Sima Regret Mountain, in Tiantai, Taiwan Province (now Zhejiang);

The sixty-first time, he grew up in the mountains, in Qixian (now Zouping, Shandong); ? Back to the sixty-second, Zhongtiao Mountain is located in Yuxiang County (now Yongji, Shanxi). Or the cloud is in Yongle in the river (Yongle Town, Ruicheng County, Shanxi Province), which actually refers to a mountain; ?

Sixty-third time, Jiaohuyu was in the east of Xigu Yaozhou (now Yaoan, Yunnan). One is the "Fish Lake Cave" in Siming Mountain (southwest of Ningbo, Zhejiang); ?

Sixty-fourth, Mianzhu Mountain, in Mianzhu County, Hanzhou (now Sichuan); ?

Sixty-fifth, Lushui, in Xiliangzhou (referring to Liangzhou, Gong Yu, now Yalong River and its reach after confluence with Jinsha River);

Sixty-sixth, Gam San, in southern Guizhou (generally referred to as present-day Guizhou), is called central Guizhou (now Pengshui, Qianjiang and other counties in Sichuan are adjacent to Guizhou);

Sixty-seventh, Wang Huangshan (a "Rose Mountain") was in Hanzhou (ruled in Guanghan, Sichuan); ?

Sixty-eight, jincheng mountain, in the ancient world, and marble garrison. One said in Yunzhong County (where Datong, Shanxi Province is now ruled); ?

Sixty-ninth, Yunshan, in Wugang County, Shaozhou (now Wugang, Hunan); ?

Back to the seventieth, North Mangshan, in Luoyang County (now Luoyang, Henan Province); ?

The seventy-first time, Lushan Mountain, in Lianjiang County, Fuzhou (now Fujian); ?

Seventy-two, the East China Sea Mountain Haizhou (now Haizhou Town, Lianyungang, Jiangsu Province) is 25 miles east, which is Yuntai Mountain.