Flower Fruit Mountain as the Center of the Universe

Did you know that Journey to the West (Xiyouji, 西遊記, 1592) presents Flower Fruit Mountain as the center of the universe? Chapter one describes the mountain in a poem, the end of which reads: […] This is indeed the pillar of Heaven, where a hundred rivers meet— The Earth’s great axis, in ten thousand kalpas unchanged (Wu … Continue reading Flower Fruit Mountain as the Center of the Universe