Recommended Pilgrimage Itinerary for Jiuhua Mountain – Themed Buddhist Worship Tour on Jiuhua Mountain
Though Jiuhua Mountain boasts numerous temples, they are relatively concentrated in distribution. A pilgrimage trip to Jiuhua Mountain takes a minimum of two days. Below is a detailed travel guide for incense offering and Buddha worship:
Itinerary
Start your pilgrimage at the 99-meter Giant Bronze Statue of Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva in Kecun Village at the foot of the mountain to offer incense.
If time permits, visit nearby Black Tiger Pine and Shugu Spring for sightseeing. These are stunning undeveloped original ecological landscapes.
On the morning of Day 1, if you wish to attend Buddhist rituals, you may join the New Year Disaster-Eliminating Universal Buddha Ceremony held at Huacheng Temple or other monasteries. An offering donation of around 3,000 to 4,000 RMB is required, and reservations are mandatory.
Alternatively, skip the ritual and get up at 6 a.m. to offer the first incense stick at Roubao Temple, where Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva’s flesh relic is enshrined.
Proceed to the Great Mercy Building, Huacheng Temple (the mountain’s founding ancestral temple) and Tonghui Meditation Grove to pay homage to the Flesh Relic Bodhisattva, Career Bodhisattva, Wisdom Bodhisattva, Immeasurable Life Buddha and other sacred statues.
In the afternoon, take the cable car up to Hundred-Year Temple, home to the Manifestation Bodhisattva — the intact flesh body of Monk Wuxia. You may also hike the stone steps uphill, which takes roughly 40 minutes. The Natural Sleeping Buddha can be viewed from the platform at the cable car exit.
Follow the East Cliff mountain range to East Cliff Chan Temple and Incense Return Pavilion to worship the Medicine Buddha of Health. It takes about 20 minutes to walk downhill from Incense Return Pavilion back to Jiuhua Street along a gentle trail.
Early on Day 2, drive directly to the lower station of Tiantai Cableway. The cable car ride uphill lasts around 10 minutes. Hiking is an alternative but a long, tiring journey of about two hours.
After disembarking the cable car, pay homage to the Natural Guanyin Stone and the Giant Footprint of Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva, and admire surrounding scenic spots including the Immortal Beating Drum and Roc Bird Listening to Scriptures.
Climb 800 stone steps (approximately one hour) to reach Tiantai Temple, the highest temple on Jiuhua Mountain and the place where Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva practiced asceticism in his early years. Walk across the Azure Dragon Ridge to the Sky Crack, then head back downhill.
Before leaving the cableway area, stop by Phoenix Pine, hailed as the No.1 Pine under Heaven. You may also make voluntary merit donations to the female monastics practicing asceticism on the back mountain, as their living conditions are tougher than male monks’.
Expenses
- Scenic Area Ticket: 190 RMB per person. Half-price discounts are available for visitors with student IDs, military officer IDs and other eligible certificates.
- Tiantai Cableway: 75 RMB one-way; group round-trip package 140 RMB per person. Hiking downhill is recommended if your schedule allows.
- Hundred-Year Temple Cable Car: 55 RMB one-way; group round-trip package 100 RMB per person. You may skip the cable car or choose to walk down the mountain.
- Accommodation: Standard rooms cost 80–120 RMB, equipped with hot water, air conditioning and private bathrooms. Price differences stem from two factors:
- Bed type: either Simmons beds with padded headboards or solid wooden plank beds.
- Age of the property: cheaper lodgings opened in 2004, while higher-priced ones launched in May 2009.
- Incense and candles: Purchase 3, 6 or 9 sets as you wish.
Warm Reminders
- Do not give rides to anyone waving at the highway exit or along the highway, even if they wear monastic robes, to avoid fraud.
- Do not stop to buy incense after exiting the highway. Since November 1, Jiuhua Mountain enforces an eco-friendly incense regulation. Tall large incense sticks and wild grass incense are banned and will be confiscated if brought into the scenic area, so do not purchase incense halfway up the mountain.
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