Featured Tours of Jiuhua Mountain – Fun Things to Do on Jiuhua Mountain
Burning Incense
Incense sets on Jiuhua Mountain generally cost 50 to 200 yuan, usually including three incense sticks paired with a pair of candles.
Borrow flame from another visitor to light one candle, then use this lit candle to ignite your second candle, and finally light the incense with candle fire.
Once the incense is burning, silently recite your wishes, pay homage to the four directions, and place the incense into the large censer.
Drawing Fortune Sticks
The standard fee for drawing a fortune stick on Jiuhua Mountain is 300 yuan per reading.
- The Top Fortune Teller of Jiuhua Mountain: There is a small hermitage called Jingjie Hermitage on Jiuhua Street, where Master Nun Jingjie resides, reputed as the best fortune teller across Jiuhua Mountain. However, receiving her divination depends on fate. Currently, her senior disciple interprets most of the sticks, with a charge of around 300 yuan. (The photo on the left shows the 80-year-old Master Nun Jingjie, who once mentored Wu Yi. Female visitors are especially recommended to seek her guidance.)
Roubao Temple (Flesh Relic Hall)
It is the primary pilgrimage site for worshipping Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva, housing the Bodhisattva’s intact flesh relic. Regarded as a sacred shrine by Buddhists, it is the top choice for burning incense and making prayers.
Huacheng Temple
The oldest ancient temple on Jiuhua Mountain, now operating as the Jiuhua Mountain Historical Cultural Relics Museum. It serves as a miniature of the entire mountain, offering visitors a full overview of Jiuhua Mountain’s history and culture. Fortune stick reading costs 300 yuan here.
Hundred-Year Temple
This temple enshrines the intact flesh body of Monk Wuxia, the oldest surviving sacred relic on Jiuhua Mountain with a history spanning hundreds of years. It offers the cheapest fortune stick readings on the mountain at only 100 yuan.
Zhiyuan Temple
Ranked first among the four major temple complexes on Jiuhua Mountain. Zhiyuan originally referred to a sacred Buddhist site in India, after which this temple was named. The term "monastic complex" means a large community of monks with enduring incense offerings. Fortune stick reading costs 300 yuan here.
Tiantai Peak
A core scenic area of Jiuhua Mountain lined with numerous temples and stunning natural views, hailed by tourists and pilgrims as the crown of Jiuhua Mountain. Fortune stick reading costs 300 yuan here.
Bell Ringing
Ringing the temple bell costs approximately 100 yuan per strike.
Other Customs & Etiquette
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Rules for Entering Temple Gates
Visitors should enter temples through the left or right side gates. Step forward with your right foot first when using the right gate, and your left foot first when using the left gate. Never step over the central threshold, let alone stand or sit on it — this is seen as profound disrespect to Buddhas and Bodhisattvas.
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Standard Kowing Ritual for Buddha Worship
Before kowtowing, pilgrims should set down backpacks and handbags beside them, then kneel on the rush mat to the right of the Buddha statue. Hold palms upward level with your shoulders, bow your head to touch your palms, flip your palms flat against the ground when lifting your head, then press your palms together again.
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Incense-Burning Etiquette
It is traditional to insert three incense sticks into the censer, known as "offering three joss sticks to the Buddha". The sticks must stand upright. If you only offer one stick out of casual reverence, it should also be placed straight; crooked incense is deemed disrespectful to the Buddha.
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Rules for Vegetarian Temple Meals
Dining on vegetarian temple cuisine is a unique experience on Jiuhua Mountain. The vegetarian feast includes various classic Buddhist dishes, and rice is cooked in large iron pots over firewood with pure mountain spring water, delivering a fresh, fragrant taste.
Monks and nuns hold an offering ceremony before meals. After the ritual, diners should politely take seats at the lower tables (seats facing north are the inferior seats). Do not sit directly opposite the abbot, and never sit facing the Buddha statues in the main shrine. Use shared chopsticks to pick food, avoid loud talking and noisy laughter. Monastics value every grain of rice as gold, so take care not to spill any rice on the ground.
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Polite Demeanor
When encountering monks or nuns within the temple grounds, greet them with palms pressed together in respect. Do not casually touch ritual musical instruments, candles on incense altars or sacrificial offerings. In addition, monastics consider inquiries about their personal backgrounds and reasons for becoming monks/nuns highly sensitive; refrain from asking such personal questions.
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