How to get to Jiuhuashan from Putian Bus Station? I’m going to take my girlfriend to play on May Day, so please give me some advice!

I don’t know whether you are going to Jiuhua Mountain in Putian or Jiuhua Mountain in the National Key Scenic Area. If it is Putian, it is quite close by taking a taxi. If not, you can refer to:

Transportation: From Putian Bus Station, you can take a bus to Fuzhou Railway Station, and then take K322/K323 (check at the train station for the exact train number) and wait for the train to transfer to Tongling, Anqing, etc., and then transfer to Jiuhuashan by bus. If you take a civil flight, you can take a flight to Nanjing, Hefei, or Huangshan Airport, and then take a bus directly to Mount Jiuhua. Nanjing is 240 kilometers from Jiuhua Mountain, Hefei is 220 kilometers from Jiuhua Mountain, and Huangshan is 120 kilometers from Jiuhua Mountain. There are direct vehicles to Jiuhua Mountain.

Catering: Mount Jiuhua is a famous Buddhist mountain. Historically, not only the monks and nuns had to strictly follow the precepts and forbid meat and vegetarian food, but also the mountain residents and tourists were strictly prohibited from eating meat. For thousands of years, this has been a common practice, thus forming a The unique and prestigious "vegetarian food" in Mount Jiuhua. The main body of vegetarian food is vegetarian dishes. The raw materials of the vegetarian dishes are taken from mountain delicacies such as bamboo shoots, lilies, polygonatum, rock fungus, fungus, day lily, cabbage, malantou, bean sprouts, Chinese chrysanthemum sprouts, bracken and other mountain delicacies produced in this mountain, and are supplemented with tofu, frozen powder, gluten, Vegetarian oil, fresh vegetables, etc., can be stir-fried, simmered, stewed, or baked. More than 100 varieties can be made. Generally, no condiments are added for color and seasoning. The original color is light, with green threads and green leaves, distinct colors, and natural game. , fragrant, crispy, fresh and tender, rich in nutrients and not greasy after eating for a long time. All meat and vegetable dishes can be cooked in their own shape, such as vegetarian chicken, vegetarian duck, vegetarian fish, vegetarian sausage, vegetarian sea cucumber, vegetarian ham, etc. All major hotels in Jiuhuashan and vegetarian restaurants on the streets offer a variety of vegetarian dishes. It would be a pity for tourists to visit Jiuhua without tasting the delicious vegetarian dishes. After the 1930s, the meat ban was relaxed. Except for Buddhists and pilgrims who are strictly vegetarian, ordinary tourists and local mountain people are no longer subject to vegetarian restrictions. The number of meat restaurants in Jiuhua Mountain has gradually increased, with local delicacies and game. The dishes cooked with fresh vegetables have unique local flavor, good color, fragrance and low price. There are now more than 100 snack bars on Jiuhua Street and tourist hotlines, offering nearly 100 varieties of snacks, such as "Jiuhua Three" "Tian Tai Shuang Dong", "Braised Stone Chicken", "Steamed Mountain Phoenix", "Pure Fresh Mushrooms", "Shi Er Broth", "Braised Four Delicacies", etc. are very popular among tourists.

Accommodation: The main accommodation on the mountain is in Jiuhua Street. There are hundreds of hotels of various grades with more than 4,000 beds. Some temples also have reception capacity. The price of the hotel is of course more expensive than Yamashita, but very reasonable. If the price of accommodation in a temple is not clearly specified, it is generally slightly higher than that of a low-end hotel. It is recommended that you book in advance. However, beds in Jiuhua Mountain are relatively tight every weekend. Therefore, if you travel to Jiuhua Mountain on weekends, it is recommended to book a room in advance. Friends who travel independently can use the largest domestic hotel booking website, such as E-Long: /hotels/default.aspx?campaign_id=4053296, where first select "1 Select City" - "Other Cities" and then enter "Jiuhuashan" Select "2 check-in and check-out dates", then click "Search" and change the "sort order:" to "price" to list the above hotels available for discount booking. You don't need to pay any cash first when booking online. You just need to arrive at the hotel front desk on time and pay with the card number or order number you just registered for free. It is affordable and safe.

Specialties:

Jiuhua Buddha Tea (Yunwu Fragrance Tea): Jiuhua Buddha Tea is one of the famous specialties of Jiuhua Mountain. The tea farm here is nearly a thousand meters above sea level, and the peaks are close to each other. There are forests of pines and bamboos, flying springs moistening the valleys, and fragrant grasses.

It is said that Jin Qiaojue, the incarnation of Jin Jizo, crossed the sea from the Silla Kingdom and entered the Tang Dynasty to seek Dharma. He went through a lot of hardships before he found this fairy-like Jiuhua Mountain. "Kasaya borrowed land" and received charity from the mountain owner, Mr. Min, to make the Jiuhua Ninety-nine Peaks his dojo. That spring, the spring rain continued continuously for more than half a month, and Jiuhua Mountain was immersed in thick fog and drizzle. Jin Ksitigarbha sat in a cave, chanting sutras without stopping. Suddenly, I faintly heard the sound of "piba, piba" in my ears. It turned out to be tea seeds. Late at night before Prince Jin Jizo of the Silla Kingdom came to the Tang Dynasty, his mother, who was abandoned by her father, gave her to the mother in tears. Wang's fragrant tea seeds collected by hand were sewn into the lapel of Jin Jizo's clothes. It was hard to come by. Later, Jin Jizo took out the sprouted tea seeds and planted them on the sunny hillside of Nantai (Shenguang Ridge) where he meditated. When tea seeds are put into the ground, they will grow with each passing day.

In less than March, a lush tea garden has grown, and the mountain is filled with fragrance.

The Jiuhua Buddha tea produced here absorbs the moisture of mountain fog and dew day and night, and absorbs the aura of exotic flowers and herbs. The tea is green in color and has a sweet aftertaste. At the same time, due to the high mountain climate, the temperature difference between day and night is large, and there are few people in the area. The tea garden is free of pests, diseases, pesticides and industrial pollution. It is a natural and organic ecological tea garden.

Polygonatum japonicum: commonly grown in Jiuhua Mountain, it is a perennial herbaceous plant of the Liliaceae family. It is also known as "chicken head ginseng" and "tiger ginger". It mostly grows on damp slopes or on both sides of ravines. It has many leaves. , the leaves are short like bamboo, the flowers are green and white, three to five flowers are integrated into an umbrella shape, the pedicels are drooping, the rhizomes are horizontal and fleshy. The processing is exquisite, usually through nine steaming and nine drying processes, and is commonly known as "Nine Systems Polygonatum". The processed product of Polygonatum sibiricum is oily, fragrant and sweet, and can be used both medicinally and edible. It has the effects of replenishing the middle and replenishing qi, removing wind and warmth, calming the five internal organs, strengthening muscles and bones, relieving cold and heat, and replenishing essence. According to legend, Master Haiyu, an eminent monk in the Ming Dynasty, practiced hard in the Baisui Palace cave in Jiuhua Mountain. He did not eat rice and lived on Huangjing until he was 110 years old. Du Fu's poem in the Tang Dynasty said: "Sweep away the white hair and Huangjing, and you will see his ice and snow face."

Shitu: a perennial plant, a composite organism of fungi and algae. Distributed on high mountain cliffs, commonly known as "land". On cloudy and rainy days, it looks like a mushroom, so the locals also call it "earth mushroom". It is "sweet, non-toxic" and "can improve eyesight and improve essence". It is a high-grade green food. The output is not large and the supply exceeds the demand.

Traditional festivals:

There are many important Buddhist festivals in Mount Jiuhua, the main ones are as follows:

Buddha’s Birthday: Sakyamuni is celebrated on the eighth day of the fourth lunar month Buddhists celebrate the birthday of Buddha on this day, which is the biggest festival in Buddhism. Legend has it that when Sakyamuni was born, a dragon sprayed fragrant rain to bathe his body. Therefore, on the Buddha's birthday, monks and nuns in Jiuhuashan Temple gathered in the main hall to worship the Buddha, chant sutras, and cleanse the Sakyamuni Buddha statue with fragrant soup. This is called the Buddha Bathing Ceremony. . During the Buddha Bathing Dharma Assembly, in addition to giving alms to the monks, the temple also held activities such as setting off flames and burning Dharma boats to save ghosts.

Ziyi Day: The fifteenth day of the seventh month in the lunar calendar is called Ziyi Day, which means self-examination of the practice over the past year. It is another major Buddhist festival, also known as the Bon Festival. During this festival, monks and believers in Jiuhuashan Temple make offerings to the Buddha, repent, and indulge in self-indulgence. They also perform the "Lianghuang Repentance" and the "Ksitigarbha Repentance" to save their ancestors and hungry ghosts in the ten directions.

Ksitigarbha Dharma Assembly: The 30th day of the seventh lunar month (the smallest month is nine) is the Christmas day of Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva. It is said that Silla monk Jin Qiaojue also became enlightened on this day. A grand ceremony will be held in Jiuhua Mountain to recite <> and the Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva Pagoda are called Ksitigarbha Dharma Assembly, which usually lasts for seven days (July 30---August 6th). During the Dharma conference, pilgrims also held a Baizi meeting and offered incense to the mountain.

Buddha’s Enlightenment Festival: The eighth day of the twelfth lunar month is the day when Sakyamuni became enlightened. There is a custom of Laba porridge in Jiuhua Mountains. Red thorns, longans, mushrooms and beans are used to cook porridge for self-feeding and alms. , to show gratitude to Buddha.

Guanyin Meeting: On the birthday of Guanyin (the 19th day of the 2nd lunar month), the Enlightenment Day (the 19th day of the 6th lunar month), and the Nirvana Day (the 19th day of the 9th lunar month), women are invited to gather in groups. They burn incense and worship Buddha, ask for signatures and make wishes, and pray for the safety of mother and child, which is called the Guanyin Society.

Jiuhuashan Temple Fair: Originated in the Tang Dynasty. According to legend, in the late Kaiyuan period of the Tang Dynasty (713-742), Jin Qiaojue, an eminent monk from the Silla Kingdom, came to Jiuhua Mountain to open a Ksitigarbha monastery. He practiced ascetic meditation for seventy-five years and passed away on the 30th day of the seventh lunar month at the age of ninety-nine. Three years after the body was placed in the vat, the whole body was intact, the appearance was as if it were alive, and the bones of the body made a sound like golden locks when shaken. According to Buddhist scriptures, the sound of the golden lock's skeleton is the birth of Bodhisattva. Therefore, the disciples regarded him as the reincarnation of Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva and respected him as Golden Ksitigarbha, so they built a physical pagoda in Shenguang Ridge to worship him. Every year on the 30th day of the seventh lunar month, believers and pilgrims from all over the world gather in Jiuhua to offer incense, worship pagodas, and the rooftop. Many mountain people and craftsmen take this opportunity to do business with each other, and folk artists also take this opportunity to perform their crafts. Gradually, the traditional Jiuhua Festival is formed. Huashan Temple Fair.

Since 1983, Jiuhuashan has resumed temple fair activities, integrating large-scale Buddhist activities, business activities, and cultural and entertainment activities. Every year, the temple fair attracts Buddhist worshipers and a large number of tourists at home and abroad.

Buddhist activities:

Shuilu Dharma Assembly: the full name is "Dharma Realm Sacred Heart Shuilu Pudu Dazhai Shenghui", referred to as Shuilu Dharma Assembly, Shuilu Association, Shuilu Daochang, commonly known as Shuilu Dharma Assembly .

Yoga flame mouth: It is a Buddhist ritual in which hungry ghosts are given water and food to relieve their hunger and thirst. It is commonly known as the flame mouth. When major gatherings are completed or during funerals, the flame mouth is released to provide vegetarian food. , make many good friends.

Transmitting precepts: It is a religious ceremony in which jungle temples set up a Dharma hall or altar to teach the precepts to monks or lay followers. It is also called opening or releasing precepts.

The abbot ascended the throne. The abbot of the Jiuhua Mountain Jungle Temple is also called the abbot. When the abbot takes office, it is said that the abbot ascends the throne. The abbot's ascension is held on Buddhist festivals, and an abbot is usually passed on every three or several years.

Consecration of Buddha statues: A consecration ceremony must be held for new Buddha statues in large temples to be installed, painted, and gilded, or for old Buddha statues to be repainted and gilded, which is one of the Buddhist activities.

Baizihui: Good men and women organize themselves voluntarily, devote themselves to vegetarian food, carry burdens and flags, beat gongs and chant sutras, and go in and out in groups. When the number of people reaches one hundred, they form a meeting or group, which is called Baizihui; when the number reaches two hundred, it is called Shuangzihui. Baizihui. But there are also groups of twenty or thirty people, called Xiaobaizihui.

Price information:

1. Tickets to the mountain

Peak season (March 1st - November 30th): Regular ticket 140 yuan, discount ticket 70 Yuan;

Off-season (December 1st - the end of February of the following year): Ordinary ticket is 110 yuan, discount ticket is 55 yuan.

Half-price discounts are available for students, teachers, the elderly, disabled people, active military personnel, and pilgrims (with conversion certificates).

2. Small entrance fee for attractions

Gion Temple is 5 yuan; Huacheng Temple is 8 yuan; Centennial Palace is 8 yuan; Dabei Palace is 8 yuan.

3. Cable car price:

Rooftop cableway: 85 yuan (45 up/40 down) in peak season; 75 yuan (40/35) in off-season; 80 yuan for VIP channel up and no down. . Centenarian Palace Cable Car: RMB 75 (up 40/down 35) yuan in peak season; VIP channel is 55 yuan up and 35 yuan down.

Common inquiries:

Banks are concentrated on Jiuhua Street. There are ATM machines of ICBC and Agricultural Bank of China. The post office is opposite ICBC.

Incense route:

The first stop for incense: the Palace of the Physical Body complex. The true body of Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva is enshrined here. It is a holy place in the minds of Buddhists. This should be the first stop.

The second stop for pilgrimage: Huacheng Temple in Jiuhua Mountain. This is the first temple founded in Jiuhua Mountain and is now the Jiuhua Mountain Museum. By visiting here, you can get knowledge about the history, geography and humanities of Jiuhua Mountain.

The third stop on the pilgrimage: Centennial Palace. The real body of the flawless old man is enshrined here. He is the oldest real body currently visible in Jiuhua Mountain and has a history of hundreds of years.

The fourth stop on the pilgrimage: Gion Temple. It is recommended to visit in the evening, when there are often Buddhist activities at Gionji Temple, and you can enjoy the Buddhist concerts at a glance.

The fifth stop on the pilgrimage: the rooftop. It is recommended that you take the cableway up to the rooftop early in the morning. If the weather is fine, you can watch the sunrise from the Sun Pavilion on the rooftop. The sunrise scenery here is excellent, so don’t miss it.

Viewing route:

First stop: Visit the Centennial Palace, where you can view the natural sleeping Buddha on the cable car.

Second stop: Visit the rooftop and watch the natural scenery on the top of the mountain. And set off along the road to the flower terrace, enjoying the beautiful scenery of the flower terrace, known as Xiaohuang Mountain. After visiting the Big and Small Flower Terrace, go down the mountain from the side of the Small Flower Terrace and go straight to the Minyuan Scenic Area. This journey takes about six hours. You can take a battery car from Minyuan Scenic Area for 35 yuan directly to the Phoenix Pine Cableway Station, and then take the bus back to Jiuhua Street.

Itinerary suggestions: Because Huatai Scenic Area is a newly developed scenic spot, the service facilities have not kept up. It is recommended that tourists bring more water and food to replenish their physical strength. Because the rooftop is the only way to reach the flower terrace, tourists are advised to take the ropeway up the mountain to save energy.

Finally, I wish you and your girlfriend a happy trip to Jiuhua Mountain!