Where is the heart stone?

Heart stone is located at the bottom of Xitianmen, with a width of about 300 square meters. It is round and smooth, with a huge "heart" engraved on it. This word is 5 meters long, 7 meters wide and nearly 50 meters outside. The center can accommodate 89 people sitting together, and the whole word can accommodate nearly 100 people to meditate. It is really "broad-minded" and the largest stone carving in Putuo Mountain. It is said that avalokitesvara once said the Heart Sutra on this stone. Buddhists attach great importance to spiritual cultivation. When people go to Mount Putuo to worship Buddha, they all like to touch the heart stone, or touch the heart edge, or sit on the heart edge and take pictures as a souvenir, as a symbol of Buddha's sincerity or human friendship.

A poem "Heart-shaped Stone" said: "The seamount is a wonder of the Western Heaven, with the word" red heart "shining brightly. Constantly doing merit in the world is to be a Buddha. " There is a stone in the valley about 5 meters above the heart stone, which extends outward and looms among thorns, and its shape is as cool as a snake head. Not far from this stone, there is another stone on the west side of Xitianmen, which looks like a small-,looking up at the snake, with an easy grace. Legend has it that a snake spirit gained enlightenment under the guidance of Guanyin Bodhisattva. One day, Guanyin Bodhisattva put one on the snake's back to test the snake's heart, but the python was silent and didn't hurt at all. This is the origin of the story "The Buddha tries the snake's heart". Later, someone carved a big word "heart" on the flat slope boulder in the lower right corner of the snake head, which was even more ingenious and intriguing.

Address: West Gate of Putuo Mountain, Putuo District, Zhoushan

Type: geology and geomorphology

Play time: suggested 10-20 minutes.

Opening hours:

8:00- 18:00

Ticket information:

No tickets are needed. It is included in the big ticket of Putuo Mountain Scenic Area.

traffic

Traffic conditions in Putuo Mountain

The tourist bus has two special buses connecting many scenic spots in Putuo Mountain.

1 Road: Fossett East (Baibusha)-Baibuge-Zizhulin (Nanhai Guanyin Open-air Giant Buddha)-Entering Samadi (Nantianmen)-Shipyard-Haiphong New Village (Xishan New Village Area 1)-Seafood Garden (Xishan New Village Area 2)-Baotuo Hotel-Fossett West (Xishan Scenic Area Entrance)

Road No.2: Ship Wharf-Entering Samadhi (Nantianmen)-Zizhulin (Guanyin Buddha in the South China Sea)-Baibu Pavilion-Fusai Jidong (Baibu Sand)-Xianren Well (Chaoyang Cave)-Dacheng Temple-Fayu Temple (Qianbu Sand)-Sha Fei Depression-Xianghui Temple-Fanyin Cave.

In addition to two dedicated tourist buses, there are also point-to-point tourist buses between the major scenic spots in Putuo Mountain, and there are special personnel to dispatch vehicles with walkie-talkies according to the passenger flow.

How to reach the heart stone

Take bus 1 and get off at Xitian Ferry Terminal. Take bus No.2 and get off at Baibusha and walk 10 minutes.