Travel tips for Jiuhua Mountain travel guide

1. Jiuhua Mountain Scenic Area is one of the four famous mountains in Chinese Buddhism. It is known as the "Lotus Buddha Country" and is the dojo of Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva. When visiting Buddhist holy sites, you should do as the Romans do and respect religious beliefs. Do not speak rudely when entering a temple. If you meet a monk on the street, please let them go first to show respect. Do not ask monks about their reasons for becoming monks, their daily lives and other sensitive issues. This is a big taboo.

2. The famous temples in Jiuhua Mountain Scenic Area are widely distributed and are popular tourist attractions. However, there are four taboos that tourists should keep in mind when visiting temples to avoid disputes and disputes. Not fast.

(1) Avoid improper titles: monks and Taoists in temples should be respectfully called "master", and the presiding monks should be called "abbot". Avoid calling them "monk" or "monk" directly, or even Other insulting names.

(2) Avoid improper etiquette: the common way to salute when meeting a monk is to put your hands together and lower your head slightly, or put one hand in front of your chest with your head slightly lowered. Avoid shaking hands, hugging, or touching the monk. Improper etiquette such as head.

(3) Avoid improper conversation: When talking to monks, you should not mention killing, marriage, or eating fishy meat, so as not to arouse the monk's disgust.

(4) Avoid inappropriate behavior: When visiting temples, you are not allowed to make loud noises, point out comments, make sarcastic remarks, or walk around or touch temple objects. In particular, you are not allowed to touch or carve idols. Buddhist activities should be observed quietly or left quietly. At the same time, you should also take care of your children to avoid doing impolite things due to their ignorance.

3. Entrance: Visitors should enter through the temple doors on the left and right sides, because stepping in from the middle threshold, or even standing or sitting on the threshold, is a great disrespect to the Buddha and Bodhisattvas.

4. Worship the Buddha: When worshiping the Buddha, first put your hands together, then kneel on the futon with your right hand in front of the Buddha statue, then put the palms of your hands upward and shoulder width apart, bow your head to the futon, and turn your palms over when you raise your head. On the ground, stand up and put your hands together again.

5. Burning incense: If you are a believer, needless to say, you will naturally put three sticks of incense in the incense burner, which is called "burning three sticks of high incense". If you are just following fate, you must correct it, otherwise it will be regarded as disrespectful to the Buddha.

6. Mountaineering: Do not wear hard-soled leather shoes. Lighter sports shoes, travel shoes and rubber-soled cloth shoes are the best choices. It is best to wear a pair of thick socks to prevent blisters. There are two cableways in the Jiuhua Mountain Scenic Area: the Baisui Palace Cable Car and the Rooftop Ropeway. It takes an hour to walk up to the Baisui Palace and only 30 minutes to walk down. Basically, you only need to go up; Rooftop Scenic Area The main purpose is to see the Tiantai Zen Temple on the top of the mountain. If you walk up completely, it will consume a lot of energy. It will take about 3.5 hours more than taking the ropeway to go up the mountain. If you take the ropeway, you can save time and energy. The remaining more than 1,000 The steps up the mountain are not that difficult.

7. When dining, ask about the price before ordering to avoid unnecessary misunderstandings.

8. Jiuhua Mountain Scenic Area has a humid subtropical monsoon climate, with frequent rain and fog. Hotel conditions in the scenic area are limited, and there may be poor conditions and humid conditions. We ask for your understanding and understanding.

9. The scenic traffic buses in Jiuhua Mountain Scenic Area are public buses and generally only leave when the buses are full. If the bus is not full, it runs every fifteen minutes.

10. You should carefully understand the situation of accommodation in Jiuhuashan. Some places are of better quality, while others are different. That’s all I can say. It is recommended to book a room online for convenience and peace of mind.

11. In the Jiuhua Mountain Scenic Area, wild monkeys are too "close" to tourists, which has led to an increasing number of incidents of hurting people. The wild monkeys in the scenic spots love and play with people, which are deeply loved by tourists and have become a tourist attraction. Jiuhuashan Scenic Area is a "living landscape". However, because most tourists do not understand the habits of wild monkeys, "misunderstandings" occur between humans and monkeys during the feeding of wild monkeys, and incidents of wild monkeys hurting people often occur. So be careful not to tease wild monkeys at will.