How much does a ticket to Niushou Mountain in Nanjing cost? What's fun?

Niushou Mountain Cultural Tourism Area is a new attraction in Nanjing, named after the Parietal Bone Hall of Sakyamuni Buddha, the highest sacred object in the world of Buddhism. It has become a new tourist attraction in Nanjing. See the main text for the one-day tour guide to Niushou Mountain.

Ticket price

Full price ticket: 98.00 yuan/person

Half price ticket: 49 yuan/person

Opening hours: spring and summer (March-October) 9:00-17:30; Autumn (November-February) 9:00-17:00.

Attractions: Niu Shou Square - Foding Temple - Foding Pagoda - Foding Palace - Zheng He Cultural Park - Zen Forest Road Landscape Belt

One-day tour itinerary

09:00——Visit the scenic spot from the east entrance.

Visit Niushou Square at 09:10

Take a tour bus from Niushou Square at 09:30 and visit Foding Temple via Tianque Road.

Take a tour bus from Foding Temple to Foding Holy Land at 1:30, and then walk to Foding Temple to enjoy vegetarian food.

Visit the Foding Palace and the Pagoda Hall at 12:30.

14:0 - Walk from Foding Palace to Foding Pagoda to visit the external landscape, and then take a tour bus to visit Zheng He Cultural Park.

Tourists depart from Zhenghe Cultural Park at 14:30 and hike along Zen Forest Road.

6:0——Return

: Featured Attractions

1. Foding Temple

Foding Temple is a Buddhist patriarchate Buddhist monastery. The Buddhist temple covers an area of ??23,731.1 square meters, with a total construction area of ??8,104.6 square meters. The Buddhist temple is divided into five areas according to its functions: worshiping Buddha, teaching Dharma, dining hall, monks' dormitory, and teahouse.

2. Foding Palace

The Foding Palace is a deep pit building with a length of 220m, a width of 160m, a total height of 89.3m, and a single building area of ??approximately 136,000 m2. The theme of the Buddha-domed Palace building is support. The external space is divided into two parts, the large dome and the small dome, which represent external support and internal support respectively. The space is divided into nine floors, three above ground and six underground. The basement consists of two spaces: the Pagoda Hall and the Pagoda Palace.

3. Buddha-topped Pagoda

The pagoda is 88 meters high, covers an area of ??4677 square meters, has nine floors and four sides. It was built in the Tang Dynasty. The pagoda is one of the landmark buildings in Buddhist holy places. On the eighth floor of the pagoda, there is an all-bronze Buddha statue diamond bell, on which is engraved the full text of the Diamond Sutra written by Master Long Xiang. On the ninth floor of the Tathagata Hall, a seated Buddha of Vairocana is enshrined. Climbing the tower, you can overlook the panoramic view of Niushou Mountain in all seasons.

4. Zheng He Cultural Park

Zheng He Cultural Park is the mausoleum of Zheng He, the famous navigator of the Ming Dynasty. Zheng He, whose real name is Ma and posthumous name, was born in a Muslim family in Yunnan. In the fourteenth year, he came to Nanjing with Lan Yu, deputy commander-in-chief of the Ming Dynasty's Yunnan Expeditionary Force, and entered the Zhu Palace. Later, he followed the "Jingnan Incident" and was promoted to the eunuch of the inner palace. The emperor of the Ming Dynasty, whose surname was Ma, was known as Zheng He in history.