Things to note when traveling to Mount Jiuhua

1. Jiuhua Mountain 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 are widely distributed and are popular tourist attractions. However, tourists should keep four taboos in mind when visiting temples to avoid disputes and unhappiness.

One taboo is inappropriate titles. The monks and Taoists in the temple should be respectfully called "Master" or "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, touching the monk's head, etc. inappropriately etiquette.

Three taboos: Conversation with monks should not be done inappropriately. You should not mention killing, marriage, or eating meat, so as not to offend the monks.

Four taboos: Improper behavior When visiting temples, you are not allowed to make loud noises, point out comments, ridicule, walk around, or mess with temple objects. In particular, you are not allowed to touch or carve statues. If you encounter Buddhist activities, you should be quiet. Immediately observe silently or leave quietly. At the same time, you should also take care of your children to avoid doing impolite things due to their ignorance.

3. Enter. 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. Pray to the Buddha by clasping your hands together, then kneel down on the futon with your right hand in front of the Buddha statue, then put your palms up and shoulder width apart, kowtow down to the futon, when you raise your head, turn your palms over and lie on the ground, stand up and clasp your hands again.

5. Add 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. Do not wear hard-soled leather shoes when hiking. 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 Jiuhua Mountain: the Baisui Palace Cable Car and the Rooftop Ropeway. It takes an hour to walk up to the Centenary Palace and 30 minutes to walk down. Basically, you only need to go up; the main rooftop scenic spot is In order to see the Tiantai Zen Temple on the top of the mountain, it will be very tiring to walk up the mountain. 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 people go up the mountain. The steps are less difficult.

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

8. Jiuhua Mountain has a humid subtropical monsoon climate, with frequent rain and fog. The 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 transportation buses in scenic spots in Jiuhua Mountain are public buses and generally only leave when the buses are full. There may be situations where guests have to wait for scenic area transportation vehicles. Please understand.

There is a Jingjiejingshe in Jiuhua Mountain that is very effective in asking for fortune-telling. It is known as the No. 1 fortune-teller in Jiuhua! You might as well go and take a look!