Rooftop Tourist Attractions Taizhou Rooftop Flower Viewing Area

March is the perfect time for spring, and it is the season when flowers are in full bloom, bringing an endless stream of tourists to cities such as Nanjing, Wuhan and Hangzhou. Although the scenery of these cities is beautiful, I don’t know that the niche attractions in the surrounding cities are also worth visiting. Today I am going to give you a small treasure-viewing county in eastern Zhejiang. Come and see which place it is! Taizhou Rooftop, Zhejiang

In the season when cherry blossoms, azaleas, bauhinias, and tulips are in full bloom, Hangzhou and Nanjing Popular cities such as Shanghai and Shanghai are crowded with people on weekends. When you see it, you will see a scene of "everyone, everyone, everyone, everyone, everyone, everyone, everyone, everyone." Even the most beautiful picture will be destroyed. In fact, the better the weather, the more time should be reserved for the surrounding niche attractions, because the prerequisite for beautiful scenery is often the lack of crowds!

Tiantai County is located in the eastern part of Zhejiang Province and is the capital of Taizhou City. a county. Named after Tiantai Mountain within the territory, it connects Ninghai and Sanmen to the east, Pan'an to the west, Xianju and Linhai to the south, and Xinchang to the north. Tiantai County has a long history, rich products and beautiful scenery. It is a famous tourist attraction in Zhejiang Province and has been rated as one of the "top ten most popular Chinese scenic spots by Europeans". Tiantai Mountain is famous for "the origin of Buddhism and the beautiful scenery". It is the birthplace of Tiantai Sect of Buddhism and the founding place of Southern Taoism. There are thousands of ancient temples in the territory - Guoqing Temple, Shiliang Scenic Area, Huading Scenic Area, Qiongtai Fairy Valley, Jigong's former residence, Hanshan Lake, Longchuan Gorge Scenic Area and other tourist attractions.

The rooftop, this poetic place that is half landscape and half Zen, has become a colorful spring map. It is strongly recommended that friends from Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Shanghai add it to their favorites! On Chicheng Mountain, redbuds bloom all over the mountain. , pink and purple flowers complement each other with towering ancient towers and beautiful mountains, forming a beautiful picture. When you come to Guoqing Temple in spring, you will naturally be attracted by the grand rapeseed flowers outside. Large areas of farmland are scattered around the temple, just like a real-life "small forest". This is the property of the temple, and you can still see the monks working here. Travel Guide

Best travel time: Spring and Autumn

If you choose to come to Tiantai from April to May, you can catch up with the best time to go to Huading National Forest Park. The sea of ??clouds, sunrise, rhododendron, and rime are known as the "Four Wonders of Huading". Only at this time of year can you unexpectedly encounter the thousand-year-old original rhododendron on the mountain. In addition to the blooming spring scenery, it also has a long history and amazing food. It is the end point of the Tang Poetry Road in eastern Zhejiang, and there are hundreds of poems on the Tang Poetry Road describing its charm; it is not only the birthplace of the Tiantai Sect of Buddhism, a Taoist holy land, but also the hometown of the Living Buddha Jigong; it is also a hidden version of snacks Paradise, conquer your carb stomach with all kinds of delicacies with weird names!

Recommended accommodation: Tiantai He Hotel. If you want to have a good time, you must first live well. Tiantaihe Hotel also offers special packages for spring flower viewing according to the season.

The hotel is adjacent to a thousand-year-old ancient temple. Tiantaihe is adjacent to major scenic spots. It only takes 5 minutes to drive to Guoqing Temple. The location is excellent and it is extremely convenient to go anywhere. Although it is close to the tourist center of the rooftop scenic area, there is no noise at all. It is quiet and Zen-like, making it a good place for a quiet vacation. The hotel has an area of ??6,000 square meters, but only has 40 rooms. The public areas, courtyards, and every room are extremely luxurious, with a variety of new Chinese styles, and the room types can be selected as you like. The hotel has 10 room types, mainly with tree view, flower view and courtyard view. Each room starts at 55 square meters and is extremely spacious. It either has its own courtyard or a large balcony, giving it a perfect holiday feel. Explore the surrounding attractions

Guoqing Temple, the “least commercialized” thousand-year-old temple in China

For most people, visiting Guoqing Temple is a must when going to the rooftop. As the first sect of Chinese Buddhism, the Tiantai sect in Japan, Korea and some Southeast Asian countries all regard Guoqing Temple as their ancestral temple. The famous Sanjusangendo in Kyoto, Japan is the temple of the Tiantai sect. There is a lot of incense in Guoqing Temple, but it is not noisy and crowded. No one asks you to tell fortunes or buy incense. It is also rated by netizens as one of the "least commercialized scenic spots in China". Locals also come here to worship.

As soon as you enter Guoqing Temple, you will be impressed by the towering ancient trees and gurgling streams. It is quiet, ethereal, quiet and comfortable. The gables of the temple stretch in the mottled light and shadow, and every tile, every plant and tree They all tell long-standing stories to visitors. Many people who have been there say that Guoqing Temple is a place that you can visit even 100 times. In different seasons, different weather, and even different moods, you can always encounter a different Guoqing Temple! The little squirrels on the Sui plum blossoms, the mimosa outside the hall, the fallen leaves on the cornices, the mottled yellow walls, the moss on the steps, the censers in the incense burner. The long incense, the dark tiles in the shadow of wintersweet? Between the morning bells and evening drums, it seems that time has stopped~

When you walk out of Guoqing Temple, you will pass a rice field owned by monks, and you can occasionally see people working here. Monk. There are rapeseed flowers in spring, rice fields in summer, haystacks in autumn, dark green in winter, and the green trees in the distance will turn into dark colors... It is simply a real-life "small forest". The tranquility of the "slow times in the past" is vividly reflected here. Every time you stay in such an environment, you will feel more reluctant to leave.

Huadingshan National Forest Park Rhododendron Season

Spring is a good time to go to Huading National Forest Park. The area here is about 58,000 acres, with mountains and mountains, like a thousand-leaf lotus, and 72 peaks. The main peak is 1,098 meters high, and the sea of ??clouds is vast. Li Bai, the poet of the Tang Dynasty, wrote the famous poem "Xiaowang on the Tiantai" here.

The unique Huading Rhododendron blooms here every spring, and the thousand-year-old Buddhist trees on the mountain - Yunjin Rhododendron, Buddhist tea fairy tea - Huading Yunwu Tea, etc. are treasured in the world and are too beautiful to behold.

Bauhinia in Chicheng Mountain Scenic Area

Since ancient times, Chicheng Mountain has been a holy mountain where Buddhism and Taoism live harmoniously. In the mountain, there is not only the sixth Taoist cave "Yujing Cave", but also the Zhejiang The famous nunnery "Ziyun Cave" in the east is also the place where the young Jigong studied. Emperor Jianwen also spent his birthday here twice. There is also a "Liang Fei Pagoda" on the top of the mountain.

When the flowers bloom every year, you must go to Chicheng Mountain for a walk! The redbuds bloom all over the mountain, and the pink and purple flowers complement each other with the majestic ancient pagodas and beautiful mountains, forming a beautiful scene. When people walk among the scrolls, they feel as if they have walked into the painting.

Tik Tok’s popular Tiantai Mountain Waterfall

To be said to be the most popular attraction in Tiantai, Tiantai Mountain Waterfall is definitely the first one! The waterfall flies down from Tongbai Mountain, 9 The cascade waterfall group has a total drop of 325 meters and a maximum width of 90 meters, making it the tallest waterfall in China. You must know that the Wenzhou Baizhang Waterfall, which entered the sight of tourists in 2013, is currently certified by the Guinness Headquarters in Shanghai as "the waterfall with the highest single drop in China", with a drop of 287 meters. It has reappeared after a 60-year hiatus. It has attracted much attention since its soft opening in early April. Now it has become a Douyin celebrity, and even CCTV has personally called it~

"The No. 1 Wonder in the World" Stone Liang Fei Waterfall

Shiliang Town, the top of Tiantai Mountain, where Tiantai Mountain Kasuke Hotel is located, is quite similar to Arashiyama in Kyoto and Taroko in Hualien. The forest coverage rate here is as high as over 87%, and there is the Shiliang Scenic Area that combines the essence of Tiantai landscape. The core scene in the scenic spot is the Shiliang Waterfall. As the name suggests, the stone beam spans the mountains, and the waterfall flows straight down from it. It is a rare spectacle in the world where the waterfall and the stone bridge are in the same frame. The waterfall here flows all year round, with dense forests and abrupt peaks on both sides, and the mountains, rocks, and water complement each other interestingly. This is not only a "popular place" for literati from ancient times to the present, but also a filming location for many - the well-known "Shaolin Temple", Zhang Jizhong's version of "The Legend of the Condor Heroes", etc.

Qiongtai Fairy Valley

Qiongtai Fairy Valley is located 8 kilometers northwest of Tiantai County, a 20-minute drive from the hotel. It is a valley famous for its granite landforms among many scenic spots in Tiantai. . There are cliffs confronting each other here, and there are many strange peaks here; here there are green water, green pools, waterfalls and flowing springs. It is one of the hundred sceneries on the rooftop that is particularly worth seeing. Li Bai also remembered this and wrote a poem "Qiongtai" to praise it, "The dragon tower and phoenix tower refuse to live in it, and they fly straight to the rooftop."

Nanping Township is not inferior to the magnificent scenery of the southwest

In addition to the major landscape scenic spots, the many towns and villages scattered on the rooftop are also worth spending half a day to experience the floating life and half a day of leisure. The most representative one is Nanping Township, which can be called an ancient village museum. The tens of thousands of acres of terraced fields here are in the shape of a 360° panoramic green east lotus. There are magnificent terraced fields comparable to those in Yunnan. You can have a panoramic view of this spectacular scene by climbing up the Dongshangang Observation Deck built in the village. There are ancient villages with a long history here - Zheng Village and Cuidong Village at Shantou. The former hides old bungalows from the Republic of China, and the latter is built on the mountain like the "Potala Palace in the south of the Yangtze River".

There is also a Nanhuang Ancient Road hidden here that is not inferior to the Huihang Ancient Road. The Nanhuang Ancient Road starts from Qianyang Village, Nanping Township, Tiantai, and ends at Dafan Village, Huangtan, Linhai. It is about 12 kilometers long. It was built more than 1,000 years ago. It was an important private trade channel in eastern Zhejiang until the Qing Dynasty. It is one of the best preserved ancient roads in China so far. Every year around October, the maple trees on both sides of the ancient road gradually turn from green to red, and the autumn colors are everywhere. It is a small and good place to enjoy autumn.

The delicious old town food

The rooftop is like a hidden version of snack heaven, and the food here is equally down-to-earth.

Wheat cakes, glutinous rice cakes, dumpling tubes, flat food, sticky cakes, beef blood soup, beef offal soup, chicken tea? After Xiao Feijun's personal test, this is definitely a place that can heal people with delicious food~ Where to go? For food, the old town not far from the hotel is an excellent choice. It takes less than 10 minutes to drive. The streets are almost full of old shops. You can find a snack bar without being disappointed. This Zen-like town does not rely on seafood. Refresh Taizhou cuisine to a new level, take some time to come and have a look...