Putuo Mountain travel guide recommended

Putuo Mountain, a world-famous Buddhist holy land and tourist attraction at home and abroad, stands majestically on the Lotus Ocean in the east of Zhoushan Islands. It is one of the four famous Buddhist mountains in China and one of the first batch of national key scenic spots.

How to travel

One-day tour

Line A: Walking tour. After arriving at Putuo Mountain, go northwest from the pier to the west foot of Meicen Peak, tour the various sights in the west, go down the stone steps, pass by the Xitian Gate and the Heart-Character Stone, admire the thousand-year-old camphor, and then visit Puji Temple. Then go east, pass by Duobao Pagoda, and visit Zizhu Forest, Xixi Temple, Guanyin Tiao and Nanhai Guanyin in the south. Then return to the original route, cross Baibusha, cross Jibaoling, visit Xianrenjing and Chaoyang Pavilion, and go straight to Fayu Temple along Qianbusha. On the way back, we visited the Mahayana Temple and the Cultural Relics Museum.

Line B: A combination of walking and taking a bus. After landing from the pier, drive directly to Hexing, take the cableway up Foding Mountain, then walk down the mountain along Xiangyun Road and visit Fayu Temple. Then, cross Qianbusha, visit Mahayana Temple and Cultural Relics Museum, cross Jibaoling, and take a rest at Baibusha. After lunch, visit Puji Temple and Xitian Scenic Area.

Two-day tour

Line A:

Day 1: Go to the pier and cross Tuangu Road, then go to Puji Temple via Miaozhuangyan Road and enjoy the view of the front Enjoy the scenery of the temple scenic area, and then head west to visit the Xitian Scenic Area. In the afternoon, visit the Purple Bamboo Forest, Guanyin Jump, and Nanhai Guanyin. In the evening, take a stroll on Baibusha, enjoy the sea view, listen to the sound of waves, and then see the night view of Puji Temple.

The next day: Take a bus from in front of Puji Temple to Hexing, take the ropeway up Foding Mountain, visit Huiji Temple, then walk down Xiangyun Road, visit Fayu Temple, and take a bus directly from in front of Fayu Temple. Fanyin Cave. When returning, visit Yangzhi Nunnery, Mahayana Nunnery and Fahua Cave.

Line B:

Day 1: After boarding the pier, visit the Duangu Relics first, then transfer to Nantianmen, Jinsha, Guanyin Tiao, Nanhai Guanyin, Purple Bamboo Forest, and Buken Go to Guanyin Temple and swim on Baibusha. In the afternoon, take a tourist bus to the back mountain and transfer to the ropeway up to Foding Mountain. Then walk down the mountain along Xiangyun Road and visit Fayu Temple. After visiting Qianbusha, we turned to Mahayana Temple and visited the Cultural Relics Museum, Chaoyang Cave, and Immortal Well. Then we returned to our residence to rest and watch the night view of Puji Temple in the evening.

The next day: Visit Fanyin Cave in the morning, and drive to Xitian Scenic Area in the afternoon. After the tour, you can go directly to the pier to take a boat back.

Three-day tour

The first and second days: the same two-day tour

The third day: go to Baibusha to watch the sunrise in the early morning, and then take a boat Go to Luojia Mountain and visit the Five Hundred Arhats Pagoda, Yuantong Nunnery, Dajue Nunnery, Dabei Hall, Forty-Eight Wish Pagoda, and Luojia Lighthouse. There are ferries between Luojia Mountain and Putuo Mountain only at 7 a.m., 8 a.m. and 1 p.m., and the journey takes about half an hour. There are no hotels on the island, so tourists need to return on the same day. After returning, you can go to Baibusha Beach in the afternoon, or go to the comprehensive market and Xianghua Street to buy seafood and appreciate the island style.

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Must-See Scenery

Twelve Scenic Spots of Mount Putuo:

Tugu Holy Relics, Ancient Cave Chaoyin , Thousand Steps of Golden Sands, Huading Yundao, Morning Sun, Panda Sunset, Lotus Cave, Pagoda Bells, Lotus Pond Night Moon, Lianyang Wudu, Luojialing Mountain, Meiwan must-go places at spring dawn< /p>

The three major temples in Mount Putuo: Puji Temple, Fayu Temple, and Huiji Temple on Foding Mountain

Zizhu Zen Forest, Nanhai Guanyin Buddha, Foding Mountain, Qianbu Sand, and Baibu Sand , Xitian Scenic Area, Nantianmen, Luojia Mountain

Must-know festivals

The three major incense festivals in Mount Putuo: February 19th - Guanyin Christmas Day, June 19th - Guanyin’s Enlightenment Day, September 19th - Guanyin’s Monkhood Day

Putuo Mountain Tickets

The entrance fee to the mountain in off-season (January and December each year) is 140 yuan/person

Peak season (February to November each year) 160 yuan/person

Tickets to enter the mountain from the first to fifth day of the Spring Festival, May 1st to 3rd, and October 1st to 5th The price will rise to 200 yuan/person

Other temple incense coupons are about 5 yuan/person

Foding Mountain Cableway one-way: 30 yuan/person, combined ticket: 50 yuan/person Person

Ticket to Luojia Mountain (including round-trip ferry ticket): 60 yuan/person

What to eat

You can eat the famous Zhoushan seafood in Putuo Mountain. Yellow croaker, cuttlefish, sea crabs, prawns, clams, mussels, etc. are all available. In addition to dining in various hotels and villas, you can also go to Baibusha Restaurant or the individual seafood restaurant in Longwan Village to eat seafood.

In addition, Putuo Mountain’s unique Zen Forest Vegetarian Restaurant is also very famous. The dining halls of the three major temples in Mount Putuo all have vegetarian meals for pilgrims. Generally, breakfast is at 5:30, lunch is at 10:30, and dinner is at 4:30. It usually only costs a few dozen yuan.

Where to stay?

There are more than 300 hotels and restaurants of various types in Mount Putuo. Among them, Youxi Lei Xiaozhuang (four stars) and Putuoshan Grand Hotel (four stars) have better conditions and elegant environment. ), Xiangsheng Hotel (five-star), Radisson Hotel (four-star), CITIC Putuo Hotel (three-star), etc. They are adjacent to core scenic spots and key temples and have convenient transportation. If you need to make a reservation, (I recommend Yongfu Small Courtyard in Longwan Village, Putuo Mountain. It is equipped with independent bathroom, air conditioning, and TV. It is a 1-minute walk to the beach and a 2-minute walk to the Nanhai Guanyin Purple Bamboo Forest Scenic Area). Tourists who do not have high accommodation requirements can also Choose family hotels near the front temple and back temple, as well as in the Xishan New Village and Longwan Village areas. These accommodations are generally small in size and affordable, but are more expensive on weekends and during festivals.

Pilgrims who come to the mountain to worship and perform Buddhist services can also choose to live in the temple, experience Buddhist quiet room life, and quietly comprehend the Buddhist life.

How to get there

Mount Putuo is an island with suspended water. In order to protect the ecological environment, motor vehicles from outside the island are not allowed to enter Mount Putuo. Tourists can only arrive by speedboat or regular passenger ferry. After entering the island, you can take a tourist bus to enjoy the scenic spots.

External transportation

Sea route:

There is only one pier in Putuo Mountain, and there are daily boats to Zhoushan Island (Shenjiamen, Zhujiajian), Ningbo, Shanghai and other places can also be visited directly by boat from Shanghai Nanhui Luchao Port, Wusong Port, Ningbo Daxie and other places.

Tourists who are already on the main island of Zhoushan can go to Shenjiamen Banshengdong Pier or Zhujiajian Centipede Pier and take a speedboat or passenger ferry to enter Mount Putuo. From Bansheng Cave to Putuo Mountain, it takes about 15 to 17 minutes by speedboat and half an hour by passenger ship. From Centipede to Putuo Mountain, it takes 6 to 7 minutes by speedboat and 10 minutes by passenger ship. The latest boat departures from Putuo Mountain to Shenjiamen and Zhujiajian are 16:45 and 21:50 respectively

Land route:

There is no direct long-distance bus to Putuo Mountain. If you come to the boat by long-distance bus, after arriving at the Municipal Long-distance Passenger Transport Center or Putuo Bus Station, you have to take a bus or take a taxi to Shenjiamen Banshengdong Pier or Zhujiajian Centipede Pier and transfer to a speedboat or ferry. Head to Mount Putuo.

Self-driving travelers can take the Shanghai-Hangzhou-Ningbo Expressway and cross the Zhoushan Cross-sea Bridge, then park their cars at Shenjiamen Banshengdong Pier or Zhujiajian Centipede Pier, and then take a boat to Mount Putuo. Both terminals have parking lots, but parking spaces are tight during peak season.

Aviation:

Zhoushan Putuoshan Airport is located in Zhujiajian and currently has routes to Beijing, Jinjiang, Xiamen, Wuyishan, Fuzhou, Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Shanghai and other places.

Visitors to Mount Putuo can first go to international airports in Shanghai, Guangzhou, Beijing, Xiamen (Hong Kong) and other places, and then transfer to Zhoushan. After arriving at Putuoshan Airport, you need to drive to Zhujiajian Centipede Zhi Pier and transfer to a speedboat or ferry to Putuo Mountain.

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Transportation on the island

Line 1 (No. 11):

Xitian Ferry to Baibusha (every Departures every 15 minutes, one yuan per stop)

Xitian Ferry (West of Puji Temple) (first 6:35, last 17:00) - Seafood Garden (Xitian Scenic Area) - Haiphong New Village - Passenger Transport Pier - Entering Samadhi (Nantianmen) - Purple Bamboo Forest (South China Sea Guanyin) - Baibusha (East of Puji Temple)

The return route of Route 1 is Route 11

Line 2 (No. 12):

Wharf to cableway (one bus every 25 minutes, one yuan per stop)

Passenger Terminal (first 6:40, last 16:20) - Entering Samadhi - Purple Bamboo Forest - Hundred Steps Sand - Immortal Well (Chaoyang Cave) - Mahayana Temple - Fayu Temple (Thousand Steps Sand) - Feisha'ao - Baoyue Nunnery - Ancient Buddha Cave - Passenger Ropeway (take the cable car to Foding Mountain)

The return route of Line 2 is Line 12

Line 3 (Line 13):

Pier to Fanyin Cave (one bus every 25 minutes, one yuan per stop)

Passenger Terminal (first 6:55, last 16:30) - Entering Samadhi - - Purple Bamboo Forest - Baibu Sha - Immortal Well - Mahayana Nunnery - Fayu Temple - Feisha'ao - Xianghui Nunnery - Fanyin Cave

The return route of No. 3 special line is No. 13, the above bus information depends on the off-peak and peak seasons, the time is subject to adjustment, please refer to the station information! !

Tips

The first and last bus times on the island will change according to seasonal changes. Special buses are not available during major holidays and traffic control periods. In addition to dedicated buses, each parking lot also has motor vehicles for chartering or transporting individual passengers.

If you need to charter a bus, you can make an appointment with Putuoshan Bus Company in advance. The reservation phone number is 400-0580-766