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Experience strategy of self-help tour in Hengshan Mountain, Nanyue

On the National Day of 2004, my wife and I went to Mount Hengshan in Nanyue for a self-help tour. Because we are very satisfied with the whole trip, we recommend the route, itinerary and some experiences to you here.

Pray for the pilgrimage to Nanyue

First of all, because Nanyue is China's Shouyue, going to Nanyue can pray for the elders in the family to prolong their life. According to the Star Classic, Mount Hengshan in Nanyue corresponds to the twilight of 28 nights, which is in charge of the life span of the whole world, so Nanyue is called "Shouyue" and is the mountain of life. Secondly, Nanyue has the only martyrs memorial hall in China, dedicated to the memory of soldiers who died in War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression. As a native of China, Nanyue should pay tribute. Third, the main peak of Nanyue is called Zhurongfeng. According to legend, Zhu Rong was the minister in charge of fire under the Yellow Emperor and was also appointed to manage southern affairs. He once lived in Hengshan Mountain and was buried in Hengshan Mountain. We in Hubei belonged to the State of Chu in ancient times, and the Chu people were a nation still on fire, with the fire phoenix as its totem. According to legend, Zhu Rong is the ancestor of Chu people. As Chu people, we should pay tribute. Fourth, Nanyue is a four-A-level scenic spot. As the saying goes, back to wuyue, don't look at the mountains. Nanyue is one of the closest mountains to Wuhan. Going to Nanyue, on the one hand, you can enjoy the pleasant scenery of Nanyue and Wuyue, on the other hand, you can pray for good luck and experience the profound cultural accumulation of the famous mountains in wuyue.

It's smooth sailing to Hengshan

Because it's a self-help tour, I made a careful plan in advance, and visited Hengshan Tourism Network (www.nanyue.net.cn) in Nanyue, China for many times to determine the route and get familiar with the situation. I posted a consultation post in the community forum of this website, which was warmly answered by netizens, and also provided a local travel complaint phone number. Wu Yingdao, a netizen who is often active in this community, is a reporter who enthusiastically provides us with specific bus routes from Hengyang or Hengshan to Nanyue Ancient Town.

The train number we took was found on the Internet. Because Hengyang is far away from Hengshan, and the fares of the two places are relatively expensive, Hengshan Station (Hengshan County Railway Station, Nanyue Hengshan is in Nanyue Town, Hengyang City) was chosen. There is no bus passing through Hengshan in Hankou, so we can only leave from Wuchang. 156 1 (Wuhan-Zhanjiang) arrives at 9: 30 pm. Considering that I don't want to spend the night in a small county, I don't choose this bus. The arrival time of No.2161(Wuhan-Guangzhou) is about 3: 30 pm. Considering that it takes time to get from Hengshan County to Nanyue Town at the foot of the mountain, we finally chose 2269 times (Wuchang to Guangzhou). 65438 1 at 6: 59 am on October 2, we got on the 2269 train and arrived at Hengshan station around1in the afternoon. The whole trip is during the day, just buy a hard seat ticket, and everyone only needs 36 yuan.

It is less than 100 meters from Hengshan Railway Station, and there is a bus to Nanyue Town every 10 minute. Everyone just needs 5 yuan's money. It took us more than half an hour to get to Nanyue Town, and it was less than 3 o'clock.

Don't be fooled by the pilgrimage in the temple.

In order to save time, as soon as we arrived at Nanyue ancient town, we went to the scenic spot at the foot of the mountain and went straight to Nanyue Temple first. Each of the Five Mountains has a big temple, which is the most important historic site in this area, and Nanyue is no exception. Nanyue Temple is located at the end of North Street in Nanyue Ancient Town. The temple was built in the 13th year of Kaiyuan in the Tang Dynasty. After six fires, reconstruction and expansion, the existing scale was established.

Nanyue Temple is large in scale, with seven courtyards in front and back. The third one is the three caves in the form of a gatehouse, and the middle one is called Zhengchuan Gate. Inside, there is an exquisite and unique imperial tablet pavilion, which contains the plaintiff's inscription written by the sage Kangxi in the forty-seventh year (1708) for the reconstruction of Nanyue Temple. The sixth entrance is the main hall, in front of which is a large suite. The main hall stands on the stone steps of 17 grade, and the stone steps in the middle are inlaid with Youlong relief of white marble. The Hall of the Great Hero is more than 70 feet high, and it is a building with double eaves and rests on the top of the mountain. There are 72 large stone pillars inside and outside, symbolizing Nanyue 72 Peak. The roof of the temple is covered with orange glazed tiles, which were only enjoyed by royal temples in feudal times. Inside and outside the temple are decorated with swords, dragons and figures from the Eight Immortals. At the four corners of the cornice, bronze bells hang down, and the windows and siding under the eaves are all carved with stories of various figures or flowers, trees, birds and animals. On the back wall, there is a big Yunlong and Feng Dan. There are granite railings around the steps of the main hall, lions, unicorns, elephants and horses are carved on the stigma, and 144 pieces of white marble are embedded in the railings. The temple is dedicated to the King of Nanyue. It was named "Four Days of Fire King" in the early Tang Dynasty, "The True King of Nanyue" in the Kaiyuan Period and "Four Zhao Tian Sheng Di" in the Song Dynasty. The Nanyue Temple we are seeing now is said to have been rebuilt in the style of the Forbidden City in Beijing in the eighth year of Guangxu reign (1882). It is the largest and most well-preserved ancient palace-style temple among the five mountains in China.

Nanyue Temple Hall

Tickets for Nanyue Temple 20 yuan/person. Please note that there are many people selling cigarettes and candles near Da Yue, so don't buy them and ignore them. Because these cigarettes and candles are said to be dozens, but you told them, and they pestered you, saying that there were eight bodhisattvas in the temple, so you had to buy eight, and more than 400 were killed. There are many similar complaints about Hengshan on the Internet.

If you arrive early, you won't stay in the temple for long. If it's early, you can also go to Zhu Sheng Temple, which is not far from the temple. The fare is 3 yuan/person. Zhu Sheng Temple is one of the five jungles of Nanyue Buddhism. It has a long history. Built in the Tang Dynasty, it was revived and abandoned several times in history. It was once changed into a Taoist temple. In the Qing Dynasty, it was listed as the palace of Kangxi's southern tour of Hengshan Mountain. Later, Kangxi did not come to Hengshan for some reason, and local officials renamed it Zhu Sheng Temple on the occasion of Kangxi's 60th birthday. Like Guiyuan Temple in Wuhan, the highlight of Zhu Sheng Temple is its Lohan Hall. It is said that the five hundred arhats here were completed in three years by a monk named Xinyue who is good at carving. However, when we went, because I stayed in Nanyue Temple for too long, we couldn't visit Zhu Sheng Temple on the evening of 65438 10.

Spend the night at the foot of the mountain and prepare to return.

On the evening of October 2nd, 65438/KLOC-0, I checked into Yuan Yin Hotel at the foot of the mountain, which is a two-star hotel operated by Hunan Industrial and Commercial Bank. Accommodation 200 yuan/standard room. Opposite the hotel is the tourist market and snack night market. Nanyue's tourism products have no characteristics. Personally, don't buy it. Of course, you should take a souvenir back to prove that you have been here. Dinner is best eaten in the street, and hotels are more expensive. Snacks and our Wuhan, mainly barbecue, stinky tofu with Hunan characteristics.

I would like to remind you that it is easier to go out during the Golden Week than to go back, because Hengshan Railway Station is a county-level station when it comes, and there are few trains. When you go back, you have to take the train to Hengyang City. In order not to cause any problems, everyone can book tickets at Yuan Yin Hotel. When I booked a ticket, I was charged a booking fee for each 30 yuan. It was really dark. There are buses from Hengyang to Wuchang or Hankou, but from Hengyang to Beijing West, except for K 186, through trains can't get seats. Try to book the fares of K 186 and K 186, 67 yuan/person. If you can't book it because it is the Golden Week, you can only book a bus, and according to the time of booking, you need to adjust your itinerary accordingly.

Because I want to see the sunrise, I have to stay at the top of the mountain on October 3, 65438/KLOC-0, so the first thing to do when I arrive in Nanyue is to call Shangfeng Temple to book accommodation, because Shangfeng Temple is the closest to the sun observation deck and is the best viewing place. If Shangfeng Temple is full, you can also book Gao Tai Temple or Shixian Pavilion. There is also a hotel at the top of the mountain, but it is at least 50% more expensive than the foot of the mountain.

Get up early to climb the mountain and stay on the mountain.

654381on the morning of October 3, the couple got up early and ate Hunan rice noodles and tofu flowers for breakfast on the street. After breakfast, go to the mountain ticket office and buy a mountain ticket for 8 1 yuan/person (1 yuan is an insurance and a pass, and the scenic spots on the mountain are basically free, except for 5 yuan/person, the mysterious cave 10 yuan/person), and then buy a tourist bus ticket for 25 yuan/person from the ticket office to the Nantianmen. The bus stops at the following scenic spots: Martyr's Temple-Chuanshi Shilin-Banshan Pavilion-Magu Wonderland-Mojingtai-Fuyan Temple-Folk Culture City-Tibetan Classics Pavilion-Nantianmen.

Martyrs shrine

Martyrs Temple was completed in 1942. It is the only large-scale martyrs cemetery in Chinese mainland to commemorate the soldiers killed in the Anti-Japanese War and a national key cultural relics protection unit. There are memorial archways, July 7th memorial tower, memorial hall, memorial tablet and pleasure hall in the temple. Above the Martyrs' Shrine is the memorial forest of Chiang Kai-shek's trip to Nanyue, surrounded by green hills, and the towering Gu Song tightly surrounds the whole building in the mountains. * * * There are 13 large tombs of martyrs, which are used to bury the remains of soldiers killed in the ninth war zone. The red leaves in the Martyrs Temple are very beautiful.

There are dozens of calligraphers' works in Chuanyan Shilin. Magu Wonderland echoes Magu's birthday legend from a distance, and Mojingtai is the place where Chiang Kai-shek lived when he visited Nanyue. Although it is small, Fuyan Temple is one of the top ten jungles of Buddhism, and it is also a holy place for spreading Buddhism in China. The sutra depository, one of the four wonders of Nanyue, was built in the 6th century. In the Northern and Southern Dynasties, it was named the Tibetan Classics Pavilion because Zhu Yuanzhang, the emperor of Ming Dynasty, gave me a Tibetan Classics and hid it here. The food on the mountain is expensive, so it is recommended to bring your own dry food. Please note that there are several kinds of long-distance buses, some of which are through trains along the extension line. Please be careful not to get on the wrong bus. Don't stay too long in the scenic spots along the extension line, so as not to spend too much time, especially in places with heavy traces of modern people, such as Linshiyan and National Cultural City.

It was afternoon when the bus arrived at the worse gate. There is a bus to Zhurongfeng, which goes back and forth to 10 yuan/person. I bought a one-way ticket to 5 yuan/person because I didn't go down the mountain that day. When you climb Zhurong Peak, you can have a panoramic view of the 72nd peak of Nanyue, one of the four peaks of Nanyue, the height of Zhu Rong. There is Zhurong Temple on Zhurong Peak and Huixian Bridge outside, which is the most dangerous place in the whole Hengshan Mountain, located between the two basic mountains. If you are timid or afraid of heights, don't try to walk, or you will fall down. Because we spend less time when we go up the mountain, we still have time to visit Shangfeng Temple and Gao Tai Temple. Gu Song, Gao Tai is worth seeing.

If you want to see the sunrise, you have to live at the top of the mountain. Even if you don't watch the sunrise, you can't go down the mountain that day. At least you have to live on the hillside. Accommodation on the mountainside is cheaper than that on the top of the mountain, and there is a small farmhouse. However, we still live in Shangfeng Temple on the top of the mountain, listening to the twilight drum and the morning bell to calm our hearts. However, this quiet flower spent 160 yuan again. I had the most unforgettable birthday in the Millennium ancient Nanyue Mountain. According to the tradition of China people, my wife specially made me a bowl of instant noodles as my birthday noodles.

Autumn sightseeing water curtain

65438 10-4, the young couple got up before dawn and went straight to the sun-watching platform to watch the sunrise. Watching the sunrise in autumn is the scenic spot of Hengshan Mountain. As long as the weather is good, the sunrise in the sea of clouds in Hengshan Mountain will make you unforgettable all your life. If it is good enough, you might as well take a picture with a camera or video camera, which is very memorable. Be sure to get up early to watch the sunrise, and you'd better use your mobile phone as an alarm clock. The best place to watch the sunrise is the Sunrise Observatory, which is close to the Shangfeng Temple where we live. After watching the sunrise, don't stop, hurry down the mountain.

From Zhurongfeng to Nantianmen, take the cableway to Banshan Pavilion, and the fare is 25 yuan/person. Come down quickly, or there will be more people and you will have to wait by cableway. We came down early, and no one lined up. After walking down the mountain, the scenic spots of the extended route have basically been swam the day before, so there is not much to stay. Have lunch after going down the mountain, and then go to water curtain cave. Remember to ask the price first, otherwise the driver will deliberately take a long way, with a journey of about 4 kilometers, one way 10 yuan. You can also take the shuttle bus. This is one of the four wonders of Nanyue, and the ticket is 2 1 yuan/person. Water curtain cave legend is the place where Zhu Ling lived, called Zhuling Cave. This is actually a waterfall, and the scenery is very good.

When I came back from water curtain cave, I passed by Zhu Sheng Temple and had dinner here. As a famous religious mountain in both Buddhism and Taoism, Nanyue's vegetarian diet is not bad. After dinner, I live in Zhu Sheng Temple. There is no double room here. The couple will live separately, but it's cheap here, and it only costs 60 yuan each. If you have time and are interested, you can go to Wanshou Advertising and Shouding, and the ticket is 10 yuan/person, but the modern artificial landscape is rather boring, so it is recommended not to go.

Both husband and wife have gone home.

6543810.5, got up early in the morning, hehe, got up early again. Traveling is actually quite lucky. I can't help it I have to catch a train today. It's not far from Zhu Sheng Temple to Nanyue Station. Let's go. You can have breakfast on the way. Because it takes more than an hour to drive from Nanyue to Hengyang than from Hengshan to Nanyue, the train is at noon 12: 46. For insurance, we have to arrive at the railway station before 12, and we have to arrive at Hengyang at 10: 30, so we arrived at Nanyue bus station before 9: 00. Take the bus to Hengyang at Nanyue Bus Station, and the fare is 13 yuan/person. After getting off the bus, take bus 1 to Hengyang Railway Station.

Buy some snacks at the store for lunch. Don't eat near the railway station. Expensive and unsanitary. Pay attention to safety when checking in. The public security situation in Hengyang is not very good. Sitting on the train home, I closed my eyes and recovered from the fatigue of the journey, remembering the scenic spots I had been to these days, as if I were asleep. It was dark, and the familiar name came from the train broadcast, "Passengers comrades, Hankou Railway Station has arrived". Looked at his watch, just after 7: 30 in the evening. Wuhan, my home, I'm back.

Expense bill:

Wuchang-Hengshan train: 36 yuan/person, local booking fee: 5 yuan/person, two people in 82 yuan.

Bus from Hengshan to Nanyue: 5 yuan/person, total 10 yuan.

Nanyue Temple: 20 yuan/person, totaling 40 yuan.

65438+10.2 Accommodation: 200 yuan/twin room. (staying at Silver Bay Hotel)

Tickets for Nanyue Scenic Spot: 8 1 yuan/person, totaling 162 yuan.

Tickets for tour bus: 25 yuan/person, a total of 50 yuan. (Ticket office to the worse gate)

Tourist bus ticket: 5 yuan/person, total 10 yuan. (Nantianmen to Zhurongfeng)

65438+1Accommodation on the night of October 3rd: 80 yuan/person, total 160 yuan. (Living in Shangfeng Temple)

Downhill cableway: 25 yuan/person, in 50 yuan.

Water curtain cave ticket price: 10 yuan for two.

Admission to water curtain cave: 2 1 person, totaling 42 yuan.

65438+1October 4th Accommodation: 60 yuan/person, total 120 yuan. (Living in Zhu Sheng Temple)

Nanyue-Hengyang Bus: 13 yuan/person, in 26 yuan.

Hengyang city bus: 1 yuan/person, in 2 yuan.

Train from Hengyang to Hankou: 67 yuan/person, booking fee 30 yuan/person, total 194 yuan.

1October 2 10 to1October 5 10, 4 breakfast and 8 dinner on Monday. Among them,165438+ breakfast on October 2 and165438+ dinner on October 8 were eaten in Wuhan, and dinners were served at 3 am and 7 am on the way. The cost varies from person to person. We ate snacks at noon on10.2,10.3,10.5, and ate out for three mornings and four dinners. The cost of eating, including buying snacks, adds up to a little more than 200 yuan.

The above total expenses are 1 158 yuan excluding meals, 1360 yuan including meals, and the four-day self-help tour in Nanyue is 680 yuan/person. You can also choose a 3-day economic tour of Nanyue. Two lines are recommended as follows.

Four-day self-help panoramic tour of Hengshan Mountain

D1-10/On the morning of October 2, take the 2269 train from Wuchang Station-13: 08, arrive at Hengshan Station, take the bus to Nanyue (book the mountain guest house by phone on the third night)-visit Nanyue Temple-Sushanxia Hotel (book the return train ticket)

D2——6 On the morning of June 3rd 10, take a bus up the mountain (visit Martyrs Temple-Crossing Stone Forest-Banshan Pavilion-Magu Wonderland-Mojingtai-Fuyan Temple-Folk Culture City-Tibetan Scripture Pavilion-Nantianmen) ——— take a bus to Zhurongfeng (visit Zhu Rong Temple, Huixian Bridge Temple, Shangfeng Temple and Gao Tai Temple) ——— stay.

D3——6 On the morning of June 4th 10, watch the sunrise at the Sun Observatory —— Take the cable car from Nantianmen to Banshan Pavilion —— Walk down the mountain to enjoy the red leaves along the way —— lunch —— visit water curtain cave —— dinner —— Sunanyue Town.

D4——6 Take the bus to Hengyang West Train on the morning of June 5th 10 —— Take the bus 1 to the railway station —— Take the train 186 12: 46 and return to Han ——— about 19: 30, ending the pleasant journey.

Cost: 680 yuan/person.

Three-day tour of Hengshan essence

D1-10/On the morning of October 2, take the 2269 train from Wuchang Station-13: 08, arrive at Hengshan Station, take the bus to Nanyue (book the mountain guest house by phone on the third night)-visit Nanyue Temple-Sushanxia Hotel (book the return train ticket)

D2——6 On the morning of June 3rd 10, take a tour bus up the mountain (extend the route to visit the Martyrs' Temple —— Crossing the Stone Forest —— Banshan Pavilion —— Magu Wonderland —— Mojingtai —— Fuyan Temple —— Folk Culture City ——— Tibetan Scripture Pavilion ——— Nantianmen) ——— climb Zhurong Peak on foot (visit Zhu Rong Temple and Huixian Bridge Temple).

D3——6 On the morning of June 4th, 10, watch the sunrise at the Sun Observatory —— take a cable car from Nantianmen to Banshan Pavilion —— walk down the mountain —— take a bus to Hengyang —— take a train to hit Korea from 20: 00 to 2 1: 00 (passing cars have no seats, so you can make up for sleep if you are lucky).

590 yuan/person is not filled, and 630 yuan/person is estimated.