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5 minutes walk to Subway Line 1, 2 minutes to Xiangyang Park, restaurants bars and caffee shops.

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Walk to the Chinese, Japanese, western restaurants, bars and caffee shop.

Besides the many temples, the island is also lush in vegetation and a profusion of forests, all flourishing in the warm and humid climate. Amidst such an environment, a stroll around the mountain or an immobile day at the beach is equally attractive.

On top of all this, Mount Putuo has some of China’s greatest seafood on offer. Sampling fresh seafood dishes has become an indispensable part of any trip to Putuoshan.

Despite the name, the trip to Mount Putuo does not involve any overly strenuous climbing. The highest peak here is a mere 300 meters above sea level and for most of the small peaks on the island cable cars are available (RMB30 for the round trip). Maps for the island can be brought for a small price beside the port. For those not wishing to track, the island also has a fairly comprehensive minibus transport system to all the main sights.

ATTRACTIONS:
The Thousand Step Beach and the Hundred Step Beach

Apart from the sacred Buddhist Mountain, the island of Putuo is known as a haven of blue sea, golden beachesand sun, ideal for a relaxing weekend. The island boasts a few excellent beaches on each of its corners, among these, the Thousand Steps Beach and the Hundred Steps Beach are the most famous and are regarded as the best beaches near Shanghai.

Both beaches lie along the coast on the eastern edge of the island, separated in the middle by a rocky hill (with the famous Chaoyang Pavilion on top), the best place to view the sunrise. The rocky hill also hides the famous Chaoyang cave (Chaoyang dong).

The sand of both beaches is fine, ideal for sunbathing. The facilities are also good, you can enjoy a leisurely afternoon of swimming and bathing without even leaving the beach for refreshment since restaurants and shops are adjacent to the beach. Various water sports activities can also be organized from here.

The Three Sacred Temples

As a Buddhist shrine, Mount Putuo boasts a lot of Buddhist temples. Among them the three temples below are most important for their religious significance, historic value and the great Buddhist art they boast. Each of these temples has imposing architecture and a large collection of art pieces on religious themes.

Puji Temple: This is the main Temple for worshipping the Guanyin Buddha, the Goddess of Mercy. The temple boasts a mighty bronze Pilu Guanyin Statue with harmonious expression.

Fayu Temple: This temple is famous for its ancient architecture, delicate woodcarvings and inscribed calligraphy by ancient emperors.

Huiji Temple: This Temple is ideally located on the peak of Foding Hill, commanding a excellent view of the rising sun in the morning. The temple is famous for its large collection of ancient brick carvings portraying the Guanyin Buddha.

The Grand Guanyin Statue
The four Chinese Buddhist Mountains are each believed to be dominated by a major Buddha; Mount Putuo is regarded as the sacred mountain of Guanyin, the Goddess of Mercy, and so statues of Guanyin are a dominant theme here. In Chinese Buddhism, Guanyin has been popular among ordinary worshipers for the belief that the Buddha is able to save people from poverty.

On the Peak of Longwui hill stands a 33m statue of the grand Buddha, erected in 1997 in bronze and gold. Since the completion of this imposing statue, the Buddha has been visited and worshipped by millions of pilgrims annually. The statue itself is a great piece of art, visable by boat far from the island. Today, the statue has become one of Mount Putuo’s most symbolic sights.

Born of the sea, carved, eroded, kissed by the sea, Mt. Yandang also intends to show her maritime tenderness at the Yueqing Bay.

And by the sea, you enjoy a lot of seafood. A rare “fragrant fish” produced at the river’s mouth, plus the Dragon-pool Green Tea, the Guanyin Bamboo, Jinxing Grass and Shanlegong (a small bird that sings soundly), are the “Five Treasures” of the Yandang Mountain. Besides, the wood-carving of Huangyang, the straw waving, the red-flesh apricot and the bottle-gourd pear, are all the famous local products.

Due to its location of far-away and uneasy access, Mt. Yandang “has been survived to keep her nature of remote antiquity” (a remark by Fang Bao, a prose writer in the Qing Dynasty 1644-1911). But it was the case past. The airlines have reached Wenzhou for years; the Jinhua-Wenzhou Railway project has been recently fulfilled. Bridges span the rivers and huge ships paddle up and down the sea, and a high-way connecting Wenzhou and Taizhou will be soon accompIished. These modern transportations and communications will surely shorten the distance from Yandang to the outside world. Now, to reach Yandang becomes easy. Everyone of every nationality in the world, the old man and kids alike, would be welcomed at any time, to be a traveler or tourist to Mt. Yandang if he (she) would like to.

The accommodations are ready. There are an available number of hotels and motels there in the mountain’s reception center, a small town called Xianglintou. Either luxury, or standard, or the economic class rooms are suitable to meet the very need. The romantic scenes of the “single-beamed bridge” and “the humble hut”, has gone ever with the wind.

Maybe, one feels no longer lonely while here. It’s a pity? However, to be a great mountain, Yandang has enough enticements and her beauty will remain and last for long.

It’s immensely large– a large natural reserve named Mt. Yandang National Scenic Zone (Yandang literally means the wild goose and marsh). Situated in the southeast of Zhejiang Province, China, Mt. Yandang extends an area as large as 450 square kilometers. High rocks, fascinating caves, a good deal of waterfalls are specked everywhere in the zone thai defines the Chinese scroll painting.

Large as it be to a many ancient travelers, such as Xu Xiake, a famous traveler-geographer in the Ming Dynasty(1368-1644) who paid three visits to Mt. Yandang in his life time. “l would have seen all the wonders in the mountain if I were a flying celestial.”

“The beauty is beyond description,” said a poet in the same way. “Yes, it denies words”, a prose writer could hardly disagree. However, it’s become the very reason to attract people to Mt. Yandang generation after generation.

The earliest visitor known to the Yandang Mountain was Xie Lingyun, a poet-governor of Yongjia Prefecture in the Southern Dynasties (385-433). As a matter of fact, he learned very little, if any, he had possibly seen only a small portion of the mountain.

Yandang’s early reputation owes much to the following three men, or actually three monks in the Tang Dynasty (618-960). One was an Indian monk called Nuojuna, the founder of the first Buddhist temple in the area, who came settled here with his 300 disciples. The second was the well-known Master Yixing, who left behind with a painting of the mountain named “the Landscape And Its Two Borders”. And the third was Guan Xiu, a poet-monk whose poem depicting Mt. Yandang is still remembered. I reads: “Strolling along the path of the Yandang Mountain, I felt the peaks crowned with a misty gauze; while drinking tea by the side of the Dragon Waterfall, I myself was imbued in a drizzly cloud.”
Mt. Yandang came to be widely known during the Song Dynasty (960-1279). Though it’s too late to be made famous as those of the Five Mountains in China, but it’s her fortune: being better preserved, and absolutely natural.

Well, we might have to feature it in some way if necessary: It’s magnificent with no lack of tender; it’s loosely simple but with no short of greenery; it’s deeply dense but also has broad views, and it appears steep and sharp where the very charming remains… Yet, whatsoever it should be, two words simply put by Shen Kuo(1031-1095), a Northern Song Dynasty scientist are mostly quoted: It’s “uniquely fascinating”.

Nanxi River

The Nanxi River is in Yongjia County, 23 kilometers south of Wenzhou City. Covering 624 square kilometers, there are more than 800 scenic spots along its course, including ancient villages, rocks, mountains, primitive forests and waterfalls.

Wenzhou old town is the site of Neolithic cultural relics, and in the 200 or so old villages along the riverside are pagodas, bridges, streets, pavilions, archways and battlefields dating back to the Tang Dynasty. Ancient architectural facades are well preserved, as are the traditions, customs and life styles of the era in which they were built. Local inhabitants live one clan to a village, and enjoy a peaceful and happy life.

Cangpo is a Song Dynasty style village encircled by a moat where the Li clan lives. The village was designed in the style of the four treasures of study, namely the calligraphy brush, inkstick, inkslab and sheet of paper. A mountain to the right of the village resembles a brush rack, the brick road leading directly to the mountain a writing brush, and two square pools at the sides of the road could be ink wells. Beside them is a 5-meter-long stone slab — the inkslab — and the village’s enclosing wall is reminiscent of unfolding paper.
The Chen clan lives in Furong Village, whose streets and residences are interspersed with streams. First built in the late Tang Dynasty, 500 families, comprising over 2,000 people, now live in this village. Most of its houses are stone and wood structures with whitewashed walls and gray roofs, and trees grow tall in low-walled courtyards.

Wenzhou people have always attached equal importance to farming and commerce. The city’s commercial aspect is attributable to the northern imperial officials who fled there to escape wars in northern China when China was largely agricultural. Having made such early inroads into commerce, residents of Wenzhou made, and still have, a reputation for astuteness and economic know-how.

The unique landscape, culture and commerce of Wenzhou attract numerous domestic and overseas visitors from all social sectors. It has been nominated for a World Natural Heritage listing.

Yandang Mountain

Yandang Mountain on the northeast coast of Wenzhou is one of the ten most famous mountains in China. Named by the State Council as one of the first group of key Chinese scenic destinations, it is now in the process of applying for UNESCO World Natural Heritage status.

Yandang Mountain is regarded as the first mountain of Southeast China. Lakes, bulrushes and grasses adorn the mountain, and in autumn migrating geese stop here to rest. The mountain was formed some 120 million years ago, and is regarded by scientists as a natural museum of great historic and scientific significance.

Yandang Mountain is divided into scenic areas that comprise Spirit Peak, Spirit Crag, Dalong (Great Dragon) Pond, Sanzhe (Three Steps) Waterfall, Yan (Geese) Lake, Xiansheng (Victory) Gate, Yangjiao (Goat Horn) Cave and Xianqiao (Fairy Bridge) s.
The most famous peaks on Yandang Mountain are Zhuobi (Sharp Pen), Duxiu (Unique Beauty), Yunu (Jade Girl), Shuangluan (Two Fabulous Birds), Jinji (Golden Roosters) and Shuangsun (Double Bamboo Shoots). As their names indicate, the shapes of these peaks vividly resemble animals and other objects, and some change their look completely, according to the angle from which they are viewed. For example, Spirit Peak, one of the three most popular Yandang peaks, looks like two palms closed in prayer when viewed from the left, but at nightfall like a closely entwined couple, while from a different angle again, like an eagle poised for flight.

There are also many famous caves on Yandang Mountain. Among them are Guanyin Cave — the loftiest, Tianchuang Cave — the most perilous, the vast Xianren Cave, and the particularly grotesque Xiangu Cave. Guanyin Cave is on Spirit Peak, and used to be inhabited by eminent monks of the Tang Dynasty. The cave ceiling is 100 meters high and 40 meters across and it houses a nine-story pagoda. Through the entrance is Tianwang Hall, where stand statues of the four Buddhas’ warrior attendants. The 377 stone steps at the back of the hall lead up to Guanyin Hall, and monks live and study in the cave’s other rooms. The sound of bells ringing and drums being beaten every morning gives the mountain a profoundly spiritual ambience.

There are waterfalls on Yandang Mountain all year round, and the 190-meter high Great
Dragon Pond Waterfall is probably Yandang’s most famous scenic feature.

Jiangxin Island

Remote Jiangxin Island is to the north of Wenzhou City, and covers 70,000 square meters of land. The island has been famous throughout history, and its East and West pagodas were built in the Tang and Song dynasties respectively. Jiangxin Temple, which covers a floor space 3,000 square meters, also dates from the Tang Dynasty. There are altogether ten scenic spots on this small island that have been enjoyed since ancient times.

Tourism Information

For their first visit, visitorss are recommended sample some traditional and delicious Wenzhou snacks, such as dumpling soup, sesame seed cake and glutinous rice dumplings.
Rafting is the main feature of the Nanxi River tour. For 32 yuan, you can sit on a raft, and listen to the sound of rushing water as you gaze at the fantastic mountain scenery. The best time for rafting is late October, when the mountain forests are at their most colorful. This is an ideal place to relax and escape from the noise and bustle of the city.

Yandang Mountain offers local delicacies, like shark’s fin and dried shrimp, and exquisite handicrafts, such as carved wood, papercuts, and woven straw hats and baskets.
On Spirit Crag, folk acrobatics are performed at a height of more than 260 meters along a 256-meter-long tightrope between Tianzhu and Zhanqi Peaks. Performances are at 10:30 and 15:00 from Monday to Thursday, and at 10:30, 13:30 and 16:00 on Friday, Saturday and Sunday.

Wenzhou’s booming private economy attracts travelers interested in visiting some of the local enterprises. Several travel agencies now arrange economy exploration tours in Wenzhou and arrange lectures on the Wenzhou mode economy.