I didn't expect the mountains in Li Bai's poems to be so beautiful until I regretfully arrived at Mount Tiantai
⛰️ Mount Tiantai alone is half of the Complete Tang Poems collection. Li Bai himself ascended Mount Tiantai three times, and Xu Xiake started his travels from here. Meng Haoran and many other poets left behind their quatrains...
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The unique charm of Tiantai can only be truly understood by visiting! Please keep this 3-day travel guide handy!
👉Transportation
🚄High-speed train to Tiantai Mountain Station
🚗Self-driving: about 3 hours from Hangzhou city center
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👉Travel Route❓
Day1: Guoqing Temple - Tiantai Waterfall/Qiongtai Xiangu
Day2: Huading Mountain National Forest Park - Shiliang Waterfall - Tongxuan Temple
Day3: The first stop of the Eastern Zhejiang Tang Poetry Water Route on Mount Tiantai
👉What to play in Mount Tiantai❓
The famous scenic spots in Tiantai are all around Mount Tiantai, so it's very convenient to drive around. We arranged the first two days in the Tiantai scenic area, and on the third day, we arranged a secret spot that 99.9% of people don't know about, told to us by locals. The scenery is very beautiful, and the key is that there are few people!
✅Guoqing Temple
🎫Free
The birthplace of the Tiantai sect of Buddhism, an ancient temple with a history of over 1600 years. Surrounded by mountains, it's a place of quiet contemplation. Inside the temple, there is a thousand-year-old Sui plum tree, an old tree with new life, and the Sui pagoda outside the mountain gate stands for a thousand years without falling.
✅Tiantai Waterfall
🎫100💰
Described by Li Bai as a paradise on earth, 'The dragon palace and phoenix pavilion are not willing to stay, soaring straight to Mount Tiantai.' The 'Nine Heavens Milky Way' cascades down from the misty fairyland with great momentum, with a drop of 325 meters, truly deserving the title of China's tallest waterfall
✅Huading Mountain National Forest Park
Huading Mountain was Xu Xiake's first stop on his journey to Mount Tiantai. In May, the mountain is covered with blooming Rhododendron. In winter, you can also go to the top of the mountain to overlook the rime and snow scenery❄️
⚠️Check the weather, as the mountain top⛰️ is prone to fog, and the temperature at the top is lower than in the mountains, so keep warm!
✅Shiliang Waterfall
'Stop at the Immortal Raft Bridge, watch the Shiliang Sleeping Dragon, the waterfall sprays snow, almost unwilling to return,' a natural granite 'stone bridge' and 'waterfall' complement each other, a wonderful combination of mountain, water, and stone.
✅Tongxuan Temple
A Tang-style temple hidden in a secluded valley, visited by Liu Shishi as well. Ancient trees and temples, quiet and serene, content and self-sufficient. The temple also shelters 'Buddha-related' creatures, such as the gentle and kind sika deer, and friendly and intelligent cats and dogs. The Labrador named Big Yellow is clingy and fun.
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👉Where to stay in Mount Tiantai❓
✅This time we stayed at: Tiantai Discovery·Yijia Homestay
🏨A design-oriented homestay hidden in the mountains of Mount Tiantai, nestled against the green hills and facing the cool and pleasant Changxi River.
🛏️The rooms are named after months, with a modern and simple design that is atmospheric and comfortable. Sitting in the room, you can enjoy the full view of the mountains and rivers.
⛰️There is a secret hiking trail outside the homestay, where you can go to the cave entrance for an adventure and get close to nature without spending 💰.
🙋🏻♂️The person in charge is not only a top student but also a designer. He is talented, kind, and approachable, makes his own wine and tea, and is also good at organizing various fun activities!
👉What to eat in Mount Tiantai❓
Dumpling pancakes, Hulate, Sesame Mochi, Black Rice, Steamed Cake
🌟For regular meals, you can go to eat at the local stove.
Going up from the foot of the mountain of the rooftop waterfall, you can walk to Qiongtai Xiangu, which means that the two attractions are connected. But it is too tired to climb to the top of the mountain. It is recommended to return the original way. Come from the ticket gate of the scenic spot and you can see the waterfall in 5 minutes. Qiongtai Xiangu is also better to enter from the lower entrance. The beautiful attractions are not far from the lower entrance. You can go up according to your physical strength. I personally feel that the above attractions are very general, and then return to the original way.
A very good attraction, although it is built manually, it is worth seeing. Enter from the lower entrance, follow the sign up, walk 5 minutes from the ticket gate, you can see the Great Falls. How far you can go up depends on your physical strength. If you can't climb up, you will return to the original road. Personally, it is not recommended to go up to the top. It is too physical, although this attraction is connected to Qiongtai Xiangu.
Guoqing Temple and Tiantai Mountain Visitor Center have shuttle buses to Tiantai Mountain Waterfall, which runs every hour, 20 minutes by car, and the round-trip fare is 30 yuan. The Tiantai Mountain Waterfall is very spectacular. The high-sky waterfalls like the Milky Way fall, and each section along the way has a different feeling. Climb up the top of the waterfall for about an hour and a half, and then take a suspended plank road to the exit to visit Qiongtai Xiangu Scenic Area.
As soon as you enter, you can see the whole view of the waterfall. Just a few steps up the steps to the first photo position. You can get close contact with the waterfall! The stone is really slippery. Be careful to climb up for about 20 minutes. When you arrive at the water curtain hole, it is super good to take silhouettes. You can only take pictures from here and return to the mountain. We continue to climb to the top of the mountain. The scenery along the way is not bad! Looking down, you can see Qiongtai Xiangu and the green reservoir people can choose to take a sightseeing bus down the mountain (10r) after arriving at the top of the mountain, but Qiongtai Xiangu will not be allowed to enter after 4 pm, and the friends who want to go pay attention to the time ~
Adequate water, moderate flow of people, suitable for taking pictures and punching in
Beautiful view and spectacular waterfall