Tour Code: HEFEI01
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Hefei
Holy Mt. Jiuhuashan
One of China's four Buddhist holy mountains, Jiuhuashan Mountain has approximately 90 temples and all are fine examples of ancient China's exquisite Buddhist architecture. Jiuhuashan Mountain is located in the Chizhou city of Anhui province, and it is accessible with various convenient transportations.
If you take plane, you can fly to Nanjing, Hefei or Tunxi airport and then take direct long-distance bus to Mt. Jiuhuashan. There are 240 kilos meters between Mt. Jiuhuashan and Nanjing, 220 kilos meters from Hefei and 120 kilos meters from Mt. Huangshan.
By train, since the railway station of Mt. Jiuhuashan is still under construction now, you should take train to Tongling, Anqing, Tunxi or Nanjing first, and then take bus to Mt. Jiuhuashan.
Bus is the most convenient way to get Mt. Jiuhuashan at present, and the direct buses are available between Mt. Jiuhuashan and Shanghai, Nanjing, Hefei, Wuhan, Hangzhou, Ningbo and Suzhou.
The transportation inside Mt. Jiuhuashan Resort is also very convenient, and the shuttle bus between sightseeing spots is free of charge by showing your entrance ticket. If you want to take a taxi inside the resort, CNY30.00 - CNY50.00 is enough to visit the most sites.
The entrance fee of Mt. Jiuhuashan is different in high season and low season, and the ticket of high season (Mar. 1 - Nov. 30) is CNY190.00 per person, and the ticket of low season (Dec. 1 - Feb. 28 of the next year) is CNY140.00 per person.
Mt. Jiuhuashan is one of China's four Buddhist holy mountains, and the others are Mt. Wutaishan in Shanxi province, Mt. Putuoshan in Zhejiang province and Mt. Emei in Sichuan province. Mt. Jiuhuashan has 99 temples, 1000 monks and nuns and more than 10,000 figures of Buddha and it was honored as "Lotus Buddhist Country". From Tang Dynasty to present, there are 15 mortal bodies in Mt. Jiuhuashan and 5 of them are open for view. The weather of Mt Jiuhuashan is humid all year round, and the enduring body is a riddle in the life sciences and it lends mystery to this mountain. Now, Mt. Jiuhuashan becomes more and more popular in home and abroad.
We would like to recommend a two days itinerary of Mt. Jiuhuashan, please refer to the following for details.
First day: In the morning, take cable car to the Baisui Gong, then visit the Hall of five hundreds of Arhats and Dongya Temple. In the afternoon, treks down the mountain to visit the Tonghui Temple and Dabei Palace. In the evening visit the Diyuan Temple to see the Buddhist activities.
Second day: Take the cable car to the Tian Tai, visit the old lectern, one line heaven, the phoenix pine, the mortal body palace and the Dizang Temple.
And for hotel, Dongya Hotel (4 star) is a good choice, and it is located in the central of Jiuhua street inside the resort with beautiful environment and good service. The average room rate is CNY300.00 - CN680.00 per room night. The reservation telephone is +86-566 - 2831370.
Questions & Reviews
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Jun. 17,2009 00:05 Reply
Mr.Apun(India) said:
Hello,
I would like to know the cost of this tour for 2 people. I am living in Hefei, hence let me know the cost of travel to and from Mt. Jiuhuashan.
Thanjs
Apun
apunhiran@gmail.com