Tiantai Temple, a must-see attraction in Jiuhua Mountain Scenic Area: Tiantai Temple, as its name implies, is located in the cultural landscape, close to Wang Feng, the highest peak of Jiuhua Mountain, and needs to climb a mountain or take a cableway on the roof. The combination of cultural scenery and natural scenery is meaningless if you don't need to walk to the terrace. You can try Wang Feng.
Have to go to the scenic spots-Jiuhua Street, temples on the street, body halls, Huacheng Temple, etc. Look at personal preferences, because you must go through Jiuhua Street when you go to Tiantai Temple and Baisui Palace, and even many people will live in Jiuhua Street, which is a must-see attraction; You can take sightseeing bus or drive directly to the scenic spot without climbing mountains. It is basically a small town, various temples, hotels, restaurants, shops and so on. It's similar to Tangkou Town of Huangshan, except that this place is smaller, there are more temples, and you have to buy tickets for Jiuhua Mountain Scenic Area to enter here (Tangkou Town of Huangshan doesn't need tickets).
Buddhist lovers recommend the scenic spot-Baisui Palace. In fact, it is very close to the low mountain in the old street, so you can climb up and down or take the cable car. The mountain is not high, so it is impossible to evaluate it.
Natural scenery lovers suggest the scenic spot-Huatai Scenic Spot: Because Jiuhua Mountain will be full of azaleas (wild azaleas) in spring, it should be named Huatai Scenic Spot, which means flower viewing platform. Need cableway, natural landscape, basically no human landscape. The scenery is similar to Huangshan Mountain. Last year, the 1 km plank road was opened, but there was no glass plank road. It should be a natural landscape developed after the 1990s. You can go up and down by cableway or from Tiantai scenic spot, but you can't go up and down directly from the mountain. If you want to visit the rooftop and the flower terrace, but don't want to walk from the rooftop to the flower terrace, you need to take the rooftop cableway and the flower terrace cableway separately, which will cost more money, and time is not allowed when there are many people waiting in line on the cableway.
Buddhists with time and money: Dayuan Cultural Park Scenic Area (statue of the Earth Hidden King), artificially creating a modern landscape. The highlight is the hidden 99-meter bronze statue of Tuwang, which can actually be seen in the parking lot outside the scenic spot. Pure modern Buddhist landscape, I didn't go. Dayuan Cultural Park was built after 1998, which means it is all artificial attractions, and the ticket is 180. Ordinary people may not need to go except those who love Buddhist culture very much. I excluded this scenic spot at the beginning of my trip and didn't visit the park. This view is for reference only.
Except Dayuan Cultural Park, the above-mentioned scenic spots are all in the ticket of Jiuhua Mountain, and the fare is 190 (unless otherwise specified, the fare in this article is the regular fare in peak season), but the scenic spots are scattered. Considering many scenic spots, this fare is basically reasonable. According to the conventional tour suggestions, Jiuhua Street Scenic Area+Baisui Palace can be finished in half a day, the Tiantai Scenic Area needs 0.5- 1 day, and Huatai Scenic Area also needs 0.5- 1 day.
Three ropeways/cable cars in the scenic area:
Rooftop ropeway: 65,438+060 yuan, go up to 85 yuan, down to 75 yuan, go to Tiantai Temple and Twelve Wang Feng, and then take the rooftop ropeway down the mountain. You can also rush to Huatai scenic spot for a long distance and get off the Huatai cableway.
Huatai cableway: 65,438+060 yuan, one-way trip to 85 yuan, next trip to 75 yuan, then Huatai cableway down the mountain, or you can make a long-distance visit to Tiantai Temple, and then walk or cableway down the mountain from Tiantai Temple. In particular, Huatai ropeway station can only take the ropeway up and down, or go up the mountain from Tiantai scenic spot and then take a long walk around.
Centennial Palace Cable Car: Up and down ticket 100 Yuan, one-way trip to 55 yuan. This is actually a ground cable car, not a cableway. You can only go to the Centennial Palace Scenic Area, which is short and you should be able to climb the mountain. I didn't take it, just for reference.
Although the price of the ropeway on the rooftop is the same as that of the flower terrace, theoretically speaking, the ticket is not universal, that is, the combined ticket of the ropeway on the rooftop can only be used on the rooftop, and it can't be used on the rooftop and then off the flower terrace (the tickets of Yungu ropeway in Huangshan and Yuping are universal, and you can get on and off at any place, Yungu ropeway (Houshan).
Yungu Temple to Baieling, Yuping Cableway (Qian Shan)
From Ciguang Pavilion to Yupinglou, you need to buy tickets separately. Tickets are more expensive than connecting tickets 10 yuan, which should be criticized. But this is not common in theory. When I went up the mountain to buy a rooftop ropeway ticket, the staff also said that it was not universal and needed to be purchased separately. I only bought a single ropeway ticket on the rooftop, but when I finally bought a ropeway ticket down the mountain in Huatai, I asked the staff if I could go down the mountain after buying a rooftop ticket. The staff replied in a low voice that they could. This may be a flexible grasp of the staff, not a written regulation, and it should not be universal according to the system. I hope Jiuhuashan can.
Before commercial development, it is said that Jiuhua Mountain may be the most commercialized Buddhist holy mountain in China. It is said that the temple that took the lead in accepting credit cards and checks should have started from Jiuhua Mountain, and there are still many jokes. This tour really deserves its reputation, but on the whole it is quite formal. In several temples I went to, including Tiantai Temple, everyone could get three incense sticks for free. Of course, you can also pay for high fragrance, donate merits, donate bricks and tiles, etc. It's all about personal preference, no one forces it. Incense can be bought in temples or shops in Jiuhua Street, ranging from 10 yuan to several hundred thousand yuan, depending on one's ability. As for releasing, drawing lots, watching fortune, etc., there are many, but I didn't participate, and I don't know what the experience was. In addition, it is surprising that porters on the mountain actually ask tourists for hard money or goods. These porters mainly choose building materials (not daily necessities) to build temples on the mountains, and the reason for asking tourists for hard money is also to build temples. Although I understand the hard work of porters, it is still a bit out of my expectation (porters in Huangshan and other mountains have never seen taking the initiative to ask tourists for hard money).
The proposed route selection takes into account that people who come to Jiuhua Mountain will visit some monasteries more or less. Based on the above attractions, there are several routes that can be arranged and combined:
Pure rooftop route: on the rooftop cableway-Wang Feng-Tiantai Temple-Cooper Jingtai-under the rooftop cableway, the time to climb the mountain is expected to be 3 hours, and the physical consumption is moderate;
Pure flower terrace route: on the flower terrace cableway-auspicious pine-flower terrace-huixianfeng-Songcun community in Taiwan Province Province-Little Red Man turns to plank road-Fairy drying boots-Rhododendron community-under the flower terrace cableway, the time to climb the mountain is expected to be 3-4 hours, and the physical consumption is moderate;
Rooftop+Flower Terrace Combination Route: Rooftop Cableway-Wang Feng/Cooper Platform Route-Tiantai Temple-Xiaohongrenchu-Flower Terrace/Flower Terrace Plank Road-Flower Terrace Cableway, the time spent on the mountain is estimated to be 5-6 hours, which consumes a lot of energy. From the rooftop to the flower terrace, it is estimated that only about 30 people take this route on the way, and the distance is long and the scenery is average, with a supply point in the middle.
Jiuhua Street: Sports Hall, Huacheng Temple, etc. It takes 1-2 hours, depending on the number of temples visited;
Centennial Palace: Never been there. It is estimated that it will take about 2 hours.
Dayuan Cultural Park Scenic Area (Earth Hidden King Icon Scenic Area): Not recommended.
The above time does not include the waiting factors caused by ropeway queuing and crowds. Please consider the ropeway queuing and intermediate transit time according to the off-peak season. Overall, it is suggested that Jiuhua Street+Baisui Palace+Tiantai Scenic Area is enough. The journey takes 1-2 days, which is not the peak season, and you can finish it in one day. If the azaleas are in full bloom in spring, you can also consider the flower stand. Generally speaking, if you don't burn incense and worship Buddha, Jiuhua Mountain, Huangshan Mountain, Tianzhu Mountain and Tiantangzhai don't have to come. There are many places to play in Anhui. If you have time in August, you will visit Tianzhu Mountain.