“At the edge of the ancient city of Suzhou, the bells of the Cold Mountain Temple liltingly reach the moored passenger ships in the dead of night” 🚣♂️🐉
It was this ancient poem that led me to this ancient temple to feel the tranquility and peace.
🍃 Tips for exploring Cold Mountain Temple 📖
🎟️ Ticket info: pay only 20💰 (no reservations needed, just go straight to the temple)
⏰ Temple opening hours: 8:00am to 6:00pm daily
📍 Monastery Location: No. 24, Lane Canshan Temple, Gusu District, Suzhou, China
🚗 Transportation advice: we recommend taking a cab to get there
1️⃣ Burning incense and praying: the cost of incense is 80💰 per serving
As soon as you enter the temple, you'll see a huge incense burner, and in front of you is the stately Da Xiong Bao Dian.
2️⃣ Feeding koi: 10💰 per serving of fish food
I especially love those white koi, a packet of fish food is only for one person to feed, touch the koi and feel that good luck coming.
3️⃣ Ring the bell: 20💰 per ring, three times!
It is said that ringing the bell can dispel 108 kinds of worries and purify one's soul.
4️⃣ Counting Luohan: Free experience!
Enter the Luohan Hall, find the Luohan you are related to, count the corresponding Luohan according to your age and pray for blessings.
5️⃣ Copying Scriptures: free of charge
This is a good place to meditate and recuperate, you can copy scriptures to calm your mind.
6️⃣ Bodhi 18 Seeds: Explore the Cultural and Creative Museum in Cold Mountain Temple
7️⃣ Eighteen Seeds of Bodhi: Spend 28💰 per person
A coffee shop located in the scenic area of Cold Mountain Temple, serving delicious coffee and light meals.” Tight eighteen, slow eighteen, not tight and not slow again eighteen”, this is the rhythm of the bell ringing in Cold Mountain Temple.
8️⃣ Canshan Temple Vegetarian Restaurant: savor vegetarian noodles
Guanyin Blessing Noodles 22💰
Noodles with Pickled Vegetables and Shredded Bamboo Shoots 18💰
Auspicious Assorted Noodles 18💰
9️⃣ Stamping: Free stamping at the entrance of the vegetarian restaurant
Night Park Sugar Water Shop: stamp only after consumption
🍃 After visiting Cold Mountain Temple, why not head across the street to Maple Bridge Scenic Spot to experience the historical precipitation and serene beauty.
🏮 Tips for exploring Maple Bridge Night Poetry
🎫 Admission: Free
⏰ Tour time: about 1 hour recommended
🗺️ Tour route: a leisurely stroll along the River View Trail
Let's find that tranquility and harmony and experience the unique charm of the ancient city of Suzhou at Cold Mountain Temple and Maple Bridge Scenic Spot together!