My annual travelogue
New Year's prayer trip, 500 kilometers of self-driving, just to meet the mysterious Buddhist palace of Niushou Mountain. This mountain range, hidden in half of the history of Jinling, is a treasure place for my heart to pray for. Here, I found inner peace and learned how to make a wish.
Niushoushan is located in Jiangning District, Nanjing City, Jiangsu Province, from Hangzhou East Railway Station to Nanjing Railway Station, about 40 minutes by taxi. Tickets are 160 yuan per person, there will be discounts for online booking in advance, and the opening hours are 8:30-17:00. It is not only a beautiful natural scenery, but also a deep Buddhist culture. Foding Temple is located at the foot of Niushou Mountain and is the best place to pray for blessings.
Burn incense and kowtow in front of the temple, pray for all the best, and start the new year with good luck in a full sense of ceremony. You can write your wish on the prayer plaque in front of the Buddha Dome Temple and pray for the fulfillment of all things. In the temple, please put on 3 incense sticks, and when praying for blessings, you should think of your wishes in your heart and worship three times, so as to be pious enough.
Interestingly, the day I went, most of the temples were filled with young people of my age, and during the conversation, I learned that most of them were locals, and many of them had already been here last year, and they continued this year. In addition to Foding Temple, Niushou Mountain also has many must-see attractions. The Buddha Ding Palace Square, the Buddha Ding Palace Corridor, and the Buddha Ding Palace Underground Palace are all places worth seeing.
The building is quite in the European classical style, and the curved corridor has a very high production rate!Each floor of the underground palace is a palace-level design, and the Buddha statues with different expressions make people feel awe-inspiring. Travel tips: It is recommended to enter the park when it opens at half past eight in the morning, take the landscape car up the mountain without queuing, and there are few people in the photo booth, which is better to take pictures. Spend half a day, take a stroll on the mountain to make a card, and then go down the mountain to the Buddha Ding Temple to pray for blessings, at this time there are relatively few people, quiet and leisurely. In autumn and winter, the wind is strong on the mountain, so pay attention to wind protection and keep warm.