A brief introduction to Tiantong Zen Temple
1. The opening hours of Tiantong Temple in October 2021 2. What tourist attractions are there in Ningbo 3. How to get to Tiantong Temple from Cicheng in the shortest time? 4. Will Tiantong Temple be open to the public on November 12? The opening hours of the temple in October 2021
October 1st-3rd.
From October 1st to 3rd, 2021, Tiantong Zen Temple will be partially opened. When entering the temple, you need to have your temperature taken, show your travel code and itinerary code, wear a mask, and maintain social distance. The area behind the Buddha Hall is temporarily closed; the east side dining hall is closed to the public, and pilgrims and tourists are not allowed to dine. From October 4th to November 6th, in order to ensure the safety of the Dharma Conference, Tiantong Zen Temple will be temporarily closed and will be under closed management.
Attraction introduction:
Tiantong Temple is nestled among lush forests and bamboos, surrounded by mountains and towering ancient trees. Tiantong Temple is located at the foothills of Taibai Mountain in Dongxiang, Yin County, 30 kilometers east of Ningbo City, Zhejiang Province (now part of Tiantong Village, Dongwu Town, Yinzhou District, Ningbo City). It is a national key Buddhist temple in the Han area determined by the State Council.
Shuangchiyin The scenery is the two Wan Gong Ponds in front of Tiantong Temple, which were formerly the Free Life Ponds. The water in the ponds is clear, and the green tiles and red walls are reflected in the ponds, which adds to the beauty. There are pipa stones above the ponds, and the sound is like the sound of a pipa. This is also one of the "Ten Scenes of Tiantong", which is the "Shuangchi Yinjing"
What tourist attractions are there in Ningbo?
Ningbo has a long history and culture and is a typical tourist seaport city. Let’s take a look at what tourist attractions there are in Ningbo
What tourist attractions there are in Ningbo
Tianyi Pavilion
Tianyi Pavilion Library is the oldest existing historical building in my country. It is a long-standing private library and one of the three earliest existing private libraries in the world. It was built between the 40th and 45th years of the Jiajing reign of the Ming Dynasty (1561-1566 AD). It was originally the collection of Fan Qin, the right minister of the Ministry of War of the Ming Dynasty. It was announced as a national key cultural relic protection unit by the State Council in 1982. It now has nearly 300,000 volumes of ancient books, including 80,000 rare volumes, especially local chronicles and imperial examination records of the Ming Dynasty. In recent years, our museum has developed. Quickly, the Chinese Local History Collection Hall, Yintai Official House Museum, Mahjong Origin Exhibition Hall, etc. have been added.
Ticket: 30 yuan
Opening hours: 8:00 a.m. daylight saving time. 00-17:30. Winter time 8:00-17:00
Recommended play time: 2 hours
Address: No. 5 Tianyi Street, Haishu District, Ningbo City, Zhejiang Province
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Best tourist season: All seasons
Chenghuang Temple
Chenghuang Temple, also known as Ningbo Jun Temple, is located in the bustling area of the city center and is the largest existing temple in my country. One of the Chenghuang Temples. The temple was built in the fourth year of Hongwu in the Ming Dynasty (1371) and suffered fires many times after it was completed. The existing temple was rebuilt in the tenth year of Guangxu in the Qing Dynasty (1884). The county temple has a screen wall, a first gate, two gates, and a stage. , main hall and apse, the architecture is complete and magnificent. The stage is particularly beautifully built on the top of a mountain with a single eaves. The caisson is in the shape of a chicken cage, decorated with dragons and phoenixes, and is shining from a distance. There are more than 30 inscriptions and Songjing and other historical relics preserved in the temple. Today, the Chenghuang Temple has become the largest shopping mall in Ningbo. It is full of shops and snacks. It is really a good place to learn about Ningbo's folk customs.
Tickets: 15 yuan
Opening hours: 8:00-18:00
Recommended play time: 3 hours
Address: Haishu District, Ningbo City, Zhejiang Province No. 22, Xue Street
Best travel time: Spring and autumn. The weather is sunny and the temperature is suitable. It is a good time to travel to Dongqian Lake
. In the southeastern suburbs of Ningbo City, surrounded by beautiful and continuous green mountains, a bright pearl has shone with alluring light for thousands of years. She is Dongqian Lake, which Mr. Guo Moruo praised as "the charm of the West and the spirit of Taihu Lake".
Ticket: 20 yuan (boat ticket
Opening hours: 8:00-17:00
Recommended play time: 4 hours
Address: Dongqian Lake Town, Yinzhou District, Ningbo City, Zhejiang Province
Best travel time: Spring, summer and autumn. The scenery is different in spring, summer and autumn, and you can also go boating on the lake, which is very pleasant every year. . Dongqian Lake Dragon Boat Festival on the 11th day of the ninth lunar month
Ashoka Temple
Ashoka Temple is the only existing thousand-year-old temple named after King Ashoka in my country. It is located on Mount Ashoka in Yin County, Zhejiang Province. It is a famous Zen temple in my country and one of the "Five Mountains of China". It was founded in the third year of Taikang in the Western Jin Dynasty (282 AD) and has a history of more than 1,700 years. Asoka Temple is famous not only for its beautiful mountains and rivers, but also for its palaces. It is majestic and famous in the Buddhist circles at home and abroad because it houses a world-famous Buddha relic pagoda.
Tickets: Free
Opening hours. : 6:00-16:00
Recommended play time: 2 hours
Address: Minglun Village, Baozhuang, Wuxiang Town, Yinzhou District, Ningbo City, Zhejiang Province
Best travel season: All seasons
Tiantong Temple
Tiantong Temple is located at the foot of Taibai Mountain in Dongxiang, Yinzhou District, Ningbo City. It is known as the "Southeast Buddhist Country" and is one of the "Five Jungles" in my country. 1. Since the founding of Patriarch Yixing, Tiantong Zen Temple has been passed down from generation to generation and has finally become a towering and outstanding temple.
Majestic and beautiful, with thousands of couplets and thousands of foundations, the grand Zen Shifang Jungle.
Tickets: Free
Opening hours: 8:00-18:30
Recommended play time: 2 hours
Address: Zhejiang Tiantong Township, Yinzhou District, Ningbo City, Province
Best travel season: suitable for all seasons.
What is the shortest way to get to Tiantong Temple from Cicheng?
The shortest driving route from "Cicheng Town, Ningbo City" to "Tiantong Temple, Ningbo City": the whole journey is about 54.8 kilometer.
Cicheng Town: Historically known as "Juyu", "Juzhang" and "Cixi City", it is the old county town of Cixi, a famous city in eastern Zhejiang. It is located in the northwest of Jiangbei District, Ningbo City, about 10km from the center of Ningbo. 15 kilometers.
Tiantong Zen Temple: Located at the foothills of Taibai Mountain, 25 kilometers east of Ningbo City.
The specific driving route is as follows:
Starting point: Cicheng Town
1. Start due west from the starting point, drive 10 meters and turn left.
2. Drive 80 meters and turn left into Nancheng Road.
3. Drive along Nancheng Road for 270 meters and turn right into Baoli North Road.
4. Drive along Baoli North Road for 160 meters and go straight into Baoli South Road.
5. Drive along Baoli South Road for 1.6 kilometers and turn left into Cishui West Street.
6. Drive along Cishui West Street for 650 meters and enter Cishui West Street.
7. Drive along Cishui West Street for 210 meters and turn right into Cixiao South Road.
8. Drive along Cixiao South Road for 1.5 kilometers and go straight into the Dandong Line.
9. Drive along the Dandong Line for 350 meters and go straight into the Cicheng Connection Line.
10. Drive 30 meters along the Cicheng connection line and go straight into the Dandong line.
11. Drive along the Dandong Line for 90 meters and go straight into the Cicheng Connection Line.
12. Drive 30 meters along the Cicheng connection line and turn right onto the Jiangbei connection line.
13. Drive 290 meters along the Jiangbei connection line and go straight into Shenhai Expressway.
14. Drive 620 meters along the Shenhai Expressway, toward Jiaxing, G1504, Hangzhou, Jinhua, and enter the Shenhai Expressway.
15. Drive 450 meters along Shenhai Expressway, toward G1504, Airport, Hangzhou, Jinhua, and enter Ningbo North Hub.
16. Drive 500 meters along Ningbo North Hub and go straight into Shenhai Expressway.
17. Drive along Shenhai Expressway for 3.9 kilometers, toward G1512, Jinhua, Taizhou, G15, and enter Shenhai Expressway.
18. Drive 540 meters along Shenhai Expressway, toward S5, Ningbo, Airport, Ningbo East, and enter Gaoqiao Hub.
19. Drive along the Gaoqiao hub for 510 meters and go straight into the Hangzhou-Ningbo Expressway.
20. Drive 8.8 kilometers along the Hangzhou-Ningbo Expressway toward Yinzhou, Beilun, and Dazhujia, and enter the Hangzhou-Ningbo Expressway.
21. Drive 7.4 kilometers along the Hangzhou-Ningbo Expressway, toward S1, Beilun, and enter the Hangzhou-Ningbo Expressway.
22. Drive along the Hangzhou-Ningbo Expressway for 1.6 kilometers, toward Beilun, Zhoushan, S1, Ningbo East, and enter the Hangzhou-Ningbo Expressway.
23. Drive along the Hangzhou-Ningbo Expressway for 1.4 kilometers, toward S1, Beilun, Zhoushan Ferry, Ningbo East, and enter the Hangzhou-Ningbo Expressway.
24. Drive 500 meters along the Hangzhou-Ningbo Expressway, toward S1, Beilun, Zhoushan Ferry, and enter the Hangzhou-Ningbo Expressway.
25. Drive 470 meters along the Hangzhou-Ningbo Expressway and go straight into the Ningbo-Taiwan Expressway (Beilun Branch).
26. Drive 6.4 kilometers along the Ningbo-Taizhou-Wenzhou Expressway (Beilun Branch) towards Beilun , ferry, direction of Baifeng Ferry, enter the Yongtaiwen Expressway (Beilun Branch).
27. Drive 5.9 kilometers along the Yongtaiwen Expressway (Beilun Branch), and exit at G329, Yinzhou East, Dongwu, Yuwangtiantong Exit , enter Yuwang Tiantong Interchange.
28. Drive along Yuwang Tiantong Interchange for 830 meters.
29. Drive 480 meters and turn right into Baozhan Line.
30. Drive along the Baozhan Line for 450 meters and enter the Baozhan Line.
31. Drive along the Baozhan Line for 90 meters and enter the Baozhan Line.
32. Drive along Baozhan Line for 940 meters, toward Zhanqi, and enter Baozhan Line.
33. Drive along Baozhan Line for 3.2 kilometers, and turn left into Baozhan Line.
34. Drive along Baotian for 1.2 kilometers and enter Baotian.
35. Drive along Baotian for 980 meters and turn right.
37. Drive 580 meters and turn right.
38. Drive 670 meters and turn right. 39. Drive 300 meters and reach the end (on the right side of the road.
End point: Tiantong Temple
Reference map
Will Tiantong Temple be open to the public on November 12?
Closed to the public.
Dongwu Town, Yinzhou District, Ningbo City, Zhejiang Province, the name Dongwu has a close relationship with Dongwu in the Three Kingdoms.
In 280 AD, Dongwu was destroyed by Sima Yan of the Western Jin Dynasty, and the leader Sun Hao surrendered. The Three Kingdoms returned to Jin.
The old officials of Soochow have their own destinations. According to legend, Sun Quan had an adopted son named Yu Shao who did not want to serve in the Jin Dynasty, so he fled and lived in seclusion at the foot of Taibai Mountain. He did not forget his homeland and named him Soochow.
Yingzhi would like to know, are there any large villages with the surname Yu or Sun in Dongwu Town, Yinzhou District?
At the foot of Taibai Mountain in Soochow Town, the thousand-year-old Tiantong Temple is known as the "Southeast Buddhist Kingdom". It is said to have been built in the first year of Yongkang in the Western Jin Dynasty, that is, 300 AD, only 20 years later than the fall of Soochow in the Three Kingdoms. .
Yingzhi is inclined to believe that Tiantong Zen Temple was built by the Soochow people who fled and lived in seclusion here? Perhaps the monk Yixing who founded Tiantong Zen Temple was a native of Soochow in the Three Kingdoms who escaped from the mortal world and became a monk?
Between the Seven Treasure Pagodas beside Wan Gong Pond in Tiantong Temple, there are seven ginkgo trees, which were planted by Master Jingxin during the Republic of China for about a hundred years.
The south side of the ginkgo tree is close to the towering liquidambar, cypress and other trees. The light is blocked, so the horizontally empty north side grows, forming the unique dome-shaped ginkgo scenery of Tendo Temple, which is unique nationwide. It is a special case, filled with Zen spirit, and has become a popular place for Ningbo people to enjoy autumn.
On November 12, 2022, Tiantong Temple issued an announcement: Starting from 10:00 on November 12, the temple will be temporarily closed to the public and will implement a "double suspension". The reopening time will be notified later.
This announcement can easily cause misunderstanding. Many people think that they can no longer appreciate the ginkgo trees this autumn.
In fact, Tiantong Temple and Tiantong Scenic Area are two different concepts. Tiantong Temple is closed, while Tiantong Scenic Area remains open as usual.
Those ginkgo trees belong to the Tiantong Scenic Area, so those dome-shaped ginkgo trees can still be visited and photographed, but they cannot enter the temple hall for activities.