Mount Tiantai's Guoqing Temple is the most beautiful and serene temple worth visiting in China

🏨 Guoqing Temple ❤Recommended Reason: Mount Tiantai's Guoqing Temple is known as the most beautiful and serene temple in China. Whether it is the "most" may be debatable, but the beauty of Guoqing Temple is beyond doubt. 🌟Highlights: As the birthplace of the Tiantai School of Buddhism, Guoqing Temple, which was founded during the Sui Dynasty, holds a revered yet understated status. 'When the temple prospers, the nation is clear,' goes the saying, reflecting the temple's harmony with the changing seasons in the mountains, and now the seas are calm and the rivers are clear. One of the four great temples in China, it is also the birthplace of one of the three major Buddhist sects in China, the Tiantai School, and is rated as a 5A scenic area. Surrounded by mountains, in summer visitors can play in the stream in front of the temple, and in autumn watch the monks dry grains in the courtyard. The Sui plum trees beside the Mahavira Hall have coexisted with the temple for ages, and when the flowers bloom and their subtle fragrance drifts, they tell the history to the visitors. 🚉Transportation Strategy: It is recommended to drive, navigate to Guoqing Temple scenic area directly. If taking high-speed rail, get off at Tiantai Mountain station, then take bus route 7 directly to Guoqing scenic area. Inside the temple, there is a vegetarian meal for 2 yuan and a shuttle bus for 2 yuan per trip. 🕙Business Hours: Guoqing Temple of Tiantai is open from 07:00 to 16:00, parking lot ¥10/day. 📝Note tips: 1. Guoqing Temple is not known for its grand architecture and scale, but for its profound cultural depth, where every inch of soil resonates with the weight and pulse of history. 2. The Sui Tower, visible from outside the temple and built by Emperor Yang of Sui, is one of the tallest ancient towers in Zhejiang. 3. The 1400-year-old Sui plum trees bloom in February and March each year, and are a must-visit spot. 4. The temple is surrounded by ancient trees and stone bridges reflecting the streams, adding a tranquil and timeless charm to the temple, and it is also a great spot for photography.