Suzhou Hanshan Temple | Outside the city of Gusu lies Hanshan Temple, where the midnight bell rings to the guest boats

| Outside the city of Gusu lies Hanshan Temple, where the midnight bell rings to the guest boats. 【Introduction to Hanshan Temple】 📍Hanshan Temple was built during the Liang Dynasty of the Southern Dynasties, with a history of over 1500 years. Originally named 'Miaoli Puming Pagoda Courtyard,' it was later renamed 'Hanshan Temple' after the Tang Dynasty monk Hanshan who once lived there. It is one of the top ten temples in China. The Tang Dynasty poet Zhang Ji's poem 'Outside the city of Gusu lies Hanshan Temple, where the midnight bell rings to the guest boats' made Hanshan Temple famous far and wide. 【Opening Hours】 7:30-16:30 (last entry at 16:00, park closes at 16:30) 【Tour Route】 Great Bell Garden——Huaxia Poetry Stele——Enter from the West Gate——Vegetarian Restaurant——Copy Scriptures——Count Arhats——Mahavira Hall——Ring the Bell for Blessings——Backyard Pagoda——Feed Koi——Guanyin Peak 【Tickets】 Fengqiao Scenic Area is free (Hanshan Temple ticket 20 yuan) 【Transportation】 🚌Bus: get off at Heshan Bridge or Laifeng Bridge Routes passing Heshan Bridge: 301, 307, 313, 324, 33 Routes passing Laifeng Bridge: 10, 324, 406, 45, 9, 931 🚇Subway: Line 1 - Xihuan Road Exit 3, walk 1.6km / transfer to 🚌Route 313 to South Hanshan Temple or bike 🚲 for about ten minutes 🅿Self-driving parking: navigate to Hanshan Temple West Gate Parking Lot, parking spaces are limited 📌Tips 1⃣Prepare some cash💵 2⃣Popular photo spot: the three characters 'Hanshan Temple' at the West Gate 3⃣Koi: buy food to feed the koi, 10 yuan/bag, touch the koi for good luck 4⃣Ring the bell: 5 yuan for 3 rings, the large bell outside the temple 20 yuan for 3 rings, the bell🔔 rings to dispel worries 5⃣Burn incense for blessings: family incense set 💰80 yuan/set, you can also bring your own, worship clockwise in four directions, three bows at Guanyin Temple for safety, three bows at Mahavira Hall to Manjushri Bodhisattva for academic success, three bows at Hanshi Hall for marriage, three bows at the pagoda to the Four-faced Buddha 6⃣Touch the Pixiu, left Pixiu for wealth, right Pixiu for keeping wealth 7⃣Draw and interpret lots, interpretation costs 20 yuan (cash only) 8⃣Vegetarian Restaurant offers vegetarian noodles, about 18-25 yuan, free noodle refills🍜