The Ancient Jiedai Temple: A Temple of Mountain Peaks and Birdsong

🏯Name: Ancient Jiedai Temple 📍Address: Lishan Road No. 42, Zhaojiabang Village, Nan'ao Community, Donggang Street, Putuo District, Zhoushan City, Zhejiang Province 🕒Opening Hours: 8:00–16:00 (subject to occasional changes) 💰Admission: Free 🚌Transportation: Public Transportation: No direct bus Take bus No. 311 to Shao'ao Station, then walk 3.9 km for 55 minutes to reach the temple. Take microbus No. 1305 to Yangjia Station, then walk 2.5 km for 35 minutes to reach the temple. 🚗Self-driving: Navigate to "Ancient Jiedai Temple" to arrive. There are two small parking lots at the foot of the mountain. Walk 50 meters uphill to the temple entrance. 📅Reservation Required: No reservation needed 🌄Surroundings and Features: Ancient Jiedai Temple is very close to the urban areas of Zhoushan Donggang and Shenjiamen, only 10 km away, making it suitable for self-driving tours. The roads in "Lishan Village" are winding, so it is not recommended for those without good driving skills. There are several dogs in the village that will actively jump on visitors, like children asking for hugs. A small black dog is tied up in the temple, and it will occasionally bark a few times, surely to welcome your arrival. The temple does not offer commercial incense or vegetarian meals, so you can bring your own drinking water and snacks. The temple is also a stop on the "Around Zhejiang Trail," with birds singing and flowers blooming in the mountain streams, and the sound of flowing water. It is recommended that tourists who want to hike and climb mountains avoid windy and rainy weather. 🏯Ancient Jiedai Temple is not an ordinary temple, but a "living fossil of temple ruins" in Zhoushan. It was once the original site of the "Jiedai Temple" in Shenjiamen. The mottled courtyard walls and the not-completely-collapsed hall foundations reveal the architectural style of the Tang and Song dynasties, forming an "ancient and modern dialogue" with the new Jiedai Temple. Unlike the hustle and bustle of popular temples, here you will only find mountain peaks and birdsong. It is suitable for visitors seeking solitude and Zen. This ancient temple in the deep mountains, where time has been paused, preserves rare Song Dynasty sea wave carvings. Ancient Jiedai Temple is not a magnificent sightseeing temple, but more suitable for "archaeological" travelers.