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1. Tiantai Mountain Scenic
Area
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2. G eographic location:Tiantai County, Zhejiang
Province
Level:AAAAA
Famous scenery:Sanqiao Waterfall, Guoqing
Attractions
Ticket price:70 yuan
Tiantai Mountain is located in the north of Tiantai County, Zhejiang
Province. It is based on natural landscapes and features Buddhist
culture. It integrates tourism, leisure and holiday, and pilgrimage to
the Buddha. Known as the “Buddha Taoyuan, landscapes show”.
The Tiantai Mountain Scenic Spot is made up of natural scenes such
as Huading, Qiongtai, Chichengshan, Xiaoxiaoyan, Wumayin,
Shiliangfei Waterfall, Copper Pot Drip, Water Bead Curtain, Yuantong
Cave and Taoyuan Cave. It is peculiar, beautiful, and deep, and it
forms a magical and beautiful natural landscape.
Tiantaishan L Tourist Scenic Area is a national scenic spot, a national
AAAAA-level tourist area, and “Top Ten Tourist Attractions in
Zhejiang Province”.
Development History
In 1988, it was approved by the State Council as a national key scenic
spot. In 1992, it was listed as “the top ten tourist destinations in
Zhejiang Province”. In 2001, it was rated as the first batch of AAAA-
level tourist areas by the National Tourism Administration. On
October 9, 2015, in accordance with the National Tourism Standards
and Measures for the Classification and Assessment of Quality Levels
of Scenic Spots, the National Tourism Resources Planning and
Development Quality Assessment Committee organized experts to

3. conduct resource assessment and on-site inspection. With the
acceptance of the rectification results, it was decided to agree to
establish Tiantai Mountain Scenic Spot in Taizhou City, Zhejiang
Province as a national 5A-level tourist scenic spot.
Geographical environment
Geographic location
Tiantai Mountain is located in the north of Tiantai County, with
Xianxia Ridge in the southwest and Zhoushan Islands in the
northeast. It is the watershed of Cao Yujiang and Lijiang. The main
peak, Huading Mountain, is located in the northeast of Tiantai
County, with an elevation of 1098 meters and consists of granite.
More hanging rocks, cliffs, waterfalls. Tiantai Mountain is located in
the central and eastern part of Zhejiang Province, and is located in
the intersection of Ningbo, Shaoxing, Jinhua and Taizhou.

4. Climate characteristics
The Tiantai Mountain Scenic Area is a mid-subtropical monsoon
region with four distinct seasons. Under the regulation of ocean
waters and the blockage of cold currents in the northwestern
mountains, the summers are hot and hot in winter, cold in winter,
rich in heat, abundant in rain, and mild and humid in climate.
Natural resources
Plant resources
The Tiantai Mountain Scenic Area has a lush vegetation and beautiful
environment, with a forest coverage rate of 92%.
There are 1235 species of seed plants, belonging to 574 species, with
4678 ancient and famous trees, 89 first-class, 268 second-class, and
4321 third-class, among which 14 of 30 rare trees have been listed as

5. national protection. plant. There are 834 species of wild medicinal
plants belonging to 131 families of 482 genera; among them,
dicotyledonous plants are mostly, with 452 species of 423 genera and
111 families, accounting for 89.93% of the total number of medicinal
plants in this area; the dominant families are obvious, and the
number of species is 2-10. There are 78 families with 345 species,
accounting for 59.54% of the total number of families; 318 species of
single species, 147 species of 2 to 5 species, each accounting for
65.98% and 30.50% of the total genera. The Tiantai hornbeam,
Tiantai Cyclobalanopsis, Tiantai Huangshan Pine, Tiantai South Snake
and Tiantai Yunjin Rhododendron named after Tiantai Mountain are
all rare species in China; Metasequoia, Green Fruit Tree, Chinese
Pine, Liriodendron, Zhejiang, and Thick Park, Qizihua and
Qingqianshu, Yunjin Rhododendron, Huangshan Mulan, and
Guangpihua are all key protected plants of the national first, second
and third categories. There are also two famous grasses that are
famous in the world: the elixir of the immortality – the Tiantai
Uighur medicine, the nourishing good product – the Dendrobium
Dendrobium is prosperous in this Buddhist country.
Animal resources
There are 47 species of wild animals, including the clouded leopard,
the original cat, the Sumen antelope, the macaque, the big civet, and
the otter. There are 17 species of birds, including the white-necked

6. long-tailed pheasant, which is listed as the national key protection.
Among them, 78 species, such as grass heron, great egret, and
mallard, belong to the joint protection of China and Japan.
Main Attractions
Guoqing Attractions
Guoqing Temple was built in the 18th year of Emperor Kaihuang
(598). It was first named Tiantai Temple and later renamed Guoqing
Temple. It means “the temple is a success, the country is clear”. The
Southern Song Dynasty was listed as one of the ten temples in the
south of the Yangtze River. The existing building was rebuilt in the
12th year of Qing Emperor Yongzheng (1734). The total area of the
temple is 73,000 square meters, divided into five vertical axes,
forming a group of ancient buildings with more than 20,000 square
meters, more than 800 houses, complete halls, strict buildings and
magnificent grandeur. It is now listed as a national key cultural relics
protection unit.

7. Shiliang Attractions
The Tiantai Shiliang is an extremely rare “granite natural bridge” in
the world. The so-called “natural bridge” is a kind of bridge-like
terrain with two ends connected to the ground and suspended in the
middle. It is most common with limestone and sandstone. According
to the field visit of Academician Wang Sijing of the Chinese Academy
of Engineering and Yang Zhifa, a researcher at the Institute of
Geology and Geophysics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shiliang
is a masterpiece of nature that is “coincidence” of six unique
geological and hydrological conditions. Simply speaking, from the
internal point of view, there are vertical and horizontal “two steep
and one slow” crack systems in the rock body; from the external point
of view, the “stepped waterfall” provides enough for “erosion into
beams”. Hydraulic. These are of great significance for the study of
granite geological features, the application of granite materials, and
the promotion of scientific tourism.
The Shiliang Waterfall in the scenic spot is called the first wonder of
the world. Shiliang’s beam is about 7 meters long, and the beam
surface is not wide. It is like a ridge of the dragon. It straddles the
two mountain cliffs. It is a rare creature. The “Flying Waterfall” has
passed through the three folds and passed through the beam. Then it
rushes down from the cliff of 40 meters high. It is like a white frost
and snow that collapses. The sound of the bang is like thunder.
According to the records, Xu Xiake, a Ming Dynasty geographer who
visited the rooftop three times, also walked through the trepidation of
Shiliang Bridge. Next to Shiliang, there is the Chinese Fang Temple,
the temple inside the Huanhua Pavilion, which was originally built by
the Southern Song Dynasty. On the left side of the waterfall is the

8. Guangsi Temple below, Maolin Xiuzhu, hidden in the meantime, it is
said that the five hundred arhats should be true, there are five
hundred arhats in the temple. There are dozens of cliff inscriptions on
the upper and lower sides of the stone beam. Among them are the
“first spectacle”, the “cover bamboo cave sky” and the “Qizhen gold
world” written by celebrities such as the Song Dynasty Mi Fu, Ding
Darong, Ming Gan Gan and modern Kang Youwei. The grass is full of
all things, and the ocean is grand. Shiliangfei Waterfall Scenic Spot is
the main shooting location of many film and television films such as
Shaolin Temple and Shaolin Folk Disciple and Legend of the Condor
Heroes.
Fahua Chenguangyin Attractions
Yinxitan Shileilei, in which the standing chickens are counted as the
boulder in front, the printed surface is 4×4 meters, the printed body
is 6 meters long, and the total weight is about 380 tons. The above is
engraved with four characters – “Fahua Chenguang.” The word “Fa”
is an ancient variant. The so-called “Fahua” refers to the Buddhist
“False Lotus”. It is the main classic of the Chinese Buddhist Tiantai
Zong and the Japanese Buddhism Day Lianzong, and it is the
masterpiece of the Mahayana teachings. The so-called wonderful
method means that the teaching method is subtle; the lotus Huajing is
like a classic white beauty. On the occasion of Chen Zhen in the

9. Southern Dynasties, the master of the wise man entered the Tiantai
Mountain, first came to Shi Liang to speak the scriptures. “Dawn
Light” means that it was first illuminated by the Mahayana Buddha
Light and became the birthplace of the Tiantai Sect. It is said that this
giant print, which is ingeniously combined with nature, is the largest
and heaviest in the world, and it is called the “first print in the
world”.
Small copper pot drip spots
Small copper pot dripping is a scene of falling water. Because the cliff
wall is quite similar to the ancient timing tool “drip”. Its water came
from the west of the fishing pond, and when it arrived, the riverbed
suddenly fell. The stream of water rushed out of a rock seam, and it
was thrown down and down a few feet. It was like a dragon and a
dragon, and it was like a dragon. The inner wall is shaped like a
daring, the color is like bronze, and it is as smooth as a mirror. It is
really a huge god pot. Compared with the “copper pot drip” of the
broken bridge pit, one big and one small, one hidden and one obvious,
one male and one quiet, each has its own merits, is a masterpiece of
creation, the wonder of Taiyue.
The “two dragons are connected to the tongue” Shiliang Bridge, the
“two squats to drink” copper pot waterfall, the stone Liangqiao
because of the two dragons formed by the legend, is familiar to

10. tourists. The newly developed small copper pot waterfall, the rock on
both sides of the pot mouth is actually a cool coffin, a shape like a
drink, a shape like a product, the shape of the gods and the real is a
heavenly craftsmanship, a god of work.
Receive honor
In 1988, it was approved by the State Council as a national key scenic
spot;
In 1992, it was listed as “the top ten tourist destinations in Zhejiang
Province”;
In 2000, it was awarded the first batch of AAAA-level tourist areas by
the National Tourism Administration.
Cultural relic protection
Key cultural relics protection unit
There are 1 national key cultural relics protection unit on the rooftop
– Guoqing Temple; 3 provincial key cultural relics protection units –
Zhiren Tower, Zhang Wenyu’s former residence, Shiliang Moya stone
group; 47 county-level key cultural relics protection units. In 2000,

11. the provincial government approved the rooftop as a provincial
historical and cultural city.
In 1963 and 1982, Guoqing Temple and Zhiren Tower were
successively reported as provincial key cultural relics protection
units. In July 2000, Guoqing Temple was declared and approved by
the State Council in June 2001 as a national key cultural relic
protection. unit. In March 2005, the provincial government approved
Zhang Wenyu’s former residence and Shiliang Moya Stone Carving
Group as provincial key cultural relics protection units. In 1981, 1984,
1997, 2000, and 2004, the Tiantai County Government announced 47
county-level key cultural relics protection units, including Gaoming
Temple. Each cultural protection unit has a special Wenbao staff and
a protection mark, and basically defines the scope of protection and
the control area, and establishes a record file, which lays a solid
foundation for the elimination of man-made cultural relics. According
to the policy of “protection first, rescue first”, Guoqing Temple was
renovated in 1973, Fangguang Temple in Shiliangzhong was
renovated in August 1979, and Huading Maopeng was renovated in
September 1980. Since 1997, the cultural relics department has paid
attention to Yiwu, Mitsui, Linchuan Bridge, Baofu Bridge, Tantou
Shangzhai Temple Stage, Liyuan Wenchang Pavilion, Baini Tanxia
Ancestral Hall, Chicheng Mountain Liangzhu Tower and other cultural
relics. Protection points for salvage maintenance.

12. Protection of dinosaur eggs and bone
fossils
The rooftop is a paradise for the Late Cretaceous dinosaurs. The
dinosaur fossils on the rooftops are characterized by large burial,
variety, wide distribution, and symbiosis of the egg bones. In June
1998, the county government issued the Notice on Further
Strengthening the Protection of Dinosaur Eggs and Bone Fossils. In
January 1999, the county government established the Leading Group
for the Protection of Dinosaur Fossils. In December 2001, the
development and release of the protection of dinosaur fossils in
Tiantai County was issued. The Interim Measures, and delineated the
three villages of Laijia, Yanqiao and Chengbei as the geological
heritage protection county government to convene relevant experts to
carry out scientific research on this geological resource, and the
relevant departments and construction units signed a letter of
protection responsibility, and the museum unearthed the
construction. The egg bone fossils are rushed to protect and collect,
cooperate with the public security department, crack down on the
illegal elements of private possession and reselling fossils, and widely
publicize through the media such as newspapers and television to
raise the awareness of cultural relics protection of the broad masses
of the people.

13. Collection, collection and protection of
unearthed cultural relics and folk cultural
relics
Cultural relics are the life of museums. Over the years, the Tiantai
Museum has attached great importance to the collection, collection
and protection of cultural relics. It has developed collections,
collections and protections for unearthed cultural relics, scattered
cultural relics, paleontological fossils, wood carved panels and
embroidered fabrics, and other ancient crafts, wood and stone
components. Reward and punish measures, and increase publicity
efforts, increase the intensity of cultural relics enforcement, and
strive to reduce the spread and damage of cultural relics. Through
years of hard work, the museum has more than 6,000 collections of
various types, which lay a solid foundation for the display, research,
and rational use of cultural relics, and give full play to the social
benefits of cultural relics.

14. History and culture
Historical characteristics
The Tiantai Mountain in history refers specifically to Tiantai
Mountain in Zhejiang Province. The word “Taiwan” is read in the
“Taiwan” word. The “Taiwan” characters in other Tiantai Mountain
are all traditional Chinese characters “Taiwan” and read “lifting”.
Therefore, the authentic Tiantai Mountain refers to Zhejiang Tiantai
Mountain. In addition, there are Tiantai Mountain in Rizhao City,
Shandong Province, Tiantai Mountain in Bengbu City, Sichuan
Province, Tiantai Mountain in Xinyang City, Henan Province, and
Tiantai Mountain in Pingba County, Guizhou Province. In 570, the
Southern Dynasties Liang Buddhism Gao Zhizhi built a temple here
and founded the famous Tiantai sect of Buddhism. In 605, the
Emperor of the Sui Dynasty built the National Qing Temple, which
was rebuilt in the Qing Dynasty and was one of the well-preserved
temples preserved in China. From 673 to 727, the Tang Dynasty
astronomers and the Zen Master Tower. The most famous temple in
Tiantai Mountain is the Guoqing Temple built in the Sui Dynasty and
rebuilt in the Qing Dynasty. There are 14 temples and more than 600
houses. The hall is filled with 13 tons of bronze cast Sakyamuni
statues cast in the Ming Dynasty. Guoqing Temple is a well-preserved
temple that is relatively intact. Tiantai Mountain has been famous
since ancient times, and Wang Xizhi, Gu Yuzhi, Li Bai, Su Dongpo, Lu
You, Xu Xiake and others have left their footprints here. The
hometown of the famous Jigong, the birthplace of the Buddhist
Tianzong and the Taoist Southern. Natural landscapes include
Huading, Qiongtai, Chichengshan and other famous mountains; fairy
caves, gondolas and other strange rocks; stone beam waterfalls,
water curtains and other waterfalls. The humanities landscape
includes temples such as Guoqing, Huading and Tatou, as well as
ancient towers and inscriptions.
The founder of the Tiantai sect, Master Zhi Zhi (538-597), saw that
the squats were weak, that is, they used the “stopping the law”
(similar to today’s qigong) and boxing to teach people to practice and

15. strengthen themselves. He taught the boxing to develop into “Nan
Quan”. The most prosperous Japanese (preaching master) also
learned Nanquan when he was seeking a law in Tiantai Mountain.
Nowadays, some moves and techniques in Japanese karate are still
called “Tang Hand”, which is similar to “Nan Quan”. After the Tang
and Song Dynasties, martial arts continued to develop in Tiantai
Mountain. Chen Guifen, the last military champion in the history of
our country, is a Tiantai person. Before and after the liberation, the
master of the sea lanterns had lived in Tiantaishan for seven years.
Cultural characteristics
The Tiantai Mountain tourism resources have the reputation of “eight
places”: the first place of Buddhism—the birthplace of the Tiantai
sect, the founding place of the Chinese Taoist Nanzong, the Buddhist
scriptures recording the “five hundred arhats”, and the “Poetry”
Hanshanzi 70. For many years, the place of seclusion, the birthplace
of “living Buddha” Jigong, the opening place of the travelogue of
“Xusheng” Xu Xiake, the destination of “Happy” Tang Shizhi Road and
the enlightenment of the calligraphy of “Song Sheng” Wang Xizhi. At
the same time, Tiantai Mountain is also the earliest scene of human
and human love in China. Tiantai Mountain is the beauty of the
mountains. Its greatest features are ancient, quiet, green and strange.
Sun Jin, a writer from the Eastern Jin Dynasty, described in the
“Procedures of the Tiantai Mountain”: “The Tiantai Mountain, the god

16. of the mountain, and the show of the mountains… the beauty of
Jiaxiang, the beauty of the poor mountains, the richness of the
mountains and the sea, the gods Magnificent 矣.” Xu Xiake, a great
traveler of the Ming Dynasty, traveled all over the world, three days
on the Tiantai Mountain, wrote two travel notes, and marked the
“Tiantiantai Diary” in the “Xu Xiake Travel Notes”. The famous
scholar Pan Wei of the Qing Dynasty issued a sigh after visiting the
Tiantai Mountain: “I have a footstep in the world, and I have seen
many famous mountains and towns. The big mountain is self-
contained and cannot be changed. It is beautiful, Luo Changchang,
and surprisingly. Exploring the incompetent, its only heaven!
(Taishan can have the beauty of the mountains, the mountains can
not do the wonders of Taishan, so you can not travel to the
mountains, but you can’t travel to Taishan.)
The Tiantai Camellia culture has a long history. Tiantai Mountain is
one of the earliest tea fields in China and the source of the world tea
ceremony. In the Tang Dynasty, when he returned to China in Tiantai
Mountain, the tea seeds brought back were planted in the Riji Tea
Garden (now Chishang Tea Garden) in Birui Mountain, which became
the precursor of Japanese tea cultivation. In the Southern Song
Dynasty, Rong Rongxi (1141-1215) entered the Tiantai Mountain for
the second time. On one occasion, he was dying of heatstroke on the
road from Tiantai to Mingzhou (now Ningbo). Fortunately, the
Tiantaishan people rescued them with “medicine tea”, and then
turned the danger to safety, and deeply felt the effect of tea, so he
went deep into the mountains to investigate. Tea, the technique of
making tea and the custom of tea and tea drinking, after returning to
China, wrote “The Book of Eating Tea and Keeping Health”, which is
said to promote tea drinking. Therefore, he was hailed as the “Lu Yu”
of Japan and opened the first tea ceremony in Japan. The tea
ceremony was then popular everywhere. As the source of the tea
ceremony, Tiantai Mountain, its status in the history of world tea
culture, is self-evident.

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