池州市
Jiuhua Mountain and the most literary river in Anhui
Why this place
Chizhou is the city you pass through to reach Mount Jiuhua, one of the four sacred Buddhist mountains of China, covered in temples and pilgrimage paths. It also holds Xinghua Village, the setting of a poem every Chinese child knows.
What to see
- Jiuhua Mountain — 99 peaks, dozens of active temples, and the body of a Tang monk preserved in one hall
- Xinghua Village, the 'apricot blossom village' of the poem
- Penglai cave and the Qiupu River, which Li Bai wrote about
What to eat
- Buddhist vegetarian food on Jiuhua Mountain
- Chizhou rice and river fish; the local fermented bean curd
Best time
April–May and September–November
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