Outside Gusu City, Hanshan Temple

📮Bring a curious heart and eyes that can discover beauty, and start a pleasant experience journey! As long as you want, "travel" starts the moment you step out of the house! 🏞️Attraction: Hanshan Temple 📍Address: No. 24, Hanshan Temple Lane 🚗Transportation: Subway🚇: Take Shanghai Metro Line 11, transfer to Suzhou Line 11, and then transfer to Line 1 to Xihuan Road Exit 3, and walk for about half an hour to get there. High-speed rail🚄: Take the train to Suzhou Railway Station, take Metro Line 2, transfer to Line 3 to Binghe Road, and then walk for about 20 minutes to get there. 💴Ticket: CNY 20 If you buy a ticket on Trip.com one day in advance, it costs CNY 18. If you need a paper ticket, you need to pay cash on site. 📷Photo time: January 4, 2025 🌈✍️Travel notes📝 1️⃣Three friends decided to travel depending on the weather. 2️⃣We set off at 10:30 and took the subway all the way there. It was already past 1:30 when we arrived. It took us more than 3 hours and we took 55 stops in total, hahahaha😂... Some people may think that the time on the road is too long, but my idea is that "playing" starts from the moment you leave home, and the time spent on the road is part of "playing". You can do a lot of things: enjoy the scenery along the way, observe the surroundings, read books, listen to music, or even sleep💤, which is a way of "self-cultivation" and "self-relaxation". But the premise of everything is "whether you like it or not"! I finished reading a not-so-thick book with pictures and texts in 3 hours one way. I was very happy to gain both internal and external knowledge. 3️⃣Hanshan Temple: It is famous for ancient poems, so you can see various calligraphers' works of that poem everywhere in the temple. 4️⃣Today, I saw many people queuing in the temple, some queuing for free food, some queuing for New Year calendars, which were divided into two lines, one for two words and one for one word, and some queuing for small God of Wealth rubbings. Each one was a long queue. Although I wanted it, I was discouraged by the crowd. Later, I took a photo of a calligrapher. I think they are not easy either. How many words do they have to write! If I don't join the queue, is it also a kind of "merit"? 5️⃣This is the first time I have seen a temple with pink walls, which is very nice. The outside is the usual yellow, and the inside is pink. Beautiful... 6️⃣In addition, please note that the coffee shop of Hanshan Shiba Man is on the right side of the gate after worshiping Maitreya Buddha, and the vegetarian restaurant is on the left side. I only found it when I came out at the end, but since my friend was already waiting outside, I couldn't drink it. I think, leave some regrets, and drink it when I go to fulfill my wish! ‼️Tips: Homework before going out ✅Check the route on the map ✅Check business hours and whether you need to make an appointment in advance to avoid a wasted trip ✅When you are out, remember ♥️safety first♥️