Buddhist Alms in Monastery Halls and Quiet Steps on the Ancient Path

Itinerary

At 9:30 Setting off, we will avoid the bustling crowds gathering at the door to the Pagoda, the entrance to Jing’ci Temple. Here we taste ’Roast Vege-Goose’ – known almost universally among the locals. While it’s still steaming you’ll munch and wander your way about the temple grounds, stopping for customary prayers for fortune in the Mahavira Hall.
At 10:30 we depart Jing’ci Temple, and we slip further away from the West Lake crowds onto the Shang’xiang Pilgrim’s Trail.
By 11:30 we will have walked by the pilgrim masses gathering at Ling’yin Temple’s gates to find our next destination – the Temple of Dharma Cleanliness, renowned for Zen Tea practices. Buy the temple’s specialty Orchid bean marinate, snack, and continue on. Arriving at the Upper Tian’zhu Temple of Fa’xi in the afternoon. It’s here, in the monastery hall, that we will sit to a meal of Buddhist Alms. You won’t be disappointed – this is said to be the best Vegetarian cuisine to be found in all of Hangzhou!
At 15: 00, contented we retreat from the temple grounds into the Hangzhou Buddhist College at Fa’yun Village, finally walking a beautiful mountain path to compete for our Vege-cuisine city walk.