Putuo Mountain is rich in live seafood.

Yellow croaker, cuttlefish, sea crab, clams, mussels, shellfish, striped shrimp, etc. are all available.

In addition to the catering in various hotels and villas, restaurants are mainly concentrated near the seafood garden, front temple, back temple and Nantianmen.

Among them, the Seafood Park has 52 seafood restaurants, which enjoy a high reputation at home and abroad and attract many tourists.

In addition, the price of seafood on Mount Putuo is on the high side, while the price of seafood in Shenjiamen, not far away, is much cheaper. You can enjoy it while transferring to a boat in Shenjiamen.

Tips: When eating seafood in Putuo Mountain, it is recommended to choose a star-rated hotel. The price here is not more expensive than that of a small restaurant, and the quality is guaranteed.

If you stay at a family hotel, it is also very affordable to ask the boss to help you prepare a seafood meal.

It is best not to go to some small restaurants to eat seafood to avoid being deceived.

There are many scenic spots and tourist attractions in Putuo Mountain, mainly including the three major temples of Puji, Fayu and Huiji, which are the largest among the more than 20 temples and nunneries preserved today.

Puji Zen Temple was built in the Song Dynasty. It is the main temple dedicated to Guanyin in the mountain, with a total construction area of ??more than 11,000 square meters.

Fayu Zen Temple was built in the Ming Dynasty. It is built layer by layer on the mountain and surrounded by towering ancient trees, making it extremely quiet.

Huiji Zen Temple is built on Foding Mountain, also known as Foding Mountain Temple.

There are more than 20 strange rocks and strange rocks, including the famous Pantuo Stone, the Ergui Tingfa Stone, and the Haitian Buddha Stone.

There are many scenic caves where the mountains and sea meet, the most famous ones are Chaoyin Cave and Fanyin Cave.

There are many beaches around the island, but the main ones are Baibu Beach and Qianbu Beach.

Qianbusha is a curved beach, about 3 miles long, with fine sand and gentle slopes. The sand surface is wide and soft. It is an excellent bathing beach.

If you go visiting in the summer, you can bring your swimming suit and take a dip here.

The trees on the island are lush and beautiful, including camphor trees, podocarpus, ginkgo, albizia and other trees.

There are about 1,000 large camphor trees, including a thousand-year-old camphor tree with a girth of 6 meters and providing shade for several acres.

There is also a "Hornbeam", which is a rare and precious tree species in my country and is listed as a second-class national protected plant.

There are many folk stories about Buddhism spread in Putuo Mountain.

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During peak seasons such as Spring Festival, May Day, National Day, February 19th of the lunar calendar (Guanyin’s birthday), June 19th (Guanyin’s Enlightenment Day), and September 19th (Guanyin’s Enlightenment Day), pilgrims rush to Mount Putuo to offer incense and pay homage.

Putuo Mountain requires booking tickets and rooms in advance.

2. Pay attention to safety when taking photos in the seaside reef area, and be careful not to slip on rainy days. When going up the mountain, do not go to places without roads. Smoking, lighting incense and candles and other outdoor fires in the forest are strictly prohibited.

Pay attention to dietary hygiene and don’t be gluttonous when eating seafood.

It's windy at the beach, so be careful to catch a cold.

3.

When swimming at the beach in summer, it is best to buy towels, slippers and swimming suits before going to the island.

Don't go to the edge of the rocks when swimming. The waves will hit the rocks, which is very dangerous.

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If you live in Putuo Mountain and want to go to Zhujiajian for a day, after buying the ferry ticket to Zhujiajian, you have to go to the exit of the pier to sign a certificate, so that you don’t have to buy another ticket when you return to Putuo Mountain on the same day.

Mountain tickets.

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Photography is prohibited inside the temple.

You can visit Putuo all year round.

Mount Putuo has a maritime climate, with the coldest temperature in winter being about minus 5°C, and the average temperature in summer being 29.3°C. The sunshine is abundant, and you can see the blue sea and sky, the heat waves are rolling, the bright moon is shining on the sea, and the Buddha illuminates my heart.

Although Putuo Mountain can be visited all year round, you must carefully consider when to go to the island.

Pilgrims and faithful men and women from the Haitian Buddhist Kingdom will specially choose three days to go to the island: February 19th is the birthday of Guanyin Bodhisattva, June 19th is the day when the Bodhisattva attains enlightenment, and September 19th is the day when the Bodhisattva becomes a monk. These three days

All are lunar calendar.

The Daxiang Festival in February is the most popular, and in June there are more people traveling to the mountains to escape the summer heat. In September, it is called the Xiaoxiang Festival, with slightly fewer pilgrims.

In the first three days of these three days, a large number of pilgrims come to the island, so the waiting time for the boat may be longer and the housing prices may be slightly higher.

General tourists can choose these days specifically if they want to watch the grand Buddhist ceremony. If they are afraid of crowds, they can avoid these times to go to Mount Putuo.

Stepping on the sand and looking at the sea to enjoy the fun of sea water and beaches is of course the best time in the summer months of July, August and September.

Every summer and autumn, vast swaths of waves on the sea stir up huge waves, which are thrilling and roaring to the sky.

At night, it is another spectacle. Rows of waves sparkle in the night, which is dazzling. People call it "sea fire" and believers call it "sacred fire".

If you want to stay in Putuo Mountain, you have a wide range of choices.

Hotels with three stars and above include: Xilei Village, CITIC Putuo Hotel, Putuoshan Hotel, and Luyuan Villa.

The most two-star hotels: Xilin Hotel, Silver Cloud Villa, Zizhu Villa, Zhuxiangju, Yinhai Hotel, Jinping Villa, Xishan Hot Spring Villa, Island Star Holiday Hotel, Sanshengtang Hotel, Putuo Villa, Qianhe Villa

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Family hotels include: Chaoyinge Hotel in Longwan Village, Yushulou Hotel, farmhouse hotels in Xishan, etc.

Most accommodation spots in Putuo Mountain are clustered near the front temple and the back temple.

The scale is generally small, and the conditions and facilities are average.

Prices for standard rooms range from 150 to 700 yuan, plus a seawall construction fee of 20 yuan per person.

Except for Fridays, Saturdays and three days before and after legal holidays, as well as the nine-day annual Guanyinxiang Festival period (the 17th, 18th and 19th days of February, June and September of the lunar calendar), accommodation is generally discounted at 20%.

The Putuo Mountain Management Committee of Zhoushan City stipulates that starting from September 20, 2007, admission to Zhengshan will be 160 yuan per person.

On the 1st and 2nd of January, the first to fifth day of the Spring Festival, May 1st to May 5th, and October 1st to October 5th, the entrance fee to the mountain is 200 yuan per person.

140 yuan per person in December and January every year.

Children under 1.4 meters are free of charge to enter the mountain.