• Jingci Temple - Meet up. Arrive at the Jingci Temple gates.

Meet the sacred guardians of the temple gates, offer your incense, taste Jing’ci Temple’s specialty - the monastery-made Vege Roast Goose.

Find and unlock a ShareBike outside Jingsi Temple. Ride the verdant lakeside Yanggong Causeway, arriving in little Maojiabu off the side of West Lake. Follow a road of tea fields, ponds & rustic restaurants. Arrive at the gates of Fajing Temple, also known as the Dharma ‘Purity’.

Lunch.

Left onto Zhongfa Rd, walk up to the College of Buddhism. See the Hangzhou Buddhist College.
A short, lazy, rise and fall and the quiet mountain trail passes down to the gates of Fa’xi Temple.

Get ticketed and enter the consummate mountain temple of Fa’xi - ‘Dharma Happiness’. Explore on upward through layers of painstakingly crafted religious art. Regroup with the guide by the first temple hall. Finally, taste the Tofu of Fa’xi Temple.

A five-minute walk and we’re at our tour endpoint. Take the bus off the mountain and back into the city.

TOUR END

• Optional pick-up and drop-off service
• Chinese-English bilingual guide accompaniment
• Admission to Jingci and Fa’xi Temples
• Lunch included
• Travel accident insurance covered

• Gratuities
• All food and drink, excluding one portion Buddhist-style vegetarian snack per temple participant.
• All individual expenses not mentioned in the “What’s included” section above

• Jingci Temple Vegetarian ‘Roast Goose’… plus more! - A deeply savoury and satisfying marinated tofu product. Slightly chewy, generously portioned.