Taoguang Temple
Founded by Tang-dynasty monk Taoguang: the Sea-Viewing Pavilion is the setting of Bai Juyi's verse "watching the tide from the prefecture pavilion" (the sea is no longer visible today — instead you get distant views of West Lake and the Qiantang River); a sea-viewing trail links the temple buildings, with the Golden Lotus Pond and cliff carvings as highlights
Visitor info
- Opening hours
- 08:30-16:30
- Ticket
- Included with Feilai Peak ticket
Price is indicative — final quote on inquiry.
Founded by Tang-dynasty monk Taoguang: the Sea-Viewing Pavilion is the setting of Bai Juyi's verse "watching the tide from the prefecture pavilion" (the sea view is gone today — now you look out over West Lake and the distant Qiantang River); a sea-viewing footpath links the temple halls, and the Golden Lotus Pond and cliffside stone carvings are the highlights. Entry included with the Feilai Peak ticket; open 08:30-16:30; about a 30-minute uphill walk from Lingyin, with the best views along the North Peak line.
Getting there: Taoguang Sea-Viewing Trail
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More in Hangzhou
- Xixi National Wetland
Boat maze of reeds and water villages west of the city.
- West Lake
UNESCO lake of pagodas, causeways and arched bridges; boat or bike the shoreline.
- Lingyin Temple
Buddhist temple founded 326 AD amid grottoes of Song-era rock carvings.
- Longjing Tea Village
Terraced Dragon Well tea fields; tastings at family farms.
- West Lake Loop
A World Heritage Site (inscribed in 2011): an urban lake with misty hills on three sides and the city on the fourth, dredged in succession by two of its governors, Bai Juyi and Su Dongpo; Su Shi's verse "wishing to compare West Lake to the beauty Xi Shi" made it a byword for Eastern aesthetics
- Su Causeway & Bai Causeway
Su Causeway, 2.8 km long, was built from dredged silt when Su Shi dredged West Lake; six bridges span the lake, with peach trees and willows lining both banks—"Misty Willows over Six Bridges" is the top spring scene