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Mount Puti 菩提山Pútí Shān
4A scenic area · Chongqing, Chongqing
- Time needed
- 2–3 hours
- Days to budget
- Half a day
- City
- Chongqing
- Region
- Chongqing
- Type
- Culture
- Listed as
- 4A scenic area
About Mount Puti
A 598 m hill above Changshou's Puti Ancient Town, named after Bodhidharma according to the county annals, with the Buddhist Puti Temple on its summit. The temple, first built in the Northern Song dynasty and destroyed several times, was rebuilt in 2014 as a large timber complex of gate, bell and drum towers and halls, reached by a long stone stairway decorated with the character shou, 'longevity'.
How to get to Mount Puti
Directly above Puti Ancient Town on the edge of the urban area of Changshou District, about 80 km north-east of central Chongqing by road.
Nearby
- Hongyadong & Chongqing Night Views 洪崖洞 60 km
A cliffside stack of stilt houses glowing gold over the river every night
Also within 20 km: Puti Ancient Town (Changshou Ancient Town) 菩提古镇 (under 10 km), Changshou Lake 长寿湖 (20 km).
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