Tiantai Mountain travel guide

Hangzhou–Ningbo Expressway (Guzhu exit) → Shangyu–Sanmen Expressway → Tiantai exit (2 hours)

Shanghai–Hangzhou Expressway → Hangzhou–Ningbo Expressway (Guzhu exit) → Shangyu–Sanmen Expressway → Tiantai exit (3.5 hours)

Suzhou–Jiaxing–Hangzhou Expressway → Hangzhou–Ningbo Expressway (Guzhu exit) → Shangyu–Sanmen Expressway → Tiantai exit (4.5 hours)

Nanjing–Hangzhou Expressway → Hangzhou–Ningbo Expressway (Guzhu exit) → Shangyu–Sanmen Expressway → Tiantai exit (4.5 hours)

Ningbo–Taizhou–Wenzhou Expressway (Sanmen exit) → Shangyu–Sanmen Expressway → Tiantai exit (1.5 hours)

Ningbo–Taizhou–Wenzhou Expressway (Sanmen exit) → Shangyu–Sanmen Expressway → Tiantai exit (1.5 hours)

Yiwu → Dongyang → Shengzhou → Xinchang → Tiantai (provincial highway) (2.5 hours)

The most distinctive food of Mount Tiantai, a local festival treat traditionally made only at Qingming, the Ghost Festival, the Winter Solstice and Spring Festival. Today it is also served to visiting friends and relatives. The wrapper is made by mixing flour with water into a batter and cooking it into thin sheets, and the fillings are rich and varied.

This snack is prepared in a distinctive way. First, red bean paste is mixed with white sugar into a paste, shaped into balls and wrapped in caul fat. Next, egg whites (yolks removed) are beaten until stiff and mixed with a little sweet potato starch. The caul-fat-wrapped balls are then rolled evenly in the seasoned egg white and deep-fried twice.

• A Tasty “Hulatai” Tiantai’s snack “hulatai” (糊啦汰) is a soup made with more than ten ingredients, most of them vegetarian. Eat it with jiaobing pancakes (饺饼简) for a balance of dry and wet textures. One set is usually enough, and it is very delicious.

Golden-brown in colour and round or oblong in shape, with pink tips. Its “duck-sauce taro” (鸭汁芋艿) is a famous local dish from Fenghua.

Founded in 1878. Made mainly from wheat flour with added brown sugar, sesame, peanuts and an appropriate amount of laver (taicai) powder, through 12 steps. In Xikou, the “Wangmaolong” and “Qianzhang Feizhu” brands are considered the most authentic.

The only hotel in Tiantai converted to four-star standards for foreign tourists. Located beside Guoqing Temple, it is surrounded by mountains and water. Its buildings rise and fall with the hills, with small bridges and flowing streams winding through, resembling a classical garden in Jiangnan.

Address:

North of Guoqing Temple, Mount Tiantai

Phone:

0576-83888888

Located beside the Jigong Former Residence in Yongning Village, the birthplace of the living Buddha Jigong.

Address:

453 Chicheng Road, Tiantai

Phone:

0576-83890058

15 minutes’ walk to the Xuedou Mountain scenic area; 10 minutes’ walk to Madam Jiang’s Tomb Passage.

Address:

Building 3, Block 8, Yuyu Community, Shangbai Village, near Mingshan Jiangnan Road

Phone:

0574-88855617

A “tree house hotel” that immerses guests in nature and revives the pleasures of the wild. This upscale eco-luxury resort combines accommodation, dining, conferences, relaxation and experiences.

Address:

Within the Shangliang Gang tourist resort, Donglan section, Xikou Town

Phone:

0574-88888788