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Come to Maoshan to pray for blessings during the Lunar New Year! A mysterious Taoist mountain in Jiangsu 🚔 Self-driving ✅️ About 2 hours from Suzhou 🚇 Suzhou Station 🔜 Jurong Station, transfer to Maoshan Tourist Line ✅️ Opening hours: 7:30–17:00, last entry at 16:30 🅿 Parking: Large vehicles CNY 20/day, small vehicles CNY 10/day ✅️ Three main attractions 🔜 Wanfugong Palace 🔜 Wanning Palace 🔜 Wanshou Palace 1️⃣ Jiuxiao Wanfugong Palace (also known as Ding Palace) ✅️ Take the shuttle bus to the first stop, Ding Palace. Jiuxiao Wanfugong Palace (Ding Palace) is located at the highest point of Maoshan, offering a panoramic view of the scenery below. ✅️ Here you can burn incense, ring the bell, pray for blessings, and throw coins at the dragon's head. It's a great place to visit during the Lunar New Year. 2⃣ Yuanfu Wanning Palace (Yin Palace) ✅️ Yin Palace is located on the southern slope of Jinfeng Peak in Maoshan. It is home to the world's largest open-air statue of Laozi. Every day, believers and tourists come here to worship and pray for blessings. 3⃣ Chongxi Wanshou Palace (Lower Palace) ✅️ Located on the southern slope of Dinggong Mountain, northwest of Damao Peak, it is a historic Taoist temple and the venue for the opening ceremony of the 5th International Taoist Forum. ✅️ Two caves 🔜 Xianren Cave 🔜 Huayang Cave 1️⃣ Xianren Cave is said to be where people practiced Taoism in ancient times, hence the name "Xianren Cave". The cave is 920 meters long and is a limestone cave with obvious lava characteristics. It has a history of 6.5 million years. 2⃣ Huayang Cave Maoshan is known as the "Eighth Cave Heaven" because of Huayang Cave. ✅️ It is a place of spiritual energy and has unearthed many Taoist relics from the Tang and Song dynasties. ✅️ After leaving Huayang Cave, you can enjoy the view of Chuwang Stream. It takes about 5 minutes to walk from Wanshou Palace to Xike Spring.