Weekend Special Forces Two-Day Tour | Donglin Grand Buddha & Tianmu Hot Springs

| Donglin Grand Buddha & Tianmu Hot Springs.. Weekend Special Forces Two-Day Tour | Donglin Grand Buddha & Tianmu Hot Springs. Transportation It's fairly convenient to get from the east gate of Lushan to Donglin Grand Buddha. Outside the parking lot, wait for the minibus heading to Jiujiang-Xingzi direction on the road. After reaching Xingzi, go to the bus station separated by a wall to find the bus to Donglin Grand Buddha. Actually, there are many buses going to Donglin Grand Buddha, for example, the ones from Xingzi to Shahe, and from Xingzi to Hengtang, but when asked, both of these buses depart only when full and do not have a specific departure time. There are also several buses without specific route names, with the bus fronts marked Erzhong-Donglin Grand Buddha (green), Nangate-Donglin Grand Buddha (blue). Eventually, we took the Erzhong-Donglin Grand Buddha bus for the outbound trip and the Nangate-Donglin Grand Buddha bus for the return trip. The last bus of Erzhong from Donglin Grand Buddha was said to be at 17:30, but it actually left early. We came out at 17:25 and it had just driven off, waiting at the traffic light ahead. We asked the vendors, and they said the last bus of Nangate-Donglin Grand Buddha was around 18:30. Finally, at 17:44, we successfully caught this bus, 1 yuan to the hot spring town, 3 yuan to Xingzi. Donglin Grand Buddha Said to be the tallest Amitabha Buddha statue. On the fifteenth day of the lunar calendar, after exhausting our legs walking down Lushan. Coming to the foot of Lushan, we walked through the 391-step Faith and Will Road to the Jieyin Bridge. Then, via the 480-step Blissful Road, we arrived next to Donglin Grand Buddha. Devout believers were prostrating every three steps. Seeing the relics, the trip was not in vain. Tianmu Hot Springs The bus driver recommended Tianmu Hot Springs, which we also found in our search, said to be natural hot springs, with mixed reviews. In March, the price of 68 yuan didn't set high expectations. On Sunday night, the experience was very good, with hardly anyone around, allowing for a private dip in a pool. Many pools were not open, including the fish therapy pool. As for the water quality, in the Xishi pool, indeed many floating objects were seen, but other pools were okay.