Traveling thousands of miles for a whiff of purity — Seeking a tranquil place where wishes take root and flourish

🏞️ Nan Hua Temple, a dazzling jewel among China's top ten famous temples, is located in Maba, Shaoguan City, Guangdong Province. It is the sacred site where the Sixth Patriarch Huineng propagated the 'Southern School of Zen', drawing countless devotees from afar to worship Buddha with reverence. 🌈 Locals in Shaoguan often visit Yunmen Temple, while tourists from other places prefer the efficacious Nan Hua Temple. 📿 Many visitors come here to pray for success in their careers, a happy marriage, good health, and a life of contentment. After making their wishes, they do not forget to return to fulfill their vows. 📜 Attraction Name: Nan Hua Zen Temple 📍 Address: Nan Hua Zen Temple, Caoxi, Qujiang District, Shaoguan City, Guangdong Province 💰 Ticket Price: 20 yuan/person (self-service ticket vending) ⏰ Opening Hours: 08:00-18:00 🚗 Parking: Equipped with a large parking lot🅿 🚌 Transportation Guide: Take bus no. 312 to Shaoguan's Nan Hua Temple station, or direct from Shaoguan East Railway Station 🌟 Visiting Suggestions: 🕗 Best time to enter the temple: 8 a.m., the tranquility and devotion of the early morning make for a more sincere worship experience. 🕛 Time for making wishes: It is best to complete this before noon, as it is said that wishes made at this time are more likely to come true. 🏛️ Order of worship: From the outside in, successively visit the Earth God Temple, Huabao Furnace, Heavenly King Hall, Mahavira Hall, Sutra Depository, Lingzhao Pagoda, Liu Zu Hall, and finally reach the Nine Dragons Spring. 🙏 Prayer Meanings: ①💦 🏯 Nine Dragons Spring: Wash your hands, symbolizing great fortune and wealth rolling in. Many visitors come specifically for a bottle of 'fortune water'. ②🧘 🏯 Sixth Patriarch Hall: Pray for wishes to come true and for responsive blessings. ③🔆 🏯 Lingzhao Pagoda: Pray for the Buddha's light to shine upon you, dispelling calamities and extending life. ④👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 🏯 Sutra Depository: Pray for the safety of children, a happy marriage, and good luck throughout the year. ⑤💪 🏯 Mahavira Hall: Pray for good health and career advancement. ⑥🚢 🏯 Heavenly King Hall: Pray for smooth sailing in your endeavors. ⑦💸 🏯 Huabao Furnace: Pray for smooth financial fortune. ⑧🏡 🏯 Earth God Temple: Pray for safety, health, and family harmony. ⚠ Important Notes: 1.🐯 To enter the 'Nine Dragons Spring', you must pass through the 'Tiger Subduing Pavilion'. Friends born in the Year of the Tiger or Sheep should walk on either side to avoid conflict with the tiger or 'sending the sheep into the tiger's mouth'. 2.🪙 Next to the Nine Dragons Spring, you can throw coins to make a wish. Washing your hands with water from a dragon-shaped faucet, drinking it, or taking it home is all considered 'fortune water'. Please queue up to collect water when there are many people. 3.🌳 Walking clockwise around the 'Bodhi Tree' beside the Sutra Depository three times is said to grant great wisdom. 4.🗼 The Lingzhao Pagoda has five levels, which in Zen culture, together with heaven and earth, make up 'seven levels of pagoda'. After worshipping at the pagoda, walk around it three times to pray for blessings. 5.🧎 The real body of Master Huineng, the Sixth Patriarch, is enshrined in the Sixth Patriarch Hall. 6.🍚 At 11 a.m., you can taste the vegetarian meals in the temple. Please queue up behind the dining hall and pay cash as you wish. 💗 Tips: 1.🚫 Burning incense is prohibited inside the main hall of Nan Hua Temple; only the Earth God and the Huabao Furnace are available for lighting incense (after ticket inspection, each person can receive three sticks of incense for free). 2.🛍️ There are incense stalls at the entrance, and small cards with instructions for burning incense and worshipping Buddha are provided. 3. 💳 Donation boxes support cash and mobile scan payments, donate as you wish.