#Jizhao Nunnery Travel Recommendations for 2024 (Updated in May)
Temples
Address:
Cangshan District,Dali Bai Autonomous Prefecture, Dali City
Opening times:
Open today at 08:00-17:30Opening Soon
Recommended sightseeing time:
1-2 hour
Phone:
0872-2683858
There are a total of 19 mountain peaks in the Cangshan Mountain. The Silent Mountain is hidden in the south of the Cangshan Mountain. It runs through the ancient trees and in the morning fog. It climbs along the winding bluestone road, and it is full of body and mind. Zen is felt in the Buddha's voice.
The fragrance of the flowers is filled with the moist air. Concealing the yellow wall and blue tiles under the towering ancient trees, away from the world. Move a small stool and sit in the sun, eat a bowl of vegetarian rice, enjoy a bowl of meat, read a Buddhist scripture, and make a wish when the wind chimes sound.
Tips
Miao_Yujia.
After living in Dali for three years, here are my favorite mountain climbing and viewing spots recommended!
After living in Dali for three years, here are my favorite mountain climbing and viewing spots recommended! This is the second issue of the super detailed mountain climbing and viewing guide, mainly for intermediate and advanced routes.
"The mountain does not see me; I go to see the mountain." Hurry up and save it, and check in in the comment section. 4、【Hiking on the Jade Belt Path】Beginner
"Get up close and personal with the Cangshan Mountains, witness the 'natural geological history book' that has nurtured for 2 billion years, and feel the changes of the vicissitudes of life in the rock strata."
Location:
"Gantong Cableway Ticket Office" or "Zhonghe Cableway Ticket Office" Recommended departure time:
About 15min from the ancient city, it is recommended to depart around 9 am and be able to descend the mountain before 2 pm.
Cost reference:
Gantong Cableway one-way 50, Zhonghe Cableway one-way 30 Other:
Need to bring some picnic food.
②It will be a bit cold on the mountain, remember to bring a windbreaker. ③You will encounter squirrels, magpies, and shrikes
④The whole journey is 12km on flat ground
5、【Boluo Temple】Intermediate
"A small temple hidden in the mountains, a secluded place in the mountains."
Location: "Jizhaoan Parking Lot" There are signs all the way, you will not get lost.
Recommended time schedule: About 15min from the ancient city,
You can depart around 9:00 am, it takes about 2h to climb the mountain, have a vegetarian lunch at the temple, and it takes about 1h to descend.
Cost reference: Or Other:
①If you have the strength, you can bring some supplies for the monks on the mountain. ②Boluo Temple has lunch vegetarian meals, arrange the time to try it. There is no dinner~
③There are mushrooms along the way
④About 10km, the mountain road is not easy to walk.
6、【Cangshan Mountain Hiking to the Summit】Intermediate-Advanced
"The climb is significant, with diverse vegetation and landscape changes along the way,
Flower meadows pave the way, and streams and lakes crisscross. It is a beautiful scenery that cannot be seen at low altitudes."
Location:
There are many entrances "near Zhonghe Temple", "near Yinqiao". Recommended duration: one day
Cost reference:
Currently, the summit guide fee ranges from 150-300 per person.
Other:
The difficulty is above average, do not choose if you have no experience.
②Many accidents happen when climbing Cangshan every year, you need to choose the right season and experienced guides to accompany you, do not go alone, do not joke with your life safety.
③Prepare enough water and functional drinks, carry enough food, and don't mind the weight.
④Choose the right mountaineering equipment.
⑤Hiking 12-22km (depending on the route) with an ascent of 2000+. They say that an interesting life is half mountains, rivers, lakes, and seas.
Since you've come to Dali, join us in climbing the mountains and listen to the mountain wind bringing us the answer to freedom.
TheodoreLivingston24
Cangshan's Jizhaoan | "Endless Summer" is as beautiful as a painting, worth a visit!
Cangshan's Jizhaoan travel, among the endless summer flowers, tasting a bowl of delicious vegetarian cuisine is truly a dual enjoyment of sight and taste.
At the turn of summer and autumn, I was amazed by the extremely beautiful "Endless Summer" flowers. They are the messengers of summer, blooming endlessly, and another year passes in a hurry. They start blooming at the end of spring, and the flowering period extends throughout summer and autumn.
🔖What is Endless Summer?
◆Clueless, right? Actually, "Endless Summer" is a type of hydrangea, with flowers growing at the top of the branches, forming corymb inflorescences. The color of "Endless Summer" is not fixed; it can bloom in different colors depending on the environmental changes.
◆The flowers of "Endless Summer" are full, and the stems often radiate many branches from the base, with many small flowers forming large round flower balls, clustered together.
Off-the-beaten-path travel to Cangshan, Jizhaoan's Endless Summer and vegetarian food are not to be missed. On a leisurely morning, I set out with my son from "Yuan Wu Wei" on foot, passing by the Gantong cable car lower station and the thousand-year-old Gantong Zen Temple, and it took about 30 minutes to reach the popular Jizhaoan.
🌟Travel highlights:
✅The lunchtime at Jizhaoan is at 11:40 am, and the queue for food has already reached the back garden. This waiting time for lunch is just perfect to appreciate the beautiful Endless Summer scenery around the Jizhaoan temple.
✅In the cool dense forest of Cangshan, Jizhaoan is indeed a great place for summer retreat and flower appreciation. The cool midsummer, the beautiful Endless Summer, not only pleases the eye but also nourishes the mood at the moment, and even in the deep autumn, the flowers here are still blooming continuously. Like in a static image, when the photographer puts in the effort, it comes to "life".
✅Eating a bowl of Jizhaoan's representative vegetarian food is enough to reward the hardships of queuing. Watching the child eat so earnestly and deliciously, who can resist the temptation of such a bowl of vegetarian food?
💗Travel feelings:
Flowers bloom for a season, and the grass and trees meet autumn. In an ordinary life, at the right moment, let go of oneself, watch a bunch of flowers bloom, and wait for the return of the summer solstice. Amidst the Endless Summer, a bowl of vegetarian food is swept away. Smelling the fragrance of the flowers and experiencing "every grain is hard-earned" is truly an unexpected little happiness.
Dali tourism, amidst the Endless Summer, the temptation of a bowl of vegetarian food. Have you experienced it?
📌Little Tips:
✔Jizhaoan is open to the public for free. Originally, the first and fifteenth days of the lunar month were free for vegetarian food, but now they also charge a vegetarian fee, which is 20 yuan/person.
✔Jizhaoan's succulent plants are unique, and the back garden also has a variety of flowers and plants, remember not to miss them.
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JANELLE MACK
Don't miss out in Dali
Dali is really too beautiful.
Even a temple there leaves one speechless.
📍Dali Jizhao Hermitage
🔸Take a taxi to the Dali City Cangshan Scenic Area - Gantong Temple, then follow the
signs and climb up, it will take about twenty minutes to get there.
🔸After entering Jizhao Hermitage, follow the road inside the temple upwards, after going up a staircase, you can see the ceiling fish tank
🔸Highly recommend the vegetarian meal 20/ren, available until 12 o'clock sharp
Madison.Reynolds.35
Flowers from past lives are offered before Buddha
Climbing mountains, eating vegetarian meals, drinking coffee, in the most beautiful nunnery.
The name of Jizhao Nunnery comes from: 'Feeling and then communicating, silent reflection mirrors all.'
Buddha says: 'What causes beauty in this life? Flowers offered before Buddha in past and present lives.'
Walking past the hustle and bustle, walking past the blooming flowers, seeking inner peace.
Here, one can feel the ancient and sacred atmosphere, the tranquility deep within.
Every flower, every blade of grass represents a world.
🚉 Travel Tips:
Navigate to: Cangshan National Geopark (Parking Lot) or Gantong Temple Cable Car Parking Lot. You can get directly to the parking lot by taxi or self-driving; by bus, you can only get to the foot of the mountain, then walk to the entrance of the geopark and climb up, about 1.5 kilometers.
② Note: Once you reach the park entrance, climb up along the stone steps. There is a mountain entry registration point (forest fire prevention) to the right, and the cable car to Cangshan is also on the right. Jizhao Nunnery is to the right! Follow the signs and continue walking up along the road!
Vegetarian Meals: The meal times at Jizhao Nunnery are 11:30 am and 5:30 pm. When you arrive, you should first go to the side of the main hall to buy a meal ticket for 20 yuan each, then you can come over and wait in line.
Portion sizes and taste: To avoid waste, there are different sizes of bowls to choose from according to your appetite. You can also get more food if you haven't had enough. The taste is good, just ordinary stir-fried vegetables and rice. For those who like spicy food, there is also chili sauce.
AdventureSeeker
【The Most Beautiful Temple】Dali | Jizhao An
It's really suitable for drinking tea on a rainy day, admiring the rain,
and idly passing the time.
When hungry, have a bowl of vegetarian meal,
surprisingly delicious~
TravelerWithoutBorders*333
The most beautiful nunnery~Jizhao An
Coming to Dali, you must try the vegetarian meals at Jizhao An.
Jizhao An is located within the Cangshan Scenic Area in Dali City, Dali Bai Autonomous Prefecture.
Today's Jizhao An is filled with sunshine and crowds.
The vegetarian meal, priced at 20 yuan per person, starts distribution at 11:30 am. Accompanied by the 'bang bang bang' sound of the wooden mallet, mealtime arrives, and everyone lines up orderly. Seven or eight kinds of vegetarian dishes are neatly arranged in basins, looking very appetizing.
Here, various beautiful flowers and succulents are full of vitality, making it a nunnery famous for cultivating succulents into internet sensations.
Admission: Free
Mealtime: 11:30
HAZEL GARZA
A Solo Traveler's Guide to Off-the-Beaten-Path Spots in Dali
If you visit Dali multiple times, each time you'll discover new, lesser-known attractions. There are off-the-beaten-path and free spots to visit just by taking the bus.
Fengyangyi
This is the only well-preserved section of the ancient Tea Horse Road within the Dali city area, known as the Fengyangyi Ancient Post Road. It stretches about 2000 meters and was originally built during the Han Dynasty. Admission is free.
Attraction Guide: Tuku House, Scripture Drying Stone, Double-Mouth Well, Straw Hat Street
Tuku House, formed during the Dali Nanzhao Kingdom period, is an ancient Bai ethnic village. It represents the most traditional residential architecture of the Dali Bai people, with thick exteriors and simple structures, built using slab stones or cobblestones.
Straw Hat Street, where the trade of straw hats flourished in ancient times.
Scripture Drying Stone, legend has it that this is where the monk Xuanzang dried his scriptures on two large bluestones after they got wet on his journey from the Western Regions.
Transportation Guide: Take bus No. 4 and get off at Fengyangyi Station
Jizhaoan is located on the southern foot of Shengying Peak of Cangshan Mountain in Dali, built during the Ming Dynasty. It has also become a popular temple on the internet because it is filled with succulents. Admission is free.
Transportation Guide: Take the scenic area shuttle to the Cangshan scenic area parking lot, and from there it's about a 20-minute walk along the mountain path.
Food Guide: The vegetarian meals at Jizhaoan are also famous for their good taste. 20 yuan per person.
Guanyintang
Dali's Guanyintang, also known as Dawang Temple, is located in Shangmo Village of the ancient city area of Dali, built during the Ming Dynasty. In the hearts of the Bai people, this is a temple that carries the history of the Bai people, filled with magical stories and exquisitely beautiful. Admission is free.
Transportation Guide: Take bus No. 4 and get off at Guanyintang Station
General's Cave
General's Cave is located in Longquan Park, an ancient temple of over a thousand years, along with the cave in the mountains. Hiking in Cangshan, you can overlook the entire Erhai Lake and the panoramic view of Xiaguan.
Attraction Guide: Longquan Holy Land, Li Mi Temple, General's Cave, Longquan
Transportation Guide: Take bus No. 12 and get off at General's Cave Station
Admission is 2 yuan, and you can also come to fetch mountain spring water.
diplomatical_leona
Jizhaoan in Dali! It costs 20 to go up the mountain for a delicious vegetarian meal!
After touring various attractions in Dali, I was still looking for new fun places to explore. Both the taxi driver and the B&B owner unanimously recommended Jizhaoan! The local driver sister said that even the locals often go up the mountain for vegetarian meals🥢 Describing Jizhaoan as a place that offers beautiful views without burning incense!!
On my last day in Dali, I arrived at Jizhaoan—China's most beautiful nunnery💐 Coming here! I tasted the ceiling of Dali's delicacies!!
Jizhaoan is located at the foot of Cangshan Mountain⛰️ Take a taxi to the location📍Cangshan Gantong cableway, getting there requires climbing the mountain, at least half an hour, those who lack regular exercise will find it tough, but fortunately, there are flowers and plants along the way, and the view is nice. Along the way, you will also pass by Gantong Temple, interested sisters can go👀 Note that it closes at 4 pm so don't miss out
The meal times at Jizhaoan are lunch at 11:30, and dinner at 17:30
💰20 per person. First, go buy a meal ticket, then line up for food. If you want to eat the vegetarian meal, it is recommended to arrive by 11 am, as there are many people coming for the meal every day, and you will have to queue, but once they start serving, the line moves quickly, so don't worry about not being able to get food.
The food is all healthy vegetarian!! Really delicious! I ate a big portion all up! Note that if you have a small appetite, uu take less, as you can't leave any leftovers🥣
After the meal, you can also climb to the third floor to admire the fish swimming in the air🐟
Taking photos is also very photogenic📷
Here, you can pay respects to Buddha, enjoy the flowers, and appreciate the freedom🫧𓆡𓆝𓆟
VICTORIA JENSEN
Lazy Person's Guide | Half-Day Tour of Cangshan Mountain
For someone with virtually no exercise, visiting Dali for the first time and having a dialogue with Cangshan Mountain, I set my destination to Jizhaoan in Gantong Mountain.
Depart from the inn - pass by the internet-famous road 'Cang'er Avenue' near Dali University - Cangshan Scenic Area - Gantong Temple - Jizhaoan - Inn
Jizhaoan is a building surrounded by flowers, truly embodying the phrase 'no incense burning, just planting flowers.' Although the hydrangeas were not blooming at the beginning of March, one can already imagine what it would look like when it's a riot of colors.
Jizhaoan offers free tea, with a tea set deposit of 100 yuan.
Vegetarian meals start queuing at 11:30 in the morning and 17:30 in the evening, 20 yuan per seat, pay and get the meal card on the right side of the Daxiong Hall.
The taste of the meals is okay, and if you don't want to queue, the Gantong Temple below is also good, because queuing for half an hour is the least, really a lot of people (Zhou Xun's face).
raine_7991
Jizhao Temple in Dali | Enjoying flowers and vegetarian food, leisurely and freely!
Jizhao Temple is a great choice for a unique tour of Cangshan Mountain in Dali. Traveling to Jizhao Temple, enjoying flowers and vegetarian food, leisurely and freely, everything is the best arrangement. Have you been there?
Dali Yuanwu Homestay is located at the foot of Cangshan Mountain, with popular internet celebrity check-in spots such as Feng Xiaoyuan, Zhang Family Garden, Guanyin Pond, Gantong Temple, and Jizhao Temple nearby. On weekends or holidays, whenever friends visit, they will take them to hike and relax in Cangshan Mountain, and Jizhao Temple is one of the must-visit places.
In the warm winter, it happened to be the weekend and old friends visited, so we arranged a leisurely tour of Jizhao Temple in Cangshan Mountain. Friends brought simple tea sets and good tea, and I brought a camera to casually record the beauty of the journey, and the hiking trip to Jizhao Temple began.
The sun in the winter morning, warmly shining on the body, the breeze is not dry and climbing is very comfortable. Although the top of Cangshan Mountain is already covered with snow, the temperature felt when hiking to Jizhao Temple in Cangshan Mountain is just right. It takes about 1.5 kilometers to walk from the homestay, and it doesn't take long and it's easy to get to the destination of Jizhao Temple.
After arriving at the Jizhao Temple, choose a quiet place, friends operate to make tea, and three people leisurely drink tea and chat. Basking in the sun, talking about the past, ordinary life will also shine everywhere.
Unconsciously it was 11 o'clock in the morning, my wife went to line up for food, and I went to record the 'beauty of flowers and plants'. Every time I visit Jizhao Temple, I will choose a unique perspective to appreciate and record the beauty here. Ordinary life, perhaps everywhere is full of beauty and shining, as long as you discover it with your heart.
After quietly watching and taking pictures of flowers, a bowl of rich and flavorful vegetarian food is the best lunch at Jizhao Temple in Cangshan Mountain. 'Who knows the meal in the plate, every grain is hard work', is the best and most heartfelt preaching here. The sentence: 'Eat as much as you hit, come back if you don't have enough. If you can't finish it, you have to kneel for a stick of incense', has deeply entered the hearts of every tourist who comes here for food and play, and also spread the positive energy of 'every grain is hard work' to farther places.
The Jizhao Temple is not big, and the inside and outside of the courtyard are very clean and orderly, and the flowers and plants are also growing well and pleasing. Travel to Jizhao Temple, look at flowers and plants, eat a vegetarian meal, such a leisurely and comfortable journey is the best arrangement. I don't know, have you been to Dali?
🌹🌹Thanksgiving: This old friend brings her home-cooked 'signature dishes' to my home every time she visits. This time it is sour and spicy fish, which looks very appetizing.
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MILES RIOS
You must visit the Jizhao Nunnery in Cangshan when you come to Dali|The most beautiful nunnery in China
At the foot of Cangshan Mountain, it takes a day to reach the top of Cangshan Mountain.
If you have a few hours in the afternoon, you can stay in Jizhao Nunnery for a while, it's very pure and full of spirituality.
I've visited twice, and I still want to go, it has a strong religious atmosphere.
MichaelMcNeil29
Dali Winter Cherry Blossom Guide | Attached Location Strategy
Winter cherry blossoms are already open🌸
Dali's limited romance in December has also begun!
Because the flowering period is very short, the best flowering period is this time in the middle of the month, and the end of the month begins to fade away, sisters who come to Dali to enjoy winter cherry blossoms hurry up!
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🍃Recommended cherry blossom viewing spots
1⃣️Jizhaoan parking lot
Walk up from the parking lot, you can see cherry blossom trees on both sides of the road, there is a very well-grown one, on top of the hut~
While enjoying cherry blossoms, you can also go to Jizhaoan to see succulents and eat vegetarian food
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2⃣️Dali small courtyard middle area
There are several cherry blossom trees on the side of the road against the wall in the middle area of the small courtyard that are very beautiful! You can climb up the wall and sit and take pictures with the cherry blossoms, super beautiful!
Be sure to pay attention to safety when climbing walls, and do what you can
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3⃣️Qingbi Stream
Here in the middle area of the small courtyard, you can see it on the side of the road on the other side, you can check in with the cherry blossoms on the wall
A cherry blossom tree under the small waterfall, the waterfall, stream, and cherry blossoms are really too beautiful!
But there are too many people! Sisters who want to take pictures must go early!
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4⃣️Tianlong Babu Film and Television City
Navigate to the film and television city parking lot, there are cherry blossom trees all the way, the cherry blossom trees on the bridge by the road are very beautiful!
There are also many on the side of the road going up, and the cherry blossom trees in the parking lot at the top are also very beautiful
ANGEL PALMER
Silent photo, located in Dali, named after "sense and sorrow, quiet and quiet." The temple is surrounded by dense pines and cypresses, and cigarettes linger, surrounded by pines and cypresses, and the environment is quiet. The yard is full of all kinds of meat and flowers, and it is a big garden. Silent photo is even known as "the smallest temple in China" and "the most beautiful nun." The first time I came to the Silence is the friend of Dali.
Have a drop, the driver put us down halfway up the mountain, most tourists go to the Sentong Temple, and the silent photos are to come up from a small road next to them.
Approximately 20 minutes away from here, the sky has been raining, and the bluestone in the rain is washed and translucent.
It is said that this ruin was built in the early Republic of China. After the damage, it was reconstructed by the Tang Dynasty, the governor of Yunnan, and the three words on the house were written by Tang Jizhen.
At first sight, the heart is excited.
I have never seen such a beautiful succulent plant, each pot is carefully designed, like a great work of art, the tea in the yard is open, and a vivid look.
The two sides of the mountain wall are written with a paragraph of Zen language. The flowers are everywhere, clean and quiet, the courtyard, the front of the stage, and even under the armpits and walls, there are flowers everywhere.
TIPS: 20 minutes walk from Gantong Temple. There are no tickets, and the vegetarian meal is 20 yuan per person.
Air_Belle.
The silence of the rainy day is more beautiful
[Silent photo] has the tranquility of the temple, but there is no solemnity of the temple. It is not so much a nunnery as it is a garden of birds and flowers. The interior of the ancestral hall seems to be casual but meticulous, and two flower beds are built in the backyard. All kinds of beautiful flowers and succulents are full of life.
I have been to three silent photos, respectively, in rainy, sunny, cloudy days.
I don't know if it is preconceived or what, I think it is the most beautiful in the rainy days!
TIPS: It takes 20 minutes to get there from the Sentong Temple. The inside is not big, and the plants are full of flesh.
Tickets are free, and the vegetarian meal is 20 yuan per person.
Little_Paris_XIAOYU.
I thought that Silence is a very small attraction, and later I realized that this is a net red card! There are two famous names for Silent Photo, one is succulent, and the other is vegetarian. Many tourists come here, and vegetarian food is also in short supply, and the time limit is strict.
Stepping into the door, into a fleshy world, these beautiful flowers are carefully cultivated by the masters of the middle. I feel that there are all kinds of varieties, and I have seen all the meat plants! There are all kinds of flowers in the back of the mountain. There are many kinds of flowers here. Many people think that the temples are mostly Qionglou Yuyu, and the incense is strong. However, the stillness is simple and small, not burning incense, and is dedicated to all kinds of flowers and plants...
The original still photos are just a very quiet nun at the foot of Cangshan Mountain. The area is small, three or four hundred square meters, two small and small The yard is full of fleshy, and the wall is also covered with bonsai green plants, perhaps because of her literary atmosphere, it has gradually become a net red spot.
Domi_Lee.
There are a total of 18 peaks and 18 streams in the Cangshan Mountain in Dali, and the Silent Lights are hidden in the mountains of Shengying Peak in the south of Cangshan. About six kilometers southwest of Dali Ancient City, climb along the winding and winding Qingshiban Road, walk through the towering ancient trees, and breathe the taste of the original forest. In less than 20 minutes, you can reach this succulent succulent succulent succulent, so the road to Cangshan is completely acceptable to normal people, without climbing difficulty. Every time I arrive at this most literary photo, I will not miss the lunch or dinner here, although it is vegetarian but it is delicious. The most important thing about Buddhism is that the incense is flourishing, but in the stillness, you will not see the incense booming. Almost no one is burning incense, and the Buddha worships all the flowers instead. Just because of the host Miao Hui said: "The Buddha is not lacking, don't care about your fragrance, but care about your heart." The half-day tea break, the two friends whispered, the time of a book, such a Is life the most desirable for you?
DreamInnPhoto.
Feeling through the mountains, it is located in the south of Shengying Peak in Cangshan, Dali. The temple is covered with lush green pines and cypresses. The cigarettes are lingering around the temple, surrounded by forests, surrounded by pines and cypresses, and the environment is silent. Home net.
"The winding path is secluded, the Zen room is deep and the woods are deep." The charm of ancient poetry is flashed here again. The whole Zen room is surrounded by various fleshy animals, and the temple is surrounded by various hydrangea flowers. It can be seen that the teacher is a flower of love. people.
The flesh of every place in the temple is carefully arranged so that when they are integrated with the world around them, they can also exude their own unique beauty.
YIYI NOTES.
One of the most recommended places in Dalis trip is that a flower in the fairyland of Cangshan is alive.
This temple, which is surrounded by flowers, is very small and fresh, surrounded by a variety of fleshy, elegant environment, and also provides vegetarian food here, absolutely worthwhile.
When you see a temple full of green plants, it is still bright, unlike other traditional temples, where you dress up a variety of art.
It is a person who loves to live in the temple. It is not like a temple, it is more like a chic courtyard.
Silent photo provides vegetarian food. At the first fifteenth, the vegetarian meal is free. You usually need to pay twenty yuan to experience the vegetarian meal. On the day of the visit, there were a lot of tourists. Everyone queued up for food. They must pay attention to how much to eat and how much to eat. If not enough, you can add rice.