Summary

Mt. Emei is famous as one of four Buddhism mountains in China. Have a special experience by spending overnight in Baoguo monastery, and learn more about Buddhism with guided tours with senior monks who lives in the monastery and have Kungfu classes with famous masters. You will get an unforgettable experience with us.

Things You Wanna know

Temple dinner is a meal given to monks and nuns, usually without meat. It is meant to be neat and clean. Taoism and Buddhism are one of the rites of prayer for hungry sacrifices. Taoists in Taoism should clean themselves physically and mentally before conducting repentance and thank-you activities. To show deference to God by being organized and focused.The reason for the auspicious celebration of eating food is that it keeps the people in good health and continues to fast with a lot of energy. No matter how much they eat, Even a sip of water is considered a meal. From midnight to before dawn, it is best time to have temple dinner.

Zen sect is one of the Chinese Buddhist sects. It advocates that the epiphany method should be "seeing and becoming Buddha" from the ancestors of Damo, referring to the people's mind, regardless of the practice, but also because of the research method, the source of the nature of the mind is the main idea. Also known as the Buddha's heart. Legend of the founder of the Bodhi Damo, down to Huike, monk, Taoist faith, to the fifth ancestor Hongyan divided into South Huineng, North

Zong Shenxiu. It was called "Nan Neng Bei Xiu". Bei Zong Shenxiu was based on "the method of meditation," and gradually practiced Bodhi. Therefore, he called it "gradual realization." Master Huineng of Nanzong was called "that is, the mind is the Buddha!" "" directly to the hearts of the people, see the nature of the Buddha! "in order to comply with. Not rigidly" sit Zen "or" view "or not." Buddha! So call it "epiphany".

The morning class is the temple where monks gather in the morning (between 5:00 am and 7:00 am) to recite the Shurangama mantra, the Great Mercy Curse, the Ten Little Curses, and the Heart Sutra. At the beginning and the end of the recitation are all equipped with Brahma and praise verse. Among them, the Shurangama mantra is a lesson, the Great Mercy mantra, the Ten Little Curses, and so on. Some monasteries take turns in reading these two lessons. Only at Buddhist festivals do two lessons.It’s a great chance to have a look at them in the morning, we also could take picture or video without flash.

Emei Wushu is one of the traditional Chinese kungfu boxing. Emei is the birthplace of Emei kungfu. It includes the "five Flowers", which are the Qingcheng Mountain of Dujiangyan, Chengdu, Sichuan Province (Qingcheng School), and the Tiefosi region of the Yunding Mountain of Jintang (Iron Buddha School). Qingniu Mountain (Qingniu Mountain) in Fengdu area, Sichuan Province (Qingniu School), Sichuan Fuling Point change Cave area (Dingyi School, Sichuan Rongchang and Longchang area) (Huanglin School): "floating slaughterhouse is good with many magic skills." Emei boxing is unique all over the world. "In 2008, Emei Wushu was selected into the second batch of national intangible cultural heritage list.

Itinerary

Duration: 12 hours

Pick-up: Emei train station

Drop-off: Baoguo Monastery

Pick-up time: any arrive time

6:00 pm - Meet your guide in front of Baoguo Monastery, you will start your journey in the next 12 hours. The monastery close to public by 5 p.m., which means you will have an exclusive quite & peace experience without crowded people. Have vegetarian dinner inside monastery

6:30 pm- Your local guide will introduce one of senior monk to share his Buddhism knowledge with you. After temple deep visiting, you will have free time in the temple or outside till next morning.

8:00 pm to 6:30a.m. - Accommodation inside monastery is simple and clean, please enjoy the unique experience.

6:30 am - In the early morning, monks will start to chanting around 6:00 - 7:00 a.m. We highly recommend you to get up bit early to join them and take some good pictures. You can attend Kungfu class with our famous Kungfu master outside the temple.

The trip will finish after kungfu class, you are free to leave after that. If you are interested to continue your trip, we can also arrange different tours for you.

What's Included?

What’s Included

- Guided tour with monk and English speaking guide

- Dinner in monastery with vegetarian

- Overnight accommodation in monastery

- Kungfu class

What's Excluded?

Gratuities to the guide and driver