The Shijutang Scenic Area is located 4 kilometers northwest of Lingxi Town, Cangnan County (within Puting Township). Here, there are numerous large stones competing in strangeness and beauty, so the mountain is named Shijutang for its gathering of stones. At the center and higher place, there are halls, one is the Xu Zhenjun Temple and the other is the Yuquan Zen Temple, so it is commonly known as Shijutang.
This place is renowned for its strange rocks, secluded caves, blue lakes and religious culture. It is divided into three parts: Shijutiancheng, Yuquandongtian and Taibaoguandri. Natural landscapes include Single Person Lane, Yixiantian, Golden Turtle Carrying a Child, Nine-section Dragon, Jigong Hat, Toad Rock, and Palms Joined Rock. Cultural landscapes include Ziyun Taoist Temple, Yuqing Taoist Temple, Yuquan Zen Temple, Guanyin Pavilion and so on. The climate and geographical conditions here are extremely advantageous for vegetation greening and the survival and reproduction of wild animals and plants. At present, more than 20 kinds of protected animals such as otters, nine-headed eagles, four-tone cuckoos and key protected plants such as podocarpus nagi have been discovered. Opening hours: From March 3 to December 31, it is open from 08:00 to 16:00; From January 1 to March 2, it is closed all day. Preferential policies: Children: Children under 6 years old (inclusive) or under 1.2 meters in height, holding legal certificates such as resident identity cards and household registration books that can prove age and identity are free; Minors aged 6 years old (exclusive) to 18 years old (inclusive), with legal certificates such as resident identity cards and household registration books that can prove age and identity; Teenagers from Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan with valid identity certificates such as Mainland Travel Permit for Hong Kong and Macao Residents and Mainland Travel Permit for Taiwan Residents are half price. Elderly: People aged 70 years old (inclusive) and above, holding legal certificates such as resident identity cards or senior citizen preferential certificates, household registration books, citizen cards, driver’s licenses and other legal certificates that can prove age are free; People aged 60 years old (inclusive) to 70 years old (exclusive), holding legal certificates such as resident identity cards or senior citizen preferential certificates, household registration books, citizen cards, driver’s licenses and other legal certificates that can prove age and identity are half price. Students: Full-time undergraduate and below students with student ID cards are half price. Military personnel: Military personnel, disabled military personnel, martyrs’ dependents, dependents of military personnel who died on duty and dependents of military personnel who died of illness, with the Military Officer Card (Police Officer Card), Civilian Cadre Card, Sergeant Card, Conscript Card, Student Card issued by the military and the Disabled Military Personnel Card, Preferential Certificate for Martyrs’ Dependents, Preferential Certificate for Dependents of Military Personnel Who Died on Duty, Preferential Certificate for Dependents of Military Personnel Who Died of Illness and Preferential Certificate for Retired Military Personnel issued by the department of veterans affairs are free. Fire rescue personnel: On-duty and disabled fire rescue personnel and fire academy students with valid certificates are free. Disabled people: With the Disabled Person’s Certificate issued by the disabled persons’ federation are free. Teachers who have taught for thirty years: Teachers who have taught for thirty years with the honorary certificate uniformly issued by the provincial department of education are free. Blood donors without compensation: Blood donors in this province who have reached the national standard for blood donation dedication award or blood donors who have applied in this province and have won the national blood donation dedication award, with the provincial honorary certificate for blood donation without compensation issued by the provincial health commission are free. Religious clergy: Religious clergy and their staff members belonging to religious activity places in the scenic area and religious clergy of the same religion as the religious activity places in the scenic area and religious believers of the same religion who have held initiation ceremonies and hold valid certificates (such as layman certificates and conversion certificates for Buddhist and Taoist lay believers at home) can enter the scenic area and go to religious places for free.
