Heart stone

The stone is flat and smooth. A huge "heart" character is carved on the stone. The character is 5 meters high and 7 meters wide. Eight or nine people can sit in the center of the character, and the whole character can hold 100 people. It is the largest stone inscription on Mount Putuo with powerful handwriting. There is no way to find out the date and origin of the inscription, but at least it was made before the Qing Dynasty. Such huge stone inscriptions are rare in China. There is shetouyan not far from xinzishi, which is the origin of the folk legend "Buddha testing snake's heart".

Heart stone

Located under the West Tianmen gate, it is about 300 square meters wide and smooth. It is engraved with a huge "heart" character, which is 5 meters long, 7 meters wide and nearly 50 meters around. The center can accommodate eight or nine people sitting together, and the whole character can accommodate nearly 100 people meditating. It is really "broad-minded" and the largest stone inscription in Putuo Mountain.

It is said that Guanyin Bodhisattva once said "Heart Sutra" on this stone. Buddhism focuses on cultivating the mind. When people go to Mount Putuo to worship the Buddha, they all like to go to the heart stone, or walk around the heart stone, or sit in the heart stone to take photos as a souvenir, so as to symbolize their sincerity to the Buddha or their friendship in the world. There is a poem in the heart stone: "the sea mountain is in the west, and the red heart shines in the eyes. It is the mind that is the Buddha, and the quantity is not in front of him. " Heart stone about 5 meters above the right of the valley, there is a stone stretching out, looming between the grass and thorns, its shape as cool as a snake head. Not far away from this stone, there is another stone on the west side of the West Tianmen gate. It looks like a toad and looks like a snake. It is said that there is a boa constrictor who gets the Tao through the guidance of Guanyin Bodhisattva. One day, Bodhisattva Guanyin put a toad on the back of the snake to test the snake's heart, but the boa was still and didn't mean to hurt the toad This is the origin of the story of "Buddha testing snake heart". Later, someone carved a big word "heart" on the boulder at the lower right corner of the snake head, which is even more interesting.

Putuo Mountain Heart Stone traffic: Line 1 get off at xitiandukou terminal station, line 2 get off at baibusha and walk for 10 minutes

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Address: Putuo Mountain, Putuo District, Zhoushan City

Longitude: 122.38519287109

Latitude: 29.998039245605

Tour time: 30 minutes

Traffic information: traffic situation of Putuo Mountain

There are two special bus lines connecting most scenic spots in Putuo Mountain

Route 1: Puji Temple East (baibusha) - baibuge - zizhulin (Nanhai Guanyin open-air Buddha) - entering samadhi (Nantianmen) - steamboat Wharf - Haifang new village (Xishan new village zone 1) - Seafood Garden (Xishan new village zone 2) - Baotuo Hotel - Puji Temple West (Xishan Scenic Area entrance)

Route 2: Ferry Pier - entering into samadhi (Nantianmen) - zizhulin (Nanhai Guanyin open-air Buddha) - baibuge - Puji East (baibusha) - xianrenjing (Chaoyang cave) - Dacheng temple - Fayu Temple (qianbusha) - feisha'ao - Xianghui temple - fanyin Cave - Baoyue temple - Gufo Cave - cableway station

In addition to the two special tourist bus lines, there are also point-to-point tourist buses between the main scenic spots of Putuo Mountain, and special personnel dispatch vehicles with walkie talkies according to the passenger flow

How to get to the heart stone

Take bus No.1 to xitiandukou terminal station, and take bus No.2 to baibusha, and walk for 10 minutes

Ticket information: included in the ticket of Putuo Mountain scenic spot

Opening hours: 8:00-18:00

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