Yunqi Zhujing (literally, haze staying
on a path zigzagging in the bamboo forest) is far from maddening
crowd, about 15 kilometers from the West Lake.
It is deeply hidden in the Wuyun Hill.
A winding path twists itself slowly and poetically from the foot
of the mount up to the top. A bit far from the path, there grow
lots of luxuriant trees of hundreds of years, in addition to the
ocean of the bamboo groves along the ascending path. Nothing here
hints at urban sufferings and worldly pursuits. A visit along the
path into the retreat harmonizes man and nature.
Built as early as Wu Yue Period (907-978), Yunqi
Zen Monastery added |