Shanghai: Yixing Little Great Wall Hike with Temple Visit

Meet your guide at the designated meeting point in Shanghai and check in. Depart by coach from Shanghai. During the journey, the guide will introduce the route and the day’s itinerary. Arrive at the hiking start point below Fuyuan Chan Temple. After a short warm-up, begin the hike. Arrive at Fuyuan Chan Temple and explore the temple area. After the visit, choose to enjoy the temple’s well-known vegetarian lunch at your own expense. After lunch, continue hiking along the ridge-top “Little Great Wall,” a scenic wall path of about 2 kilometers that wraps around the temple on the mountain. From here, enjoy wide views of the surrounding hills and, on clear days, distant views of Taihu Lake. Leave the temple area and continue across the ridge along the mountain fire trail. This section offers peaceful forest scenery, fresh air, and beautiful natural surroundings. The landscape is especially scenic, with rolling hills, lush greenery, and broad open views. Near the end of the hike, arrive at a small village at the foot of Dachao Mountain. Board the coach and begin the return journey. Return to the original departure point in Shanghai, where the activity ends. Itinerary 07:45 Meet your guide at the designated meeting point in Shanghai and check in. 08:00 Depart by coach on time from Shanghai. During the journey, the guide will introduce the route and the day’s itinerary. 10:30 Arrive at the hiking start point below Fuyuan Chan Temple. After a short warm-up, begin the hike. 11:00 Arrive at Fuyuan Chan Temple and explore the temple area. After the visit, guests can choose to enjoy the temple’s well-known vegetarian lunch at their own expense. The lunch costs around CNY 20 per person and is payable directly to the temple by mobile payment. After lunch, continue hiking along the ridge-top “Little Great Wall,” a scenic wall path of about 2 kilometers that wraps around the temple on the mountain. From here, enjoy wide views of the surrounding hills and, on clear days, distant views of Taihu Lake. 13:00 Leave the temple area and continue across the ridge along the mountain fire trail. This section offers peaceful forest scenery, fresh air, and beautiful natural surroundings. The landscape is especially scenic, with rolling hills, lush greenery, and broad open views. 14:30 Near the end of the hike, arrive at a small village at the foot of Dachao Mountain. Board the coach and begin the return journey. 17:30 Return to the original departure point in Shanghai, where the activity ends.

Hike Yixing’s “Little Great Wall” on a day trip from Shanghai. Visit Fuyuan Chan Temple, enjoy mountain views, and opt for a vegetarian temple lunch.