🌸[Nanjing Ancient Chicken Crying Temple] Ultimate Strategy! Cherry blossom viewing, worshiping gods, and taking photos are all done all at once

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🌟Why go to Gu Chi Ming Temple?
- **The oldest temple in Nanjing**: 1700 years of history, older than Nanjing City!
- **Seek marriage super spirit**! Single dogs must worship ~ I heard that "the fortune-telling at Chicken Ning Temple is so accurate"🤫
- **Spring cherry blossom viewing sanctuary**! Cherry Blossom Avenue in March is crazy beautiful
- The filming location of "The Legend of the New White Lady"! Memories kill photo spots

🕒 Best time
- **Cherry Blossom Season** (mid-March-early April): Crowded but worth it!
- **Weekday mornings**: Rush as soon as the doors open at 7:30 to avoid the crowds
- **Rainy day**: Temples in smoke and rain have more feel (be careful to slip).

🎫 Ticket information
- **10 dollars** (includes 3 incense sticks)
- **Pharmacist Pagoda** Another charge of $5 (top to see the panoramic view of Nanjing!)
- E-tickets can be entered directly by scanning the code, no need to queue up to buy tickets ~

🚶♀️ Must-play route
1. **Shanmen Archway**: First take a picture of the gold lacquer sign of "Ancient Chicken Crying Temple"!
2. **Daxiong Treasure Hall**: Worship the gods in the main hall, remember to circle the Buddha clockwise
3. **Blush Well**: Legend has it that the place where Empress Chen and his concubines hid
4. **Pharmacist Pagoda**: 7-story tower, top floor view invincible!
5. **Back Mountain Cafe**: "Chicken Cry Tea" buy a cup of cherry blossom specialty drink to take pictures

📸 Photography position
1. **Cherry Blossom Avenue** (outside the temple):
- The best location is on the second floor window sill of the Museum of Paleontology
- Best light in the morning, backlit in the afternoon
2. **Temple Yellow Wall**:
- Match cherry blossoms or ginkgo, ancient style
3. **Top Floor of Medicine Buddha Pagoda**:
- Overlooking Xuanwu Lake + Zifeng Building, ancient and modern in the same frame

🙏 Worship tips
- **Incense**: Light it before the "Prajna Hall", don't use a lighter!
- **Make a wish**: Say name and address first, then wishes (the more specific the better).
- **Taboo**:
✓ Thresholds to cross over do not step
✗ Do not take pictures of Buddha statues
✗ Do not point to Buddha statues with your fingers

🍜 Surrounding food
1. **Chicken Temple Vegetarian Restaurant**:
- Double mushroom vegetarian noodles are super fresh and sweet! I can even drink the soup
- The vegetarian goose leg is so delicious that even carnivores say it's good
2. **Peripheral snacks**:
- Cherry Blossom Season Limited "Sakura Ice Cream"
- "Jinling Soup Pack" near Xuanwu Gate

💡 Ambush prevention guide
- Yamashita fortune tellers don't care! Saying "you are lucky" is just a trick
- Don't drive during cherry blossom season! The surrounding traffic control makes you doubt your life
- Consecrated items from the temple's Dharma Logistics Department...you know (price x3)

🚇 Transportation guide
- Subway Line 3/4 "Kicken Temple Station" Exit 5, 5 minutes walk
- Bike sharing is the most convenient! There is a parking space at the entrance
- The positioning of "Chicken Temple Bus Station" is faster than directly locating the door of the scenic spot

**Little Secret**🤫:
- There are so many cats in the temple! If you are lucky, you will see the "Buddhist sleeping posture" 🐈
- Lunar New Year's Eve incense to grab the head, but weekday mornings less crowded and quiet
- Autumn ginkgo trees are super beautiful when they turn yellow, a great choice to avoid the crowds!

Last reminder: Cherry blossom season is normal for crazy crowds ~ It is recommended to come at 6:30 to occupy a seat, bring a selfie stick and patience! 🌸