[2025 Rongcheng Attraction] Travel Guide for Chishan (Updated Apr)

Introduction to Shidao Chishan Scenic Area "There are wonders in the mountains and seas, and you can see Chishan in Weihai." Chishan Scenic Area is located on the shore of Shidao Bay in Weihai. It is named "Chishan" because the main peak of Chishan, which is 369 meters above sea level, turns red under the sun. The scenic Attraction covers an area of 12.8 square kilometers and is a national AAAA-level tourist Attraction and a provincial scenic spot. The forest vegetation coverage rate is over 95%, and the negative oxygen ion content is as high as more than 60,000 per cubic centimeter. It is a natural forest oxygen bar and a national key construction base for forest health preservation. The place is surrounded by clouds and mist, and the scenery is beautiful. In ancient times, there was a saying that "the gods return to Chishan", which adds a magical color to this oriental sacred mountain by the sea. The main god worshipped in Chishan is Chishan Myojin. The original appearance of Chishan Myojin comes from the Hongmen Cave of Chishan. It is said that Chishan Myojin is the incarnation of Chishan, the incarnation of the sun god, who was worshipped by the ancestors in ancient times. He guards the mountains and protects the sea, with boundless power, and protects the fishermen along the coast to have full warehouses of fish and shrimp and return safely. For thousands of years, it is precisely because of the protection of Chishan Myojin that the people here live and work in peace and prosperity, so his supernatural powers and merits are highly believed and worshipped by people, so people regard Chishan Myojin, the guardian god of the sea, as the god of peace. Zhang Baogao, a Silla man, built Chishan Fahuayuan here in 824 AD. Later, the Japanese monk Ennin went to Chishan three times and stayed in Fahuayuan for two years and nine months. Chishan became famous in the Tang Dynasty because Master Ennin wrote "Travels in Tang Dynasty to Seek Dharma", which tells the story of how Chishan Myojin blessed him to return home safely from Chishanpu (now Shidao Bay). Ennin's disciples later built Chishan Zen Temple to worship Chishan Myojin in accordance with his will, and Zhang Baogao also built two Chishan Temples in Silla to worship Myojin, in gratitude for his reputation as a maritime trade king and national hero under the protection of Myojin. Since then, Chishan Myojin has gradually been worshipped by the Tang Dynasty, Japan, Silla, Persia, Daqin and other countries. Because of the existence of Fahuayuan, it has been linked to a "thousand-year-old temple connecting three countries". Chishan is known as the "Oriental Sacred Mountain", "Buddhist Resort", "Island Folk Customs" and "Forest Park". Its main attractions include the Chishan Fahua Temple, a thousand-year-old temple that connects the Three Kingdoms of China, South Korea and Japan, the Auspicious and Peaceful Valley, a large dynamic music fountain square with the theme of auspiciousness and peace, the 58.8-meter-high God of Peace, the Zhang Baogao Biography Museum that tells the legendary life of the Korean maritime king Zhang Baogao, the Chishan Zen Temple that records the experience of the Japanese monk Ennin in seeking Dharma in the Tang Dynasty, the Rongcheng Folk Customs Museum, the China Northern Folk Culture Museum, the Chishan Intangible Cultural Heritage Maker Center, the famous Water and Stone Culture Museum, the Guanyin Altar, the place where Guanyin Bodhisattva practiced, the "Dragon and Phoenix Jueyuan" Jade Carving Museum that interprets the beautiful love story of Emperor Xuanzong of Tang and Yang Guifei, as well as the Fahua Pagoda, Longfeng Lake, Hundred Flowers Garden, Daming Holy Land and many other attractions. It is an ideal place for coastal style tours, mountain and sea landscape tours, fishery folk tours, and religious pilgrimages. A paradise for holy travel.