About a half mile from my place, is Hanshan Temple ??? (also known as Cold Mountain Temple). Its a lot cheaper to visit than the gardens (20 yuan)and also pretty touristy - At the gift shop they have buddhas you can do prayer to, then purchase :-p - Got a free sticker out of them though :-). Overall though, I’d say its worth a visit , it looks like its still a temple in practice…see monks walking around and do their occasional prayers/chants…then again, they could just be actors, but still pretty convincing

According to Lonely Planet China 2007

” Cold Mountain Temple ???

About 2km west of the Garden to Linger In, this temple (Hanshan S; 24 Hanshansi Long; admission 20Y, with Maple Bridge 45; 7:30am-5:30pm) was named after the 7th century poet-monk Han Shan.

Han Shan has excerted a surprising amount of influence on 20th century literature, first showing up in the work of Beat writers Gary Snyder and Jack Kerouac, and later in the poetry of Irish Nobel prize-winner Seamus Heaney.

Today, the temple holds little interest except for a stele by poet Zhang Ji immortalising both the nearby Maple bridge and the temple bell (since removed to Japan). However, the fine walls and the humpback bridge are woth seeing.

Tourist bus Y3 takes you from the train station to the temple.”