Dear Travelers, We’d like to have the following quick guide to be always updated for the benefit of new visitors visiting Shaolin Temple by bus or using other tools of transportation. If anybody having used the piece finds necessary updates, please leave a message or feedback. Thanks!________ If you are planning a Luoyang Tour, or Zhengzhou…
As one of the seven great ancient capital cities in China, the city of Kaifeng has much to offer in terms of ancient buildings and historical relics. Dragon Pavilion Park ( 龙亭公园 – Long Ting Park ) is a big draw when visiting Kaifeng on your Henan tour. Dragon Pavilion is the main structure in the park…
If you are planning Luoyang tour, you are highly recommended to make a full day Dengfeng tour from Luoyang. Maybe Dengfeng sounds a little unfamiliar to you, but you definitely have some basic knowledge of Shaolin Temple, which is the cradle of Chinese kung fu and Chinese Zen Buddhism. In fact, Shaolin Temple is under the…
Songyang Shuyuan is known in English as Songyang Academy, which was a type of prvate school in ancient China. Different from national-level academy and district-level schools, shuyuan (academies) were usually private establishments constructed away from towns and cities, offering a quiet environment where scholars and students could pursue learning, studies and thinking without outside distractions. The shuyuan (academies) originated in the Tang Dynasty ( 618-907) and further…
Plan your trip to Shaolin Temple? It is advisable to combine Shaolin Temple with a added trip to Zhongyue Temple and Songyang Academy in Dengfeng, a county-level city under the jurisdiction of Zhengzhou, the capital city of Henan Province. Dengfeng is located at the southern foot of Mount Song. Mount Song is one of the five…