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2 Days\1 Nights
Many of China's ancient capitals are located in Henan Province, a place of stunning natural beauty and artistic traditional architecture. This tour will take you through the important attractions of Luoyang, visit the Longmen Grottoes to feel its grandeur and mystery, and visit the Shaolin Temple with a devout mood. Visit the Luoyang Museum, a place that embodies the cultural heritage of Luoyang, where you can feel the history of Luoyang.
Attractions: Longmen Grottoes, Luoyang Museum
Meal: Not Included
Hotel: Overnight in Luoyang
Welcome to Luoyang, one of the Four Great Ancient Capitals of China! Your local guide and driver will meet you at the train station or the airport and take you to visit Longmen Grottoes. Longmen Grottoes is located in Luoyang City, Henan Province, is the world's most statues, the largest treasure trove of rock carving art, was named by UNESCO as "China's highest peak of rock carving art", ranked first in China's major grottoes. It is now a world cultural heritage, a national key cultural relics protection unit, and a national AAAAA level tourist attraction.
The UNESCO World Heritage Site is densely scattered on the cliffs of Mount Longmen (West Hill) and Mount Xiangshan (East Mountain). Longmen Mountain is located in the Yique Valley, south of Luoyang city, and was dug by Yu the Great in the flood control. Also known as Yique Mountain, Que Sai Mountain, Que Kou Mountain and so on. Longmen Mountain is a connected whole, there is no east and west two mountains. Yu cut Longmen into east and west halves, and the east Mount of Longmen was named "Xiangshan" after Wu Zetian built the Xiangshan Temple, while the west Mount of Longmen continued to be called "Longmen Mountain".
Next, drive to Luoyang Museum, is a collection of cultural relics collection, scientific research, exhibition, social education and cultural exchange as one of the functions of the comprehensive museum, the collection of cultural relics from the Paleolithic Age to the Ming and Qing dynasties, the collection of cultural relics has a strong continuity of The Times, is the proof of Chinese civilization has never been interrupted, is the first national first-class museum.
After sightseeing, transfer to check in your hotel in Luoyang.
Attractions: White Horse Temple, Shaolin Temple
Meal: Not included
After breakfast, start today's tour at the White Horse Temple, located in Luoyang City, Henan Province. It was built in the Eastern Han Dynasty, Yongping eleven years (68 AD), is the first government-run temple built after the introduction of Buddhism to China. It is the "source of Buddhism" and "ancestral home" of China, Vietnam, Korea, Japan, Europe and America. As a temple with the highest degree of internationalisation, Baima Temple is truly the "First Temple in the World".
After visiting the White Horse Temple, drive about 1.5 hours to Shaolin Temple. Shaolin Temple is not only the birthplace of Zen Buddhism, but also the birthplace of Chinese Kung Fu, known as the "Ancestral Court of Zen Buddhism and the Holy Land of Kung Fu", and is regarded as the "First Famous Shaolin Temple in the World". Because of its successive generations of Shaolin monks dedicated research and development of Shaolin Kung Fu, it was known as "the world's kung fu out of Shaolin, Shaolin Kung Fu is an A in the world" said. It is a world cultural heritage, a national key cultural relics protection unit, and a national AAAAA level tourist attraction.
Don't miss the famous pagoda forest. Most of the inscriptions in the forest are original inscriptions from the Tang and Song dynasties. The east side of the stele forest is the former site of Ciyun Hall of Shaolin Temple, which is now the Stele corridor of Shaolin Temple. There are 141 historical inscriptions in the forest of steles and the corridor of steles. You can also enjoy a daily kung fu show by Shaolin monks at the Shaolin Martial Arts Hall, which usually lasts about half an hour.
After the Kung Fu experience, drive back to Luoyang or Zhengzhou to catch your train or flight to your next destination.