Day 1 Luoyang

Meals: Not included

Attraction: Shaolin Temple, Pagoda Forest of Shaolin Temple

Itinerary:

The driver will pick you up at your hotel at 8:30 a.m, meet your guide, and board the air-conditioned car for the 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.

Next, you will take part in the most exciting part - learning kung fu from your master. During the course, you will learn many kung fu moves and the English-speaking guide will answer any questions you may have about the language. For lunch, you can choose to dine with the monks inside the Shaolin Temple (a simple vegetarian lunch) or in a regular restaurant. After that, you will visit 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. After your tour of Shaolin Temple, your guide will take you back to your hotel in Zhengzhou.