Day 5 Luoyang - Dengfeng - Luoyang

Attractions: Shaolin Temple, Pagoda Forest

Meal: Not Included

Hotel: Overnight in Luoyang

Our guide will meet you up at the hotel lobby and start to explore Shaolin Temple. Drive from Luoyang to Dengfeng for about 2 hoursLunch time at local restaurant enjoying the local food.

Start to visit the famous Shaolin Temple and the Pagoda Forest. Shaolin Temple is a world famous Buddhist temple in China, famous for Chinese Kung Fu or Martial Arts and the Zen Buddhism wide-spread in East Asia.Shaolin Temple was established in 495A.D. at the western foot of Songshan Mountain, 13 kilometers northwest to Dengfeng City, Henan Province. The then-Emperor Xiaowen of the Northern Wei Dynasty (386-557) had the temple built to accommodate the Indian master Batuo (Buddhabhadra). Shaolin Temple literally means “temple in the thick forests of Shaoshi Mountain”.Drive back to Luoyang and free at leisure for the rest of the day.