5-Day Tours of Luoyang - Shaolin Temple - Zhengzhou - Kaifeng - Zhengzhou

Luoyang
Arrive in Luoyang and stay at a local hotel.

Luoyang
White Horse Temple, with the quiet appearance, is the first Buddhist temple in China. Here is the birthplace of Buddhism in China.

Longmen Caves has been included in the World Cultural Heritage since December in 2000. It is in the south and is 12 kilometers away from Luoyang. The caves were first built in about 493 AD, and took about over 400 years for the construction. There are more than 100,000 statues in the caves. The biggest statue is 17.14 meters high, while the smallest statue is only 2 centimeters. The Longmen Caves is one of the three treasure houses of grotto art in China.

Guanlin Temple is on the way to the Longmen Caves. It is the temple and tomb of Guan Yu who is a hero in Chinese history. It is called Guanlin because thousand of cypresses were planted in front of the tomb.

Luoyang - Shaolin Temple - Zhengzhou
Songyang Academy is one of the four highest academies in Song Dynasty. Except many stone stele carvings of ancient calligraphers, there is an oldest cypress in China in the academy.

The famous Shaolin Temple was first built in Northern Wei Dynasty. Here is the birthplace of Chinese Kongfu. In the temple, you can see the Kungfu show performed by Shaolin monks. And the Pagoda Forest on the west side of the temple is the place where the abbots and eminent monks of Shaolin temple were buried. It is the largest group of ancient pagodas currently preserved in China. Stay in a local hotel in Zhengzhou.

Zhengzhou - Kaifeng - Zhengzhou
Qingming Riverside Scene Park is a big theme park of history and culture. It is based on the famous picture “A Picture of Bian River at Qingming Lane” by the artist Zhang Zeduang in Song Dynasty. It covers a place of 510 mu. The main constructions are the gate, bridge, street, shop, riverway, port, ship and so on. All the sites are in Song style and showed the prosperous scenery of Song Dynasty.

Dragon Pavilion was the “Forbidden Palace” of Northern Song Dynasty and Jin Dynasty. There is a newly built waxwork museum in the palace. And there are two lakes in front of the pavilion. Many films were framed here.

Iron Pagoda was built in 1049 AD and was firstly named Baosi Temple. Because the appearance of the pagoda was in the brown colour of iron, it is called Iron Pagoda now. The pagoda is 55 meters high and has 13 floors. Because of the flood of the Yellow River, the foundation of the pagoda was buried underground. The exterior of the body was built by nearly 30 kinds of different brown glass brick.

Yellow River sightseeing hovercraft is the first hovercraft that is used for tourism. If the water level of the Yellow River is stable, and there is no strong wind, tourists can take the hovercraft to excurse on the river, and reach the Zhongzhou plain for a visit.

Zhengzhou
Leave Zhengzhou. Tour ends.