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Shaolin Temple, Luoyang |
In the morning, start your train tour by taking the high-speed train G2002 (08:10/09:49) from Xian North Railway Station to Luoyang by yourself. Upon your arrival in Luoyang, our local professional guide will meet you at the railway station.
A private car will drive you to visit the Longmen Grottoes, which is a treasure house of ancient stone-carving art. Then, you will explore the Shaolin Temple, the birthplace of Chinese Zen Buddhism and Shaolin Martial Arts. After this sightseeing, our guide will see you off at Luoyang Longmen Railway Station. You will take the high-speed train G4291 (19:18/20:36) back to Xian. Please get to your hotel by yourself upon arrival in Xian.
Meals: No meals, advice freely available
A private car will drive you to visit the Longmen Grottoes, which is a treasure house of ancient stone-carving art. Then, you will explore the Shaolin Temple, the birthplace of Chinese Zen Buddhism and Shaolin Martial Arts. After this sightseeing, our guide will see you off at Luoyang Longmen Railway Station. You will take the high-speed train G4291 (19:18/20:36) back to Xian. Please get to your hotel by yourself upon arrival in Xian.
Meals: No meals, advice freely available
Tour Highlights
Longmen Grottoes
There are more than 100,000 stone statues here, varying from 2-centimeter to 17.14-meter high, and extending for about 1,094 yards along both banks of Yi River. Fengxian Temple, the largest grotto among Longmen Grottoes, exhibits nine major Buddhas of various facial appearances and temperaments. Wanfo Cave is a typical chronological cave consisting of two rooms, square flat roofs and walls decorated by lifelike relief. Guyang Cave, the earliest cave in Longmen Grottoes, has sculptures of diverse shapes and patterns. Binyang Cave's floor is engraved with lotus patterns and rooftop is decorated by relief of flourishing lotus flower. Lotus Cave is a chiseled grotto on the base of natural limestone. Besides the grottoes, lots of historical materials concerning art, music, religion, calligraphy, medicine, costume and architecture are kept here.
Shaolin Temple
Here, your private Kung Fu tour comes to a climax when you see the Kung Fu show performed by Shaolin monks. Besides, Shaolin Temple boasts some traditional valued architecture like the Hall of Heavenly Kings, the Mahavira Hall, the Pagoda Forest, the Dharma Cave and the Shaolin Temple Martial Art Training Center. Among them, the Pagoda Forest is the largest group of ancient pagodas existing in China. In the year of 2010, Shaolin Temple has been included in the UNESCO's World Heritage list.Friendly Tips:
We suggest that you get up early and arrive at Xian North Railway Station about one hour before the trian departure time.
We suggest that you get up early and arrive at Xian North Railway Station about one hour before the trian departure time.
Prices (US$ Per Person)
- 1 person$357
- 2 persons$259
- 3 persons$220
- 4 persons$193
- 5 persons$181
- 6 persons$179
- 7 persons$167
- 8 persons$161
- 9 persons$159
- 10+$159
Price Includes
- Train fares of Xian/Luoyang/Xian
- Private English-speaking guide
- Private driver & air-conditioned vehicle
- Entrance fees to tourist sites
Price Excludes
- Hotel accommodation with breakfasts
- Lunches and dinners
- Entry visa fees
- Tips or gratuities for guide and driver
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I live near Zhengzhou railway station. I want to visit shaolin temple, Songshan Mountain And Longman Grottoes in a day. How to cover these places by public transport/ tourism bus for long distance with taxi for small distance and return Zhengzhou in a day so that I can visit these places with minimum transportation cost.
There are several buses departing from Zhengzhou Central Bus Station to Shaolin Temple and they depart at 7:00, 8:00, 8:50, 9:40. 10:10, 11:00. It takes about 1.5 hours and costs CNY28 per person.
Take Bus Line 8 from Shaolin Temple to Songshan Mountain and it takes about 1 hour.
After that. Take bus from Shaolin Temple to Luoyang and it costs around CNY 20. Then take Bus Line 62/K62 to the Longmen Grottoes, which takes CNY1.
From Luoyang to Zhengzhou, you can take bus from Luoyang Bus Station and the bus departs from 7:00 to 19:00 hourly. It takes about 2.5h and costs CNY35.
If you take a taxi from the Bell Tower directly, the cab fare is around CNY20.
How I book the bus ticket from Luoyang to Yuntaishan?
I plan to stay in Yuntaisan for 1 night and back to Luoyang in the afternoon.
Can I take a bus from Yuntaishan to luoyang and what is the time?
Could you suggest me about the hotel in Yuntaisan?
Thanks again for your help.
As for the route back to Xi'an, you can either choose to take direct bus or trains. The bus leaves from Jiaozuo Long-distance Bus Station at 07:30 and the journey takes around 9.5 hours. If you take train, you may go to Xiuwu West Railway Station or Jiaozuo Railway Station for train to Zhengzhou first, then change to the train to Xi'an.