Shaolin Temple Scenic Area
Location
South foot of Zhongyue Songshan Mountain, Dengfeng City, Zhengzhou City, Henan Province (about 13 kilometers northwest of the urban area)
Reasons to visit
Shaolin Temple is located at the western foot of Songshan Mountain in Henan Province. There are 72 temples built in Songshan Mountain.
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Shaolin Temple is located at the western foot of Songshan Mountain in Henan Province. There are 72 temples built in Songshan Mountain. There are the Songyue Temple Pagoda of the ancient Northern Wei Dynasty in China, the Zen temple Shaolin Temple, the large-scale Pagoda Forest, the famous Yuan Dynasty Star Observation Deck, and the Han Dynasty Three Towers (Taishi, Shaoshi, and Qimu Tower) with great historical value. The Zhongyue Temple, the simple and elegant Songyang Academy, the green and quiet Dafawang Temple, etc. Shaolin Temple was destroyed once and burned twice. After liberation, it underwent many renovations and gradually returned to its former appearance. There are seven temples in total, with a total area of more than 30,000 square meters. It is large in scale and has ancillary buildings such as the permanent residence, the first ancestral nunnery, the second ancestral nunnery, the third ancestral nunnery, the tower forest, the Gan terrace, the ancestral hall and the south garden.
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