Shaolin Temple And Songyue Temple Pagoda

5.0 (one review) 7–9 hours Free cancellation

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About this activity

1. Pure sightseeing tour; No tourist traps.

2. The best utilization of time; Visiting Shaolin Temple and the Songue Temple Pagoda in 1 day

3. Licensed English Speaking Guides and tour vehicles

4.Free drop-off for visitors at Dengfeng Bus Station，catch the bus to Luoyang

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At a glance

Duration: 7–9 hours
Confirmation: Confirmed within 48 hours
Ticket: Mobile or paper ticket accepted
Group: Up to 30 people
People per booking: 1–15
Guide: English
Operated by: Henan Tour Max Internatonal Travel Service

Ages: Infants (0–1 years) · Children (2–5 years) · Youth (6–16 years) · Adults (17–64 years) · Seniors (65–100 years)

What is included

Included

Included: Bottled water
Included: Lunch

Not included

Not included: Dinner
Not included: Gratuities

Itinerary

Monastero Shaolin (Shaolin Temple)

1 h 40 min Admission included

Songshan Shaolin scenery site is world famous tourist attraction and in the first group of 5A national scenery sites. It has unique natural sceneries and rich cultural landscape. Major cultural scenery sites, focusing in an area of 2.18 m2 include Shaolin temple, world’s first temple and origin of Zen and Shaolin Kongfu, China’s most intact and largest existing group of pagodas, China’s earliest stone temple Shaoshique, Kongfu gallery, Bodhidharma Cave, Zhuzuan, Erzuan, Shifang Zen temple, and Ganlutai observation. Natural sceneries are mostly located in Sanhuangzhai village of Shaoshishan Mt., which has experienced the three greatest mountain making movements of Songyang, Zhongyuan and Shaolin Mountains with best representative site at Songshan world geological park. Other representative sites include Monkey Watching Sky, Yunfenghuxiao, sunset and Shaoshi in autumn.
Pagoda Forest of Shaolin Temple

10 min Admission included

The Shaolin Pagoda Forest, burial site of Shaolin's eminent monks, gets its name from its dense pagodas. Per Buddhist traditions, disciples built pagodas of varying sizes for deceased monks—scale reflecting their achievements, status, knowledge, reputation, and standing—resulting in numerous different-sized pagodas. China's largest existing stupa group, it has 228 stone stupas from seven dynasties (Tang, Five Dynasties, Song, Jin, Yuan, Ming, Qing), plus 3 modern pagodas and 14 stone sculptures. Their shapes, decorations, construction, and carving techniques record architectural styles of their eras, showing stupa art evolution since the Tang and Sino-foreign Buddhist exchanges. Hailed as an "ancient pagoda art museum," it offers tangible materials for researching ancient Chinese architecture, sculpture, and religion.
Songye Temple Pagoda

one hour Admission included

Songyue Temple Pagoda, in Songyue Temple, is the most significant remaining structure (with Daxiongbaodian, Jialandian, Liuzudian) and of high architectural/tourism value. Built in 520–524 AD (Northern Wei Emperor Xiaoming’s reign), over 1,400 years old, it is China’s oldest existing pagoda and the earliest in Songshan. Integrating geology, geometry, physics and chemistry, it’s a rare ancient architectural relic, listed in 1961 as first-batch national key cultural relics. 40 meters tall with 15 floors, it has underground palace, base, body and top decorations. Its lower half is robust, middle narrow with gentle eaves—sturdy yet light. As China’s first pagoda with parabolic outline, it influenced pagoda architecture for a millennium.

Meeting point and pickup

The operator picks every participant up from their accommodation or the points below.

Pickup points

Aiguo Express Hotel Luoyang Shiji Huayang
Yabin Express Hotel
Glam Ruixi Hotel Zhenzhou CBD Exhibition Center
Mudan Zhijia Family Hotel
Jiangshanyuan Hotel
Jingfeng Haoyue Hotel
Chengde Motel
Romantic Boutique Apartment
Hua Yang Plaza Hotel
Lianhua Hotel
Yifang Holiday Hotel
Puji Fengqing Holiday Hotel

and 34 more pickup points

the guide will meet you in the hotel lobby with a banner "Yellow River International "

Cancellation

Free cancellation

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

If you cancel	You get back
At least one day before	100%
Less than a day before	0%

The operator may cancel if the weather does not allow it; you then get another date or your money back.
The operator may cancel if too few people book; you then get another date or your money back.