Dengfeng

Dengfeng, Henan Province, is home to the World Heritage Site “The Center of Heaven and Earth” historical complex. There are natural and historical cultural landscapes such as the Middle Mountain of Songshan, the Shaolin Temple, the Shaolin Temple Pagoda Forest, the Zhongyue Temple and the Songyang Academy.

Mount Songshan

Mount Songshan is located in the center of the Five Mountains, consisting of the Shaoshi Mountain in the west and the Taishi Mountain in the east. Since ancient times, Buddhist and Taoist cultures have gathered in Songshan, including Shaolin and other famous temples, also Songyang Academy, one of the four great academies of China.

Songshan Shaolin Temple and Pagoda Forest

Shaolin Temple is located in Dengfeng, at the foot of Shaoshi Mountain, and is known as the “Ancestral Hall of Zen Buddhism”, where Master Dharma is said to have been facing the wall for nine years. Shaolin has 72 different Kung Fu skills, including boxing, palmistry, etc, which have long been famous overseas. The Pagoda Forest at Shaolin is located on the west side of the temple, which is home to more than 200 pagodas, the earliest of which dates back to the Tang Dynasty.

Shaolin Temple

Birthplace of Zen

Shaolin Temple is located in Dengfeng City, Henan Province, China. Bodhidharma the Buddhist Zen master had preached here and been facing the wall for nine years, so Shaolin is also known as the Zen Ancestral Court. As the saying goes: "All martial arts under heaven originated from Shaolin", Shaolin Kung Fu has become a global cultural symbol.

Pagoda Forest At Shaolin Temple

Tombs of Shaolin Masters

Pagoda Forest at Shaolin Temple is located on the west side of the Main Court of Shaolin Temple in Mount Songshan. The Pagoda Forest has more than two hundred Tang, Song, Jin, Yuan, Ming, Qing, and contemporary pagodas built with bricks or stones. These pagodas are the tombs of Shaolin senior monks in the past generations.