Shaolin Temple
Shaolin Temple was founded in the 19th year of Taihe in the Northern Wei Dynasty (495). It was built by Emperor Xiaowen at the northern foot of Shaoshi Mountain in Songshan Mountain, facing the capital Luoyang, to house the venerable Indian monk Bhattara. Shaolin Temple is often hospitalized, covering an area of about 57,600 square meters. The current abbot is Shi Yongxin, the 47th and 33rd generation descendant of Cao Dong. Shaolin Temple is a world-famous Buddhist temple and the ancestral home of Zen in Han Dynasty. It occupies an important position in the history of Buddhism in China and is known as "the first temple in the world". It is famous all over the world because Shaolin monks have devoted themselves to developing Shaolin Kung Fu, and is known as "Shaolin Kung Fu is the best in the world".
Tickets: 80 yuan
Opening hours: 08:00- 16:30 (all day); Closing time: 16:00
Address: Shaolin Scenic Area in Songshan Mountain, Dengfeng, Zhengzhou, Henan
Best viewing time: suitable for all seasons, the best in spring and autumn.
Traffic strategy:
External flow:
1, take a bus from Zhengzhou coach station to Dengfeng, get off at the same place and transfer to CMB, which takes less than half an hour. There is also a tourist through train in front of the railway station.
2. Take a bus from Luoyang coach station to Dengfeng, and it takes about 90 minutes to reach the crossing of Shaolin Temple.
3. Xuchang City on Beijing-Guangzhou Line and Ruzhou City on Liu Zhi Line can be reached within 2 hours.
Local transportation: Take bus 1, 2, 3, 6 and 8 to get there.
Self-driving: Xuchang City on Beijing-Guangzhou Line and Ruzhou City on Liu Zhi Line can be reached within 2 hours.
Recommended tour route:
Essence Tour Route 1: Shaolin Temple → Damodang → Chuzu Temple → Zu Er Temple → san huang Village.
Essence Tour Route 2: Shaolin Temple → Songshan Academy → Taishi Mountain → Laomudong → Jijunfeng → Luya Waterfall → Zhongyue Temple.
Essence Tour Route 3: Shaoshi Mountain → Sanhuangzhai → Shaolin Temple
Main attractions:
In its heyday, Songshan Shaolin Temple was very large. Unfortunately, in 1928, Shi Yousan, a warlord, set fire to the temple, destroying all the major buildings such as the King Temple and the Ursa Major Hall. There are only mountain gates, snow pavilions, thousand Buddha halls and so on. The main buildings we see now are all rebuilt later. There are Tallinn, Shao Shi Quemen, Chu Zuan 'an, Dharma Cave, Zu Er 'an, Yongtai Temple, Liantianfeng, san huang Zhai, Shanmen, Beilin Monument Gallery, Tianwang Hall, Daxiong Hall, Sutra Pavilion, Zhang Fang Room, Shaolin Martial Arts Romance Hall, Thousand Buddhas Hall, Li Xuege and so on.
? Must-see attractions:
1, mountain gate
Shanmen is the gate of Shaolin Temple, which was built in the 13th year of Yongzheng in Qing Dynasty (1735) and renovated in 1974. On the forehead, there are three Chinese characters "Shaolin Temple" personally mentioned by Emperor Kangxi of the Qing Dynasty. Above the center of the plaque, there is a six-character seal of "Treasure of Emperor Kangxi's Imperial Pen". In front of the mountain gate, there is a pair of stone lions, male and female, which are clearly carved. There are two stone squares symmetrically on the east and west sides of the eight-character wall of the mountain gate. The outer horizontal line of Dongshifang is "Zuyuan Diben" and the inner horizontal line is "Batuochuang"; The inner flag of Xishifang is Mahayana Resort, and the outer flag is Song Shaochan Forest. The main entrance of the mountain gate is a three-room-wide single-eaves building, which is located on the top of the mountain. It is located on a two-meter-high brick platform, with hard mountain gates and splayed walls on the left and right sides.
2. Daxiong Hall
Daxiong Hall is located behind the Heavenly King Hall. Daxiong Hall is the center of Buddhist activities in the temple, and it is also known as the three major halls of Buddhism with the Tianwang Hall and the Tibetan Classics Pavilion. The original building was destroyed in the 17th year of the Republic of China (1928) and rebuilt in 1986. There are Buddha statues such as Sakyamuni, Pharmacist Buddha and Amitabha Buddha in the temple. In the middle of the hall hung the four characters "Bao Shu Lian Fang" inscribed by Emperor Kangxi himself. There is a Guanyin statue on the back wall of the screen wall, and eighteen arhats are molded on both sides. The temple is dedicated to Buddha statues such as Sakyamuni, Amitabha and Pharmacist Buddha. The Guanyin statue is hung behind the screen wall, with eighteen arhats standing on both sides. The temple to the east of the Ursa Major Hall is Kinnara Hall, which was rebuilt on 1982.
3. sutra depository
The sutra depository is located behind the Hall of Ursa Major. The Sutra Collection Pavilion, also known as Fatang, was built in the Ming Dynasty, destroyed in the 17th year of the Republic of China (1928), and rebuilt in 1994. It is the place where monks and nuns hold scriptures. The sutra depository has a collection of 8 million books, which is the place where monks and nuns hold scriptures. There is a white marble reclining Buddha statue presented by the Myanmar disciple of Shaolin Temple 1996. There is a large iron pot under the platform of the sutra depository, which was cast in the Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty. That's a small pot for Shaolin Temple monks to cook. Southeast of the sutra depository is a meditation room where monks meditate, and the opposite west meditation room is a reception hall.
4. Dharma Cave There is a natural cave in the upper part of the middle peak of Wuru Peak behind the Shaolin Temple. It is the face of the nine-year-old Dharma ancestor and is called Dharma Cave. At the beginning of Zen Buddhism, Zudharma sat in this cave wall for 9 years from 527 to 536 AD. Dharma Cave faces southwest, and the entrance is made of blue bricks, about seven meters deep and more than three meters high. There are three stone statues on the platform in the cave, and there is a sitting statue of the French king and his disciples on each side. According to "Shuo Song" in Qing Dynasty, there is a small stone pagoda in the upper left of the cave, which has been destroyed. The east wall of the cave is engraved with the word "true colors". There are four big characters on the stone wall on the west side outside the cave: "Face the wall and cave into the sky".
Food guide:
Carp culture noodles
Baked noodles with carp is a traditional dish in Kaifeng, which consists of two famous dishes: fried fish in sweet and sour and baked noodles. It is characterized by bordeaux color, softness and fragrance, and the baked noodles are as thin as hair, fluffy and crisp. ?
Paste noodles
The flour paste is prepared by fermenting soybean milk at a proper temperature until it is sour, then heating it to about 80℃, adding a little sesame oil and stirring repeatedly when the liquid surface is pasty, adding miscellaneous noodles when boiling, stirring continuously to make it paste, and adding the prepared salt, chopped green onion, green beans, celery, leek, pepper and flour paste.
Pipa crisp
This is a kind of cake without stuffing. Legend has it that Emperor Qianlong asked the chefs in his palace to make dim sum in the shape of pipa strings. It has the characteristics of milky white, bright color and soft and sweet entrance. It's very memorable after eating.
Shaolin Babao Crisp
Shaolin Babao Crisp is a traditional food of Shaolin monks. It is a crisp food made of Ganoderma lucidum, Hericium erinaceus, Tremella, Ginkgo biloba, Auricularia auricula, Pleurotus ostreatus, Lentinus edodes and Poria. It has the function of dietotherapy, strengthening tendons and activating collaterals, refreshing and keeping fit. It is a traditional food for Shaolin monks and has a history of more than 1000 years.
Taosibao
"Four treasures and one set" is the masterpiece of Dong Chen family, a famous chef in Kaifeng, which has been circulated for a hundred years. It is named because the four flavors of duck, chicken, pigeon and quail are integrated and the four birds are layered and intact. "。 " A set of four treasures is definitely a combination of four flavors: chicken, duck, pigeon and quail. It is rich, fragrant, fresh and wild. Four whole birds are layered on top of each other, all intact without a bone.
A bucket of chicken
Cockfighting is a special dish in Kaifeng, which is made of local high-quality hens and century-old soup. Golden color, fat but not greasy, fresh and crisp.
? Tips:
Shaolin Temple, which we often saw before, requires a bachelor's degree or above. Many people think this is a rumor, but it is true, but the description is inaccurate. Now it is true that ordinary people in Shaolin Temple can't become monks, but only college students who graduated from Buddhist colleges are qualified. So, study hard.