Shaolin & Longmen 5-Day Tour (In-depth · from Zhengzhou)

This is the arrival day: guests are met at the station/airport and transferred to the hotel with a brief pre-trip briefing. Early arrivals may explore nearby freely; the itinerary starts tomorrow.

Songyang Academy, one of the Northern Song's four great academies at Songshan's foot, keeps a Han-dynasty cypress and Tang stele. It is a living classroom of Neo-Confucian thought.

Shaolin Temple sits at the foot of Songshan's Shaoshi Peak in Dengfeng — the cradle of Chan Buddhism and Shaolin Kung Fu. The main monastery, Forest of Pagodas and martial-arts shows are highlights; nearby Songyang Academy rounds out a day of heritage.

Mount Song, the central peak of China's Five Sacred Mountains, unites Confucian, Buddhist and Taoist sites; its 'Centre of Heaven and Earth' complex is a UNESCO site. Hike to Junji Peak and visit Songyang Academy and Zhongyue Temple.

White Horse Temple in eastern Luoyang, founded in the Eastern Han, is revered as China's first Buddhist monastery. Its pagoda and Burmese/Indian-style halls make it a serene, multicultural heritage site with two millennia of history.