While in Zhengzhou, are you interested in Chinese Kungfu and are thinking about visiting the Shaolin Temple? During this private one day tour, you will have plenty time to watch a kung-fu performance that displays amazing martial arts moves, discover the history and culture of the Shaolin Temple with your knowledgable tour guide and admire the biggest pagoda forest in China. In additional, you will spent 1 hour to learn the basic Kungfu movements inside the Shaolin Temple.
Your English speaking guide will meet you in your hotel's lobby at 8:30am, this option including 1 hour Kungfu Lesson with the master in the Shaolin Temple
Pickup included
Following a morning pickup from your accommodation in Zhengzhou city center, meet your private guide and hop aboard your air-conditioned vehicle. Heading directly to Shaolin Temple, which will takes about 1.5 hours. Your tour guide will explain the relate histories and stories along the way, feel free to ask any questions if you have! Shaolin Temple is famous for Chinese Kungfu, first you will have a chance to witness the real Kungfu performed by Shaolin monks. As a UNESCO Site, the Shaolin Temple was first constructed in 495 A.D. Later, Emperor Xiaowen of the Northern Wei Dynasty (386-557) had the temple built to accommodate the Indian master Batuo. As Chinese Kungfu also originated from Shaolin Temple, it has been recognized as the origin of Chan Buddhism and the cradle of Kungfu. Accompanied by your knowledgable tour guide, you will get you know the histories and related stories about Shaolin Temple - culture, people and soul.
Next, you will join the most exciting part of the tour - Learning Kungfu. During the lesson, you will learn a lot of Kungfu movements, don't worry about the language barrier, feel free to prepare any questions and ask your tour guide! Enjoy lunch in the local restaurant. Afterwards, you will explore the Pagoda Forest which is a concentration of tomb pagodas for eminent monks and abbots of the temple. There are more than 240 tomb pagodas of various sizes from the Tang, Song, Jin, Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties (618-1911), making it the biggest pagoda forest in China. After your Shaolin Temple tour finished, your guide will bring you back to your hotel in Zhengzhou.
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We will pick you up from you hotel in Zhengzhou ,please provide hotel information when make booking
• Dress code is smart casual