One Day Longmen Grottoes, Shao Lin Temple Tour from Beijing

Longmen Grottoes

Longmoen beautiful journey starts with morning pickup from your Beijing hotels at around 5:50am, driver will safely transfer you to Beijing West railway station. Take the early train G87 ( 7:00-10:00am ) to Luoyang. Upon arrival, Luo Yang tour guide and driver will on time meet you at the station lobby exit, heading to visit one of the four famous Grottoes — Longmen Grottoes, around 10 minutes drive, which are currently 2345 Buddhist niches, over 100000 statues. It is the world's largest treasure trove of stone carving art. It has been rated as the "highest peak of Chinese stone carving art" by UNESCO and ranks first among all the major stone caves in China. After more than 10 dynasties, it has been constructed for over 1400 years. Especially the statue of Lushena Buddha which is over 17 meters tall, with 4 meters head and 1.9 meters long ear, it’s facial image is praised by scholars, representing the highest peak of Chinese stone carving art.

After a delicious local lunch, continue visit Shaolin Temple, which is around 60 kilometers distance, and was built in the Northern Wei Dynasty (495 AD), not only the birthplace of Zen Buddhism, but also the birthplace of Chinese Kung Fu, Known as the "ancestral home of Zen Buddhism and the holy land of Kung Fu" and is hailed as the "number one temple in the world". Renowned throughout the world and is known as the "world's Kung Fu originated from Shaolin, and Shaolin Kung Fu is the best in the world". At the end of day, you will transfer to Zheng Zhou station, take the train G90 ( 20:13- 22:32pm ) back to Beijing, Beijing driver will meet you at the exit 3, and safely transfer you back to your Beijing hotel at the end : )