Luoyang Highlight Tour

Tour Code: LYT-PLYT01S

Destinations: Luoyang

Tour Duration: 2 Days

Tour Highlights: White Horse Temple, Longmen Buddhism Grottoes, Shaolin Monastery, pagoda forest

Tour Features

White Horse Temple, Longmen Buddhism Grottoes, Shaolin Monastery, pagoda forest

Itinerary

Day 1 Luoyang (L)

Arrive in Luoyang, meet your guide at the railway station and transfer to the four-star Peony Plaza Hotel. After refresh at hotel, visit White Horse Temple, the first Buddhism Temple and is referred to as "the cradle of Buddhism" in China. Continue to visit the Longmen Buddhism Grottoes, one of the famous four grottoes in China. It provides a large number of historical data for studying ancient religion, fine arts, architecture, calligraphy, music, dress, as well as medicine.

Day 2 Luoyang (B, L)

Today you will spend a full day tour to visit the Shaolin Monastery, where the Kongfu is originated from. Located at the foot of Five Breasts Peak and to the north of Shaoshi Mountain, 11.5km northwest of the downtown Dengfeng city, Shaolin Temple was built in Northern Wei Dynasty in 496 A.D. And in 572 A.D, Bodhi Dharma, a senior Indian monk, came here and first preached Chan sect of Buddhism in China. Since then, both Chan Sect of Buddhism and Shaolin martial arts had witnessed great development. Now the temple has gained the fame worldwide as "No.1 famous temple in China". Continue to visit the pagoda forest in Shaolin Temple. It was a concentration of tomb pagodas for eminent monks, abbots and ranking monks at the temple. In the evening, transfer to the railway station and board the train to the next destination.