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Luoyang, one of the ancient capital cities of China,
was a seat of power for 13 dynasties. Its name comes from its strategic location on the Luo River.
Luoyang has a long
history and is filled with ancient relics, significant Buddhist sites and unique,
cultural destinations. The Luoyang area is also
famous for its peonies, the national flower of China. Peonies have been grown in
this region for over a
thousand years.
Below are our suggested itineraries for your reference based on your travel time in Luoyang City
1. If you have only one day free in Luoyang, we suggest:
Tour A
Classic Luoyang 1 Day: Longmen Grottoes, Tian
Zi Jia Liu Museum and
the White Horse Temple
Tour B Shaolin Martial 1 Day: Shaolin Temple
(including Kungfu
show)
Tour c Ancient Mansion and Longmen 1
Day: Millionaire’s
Mansion, Longmen Grottoes and
Shaolin Temple (including
Kongfu show)
2. If you have two days free in Luoyang, we suggest:
Essential Luoyang 2 Days:
Day01
Longmen Grottoes and Shaolin Temple (including Kungfu show).
Day02 The White House Temple and Millionaire’s Mansion
Cultural Luoyang 2 Days:
Day01: Longmen Grottoes,
Guanlin Temple and the
White Horse Temple.
Day02: Gongyi Grotto
Temple and Shaolin
Temple (including
Kongfu show)
3. If you have three days free in luoyang
Day01: Longmen Grottoes and Guanlin Temple (loading
for the night in Luoyang)
Day02: the White House Temple,
Shaolin Temple and then a
bus to ZhengZhou. (Loading for the night in Zhengzhou)
Day03:bus to Kaifeng, Iron Pagoda,
Qingyuan, Dragon Pavilion and
Xiangguo Temple.
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Longmen Grottoes
Longmen
Grottoes is a complex of some 2,100 caves with more than 100,000 statues and
3,600 inscriptions carved on stone tablets. Longmen means "Dragon
Gate," and houses the largest number of such cultural relics in China.
In this amazing display of art and craftsmanship, you'll find Buddhas that
range in size from tall (17.14 meters) to small (2 centimeters) and everything
in between. Strolling along the rock path built on the cliff, you will see
Guyang Cave, Binyang Cave and the Cave of Ten Thousand Buddhas, each with a legend of its own.
Guanlin Temple
Guanlin
Temple,
also known as General Guan's Tomb, is where the head of this legendary military
man is buried. It is said that the King of Wu Kingdom killed Guan and returned
his head to the King of Wei Kingdom. A lavish burial ceremony was held for Guan
and a wooden body was
carved in order to accompany the head. Construction of the temple began in 1595 and today, it is
filled with pictures
and statues of the general and his "Story of the Three Kingdoms." Impressive displays of more than
70 inscribed stone tablets are housed at the temple.
White Horse
Temple
White
Horse Temple is said to be the first Buddhist Monastery built in China.
Located to the east
of Luoyang, it is nestled between the Luo River and Mang Hill. With its
distinctive red walls, exquisite palaces and towering pagoda it sits gently
amid green pines and cypress groves, adding a solemn and silent quality to the
complex. It is honored as "the Founder's Home" and "the Cradle
of Buddhism in China".
Shaolin Temple
In the beautiful forests of the Songshan Mountains,
the famous Shaolin
Temple has stood the test
of time since 495AD. The name Shaolin means "new forest," and was
inspired by the beautiful forest of the Shaoshi Mountain in the Henan Province. The
temple has a history of over 1500 years, based on the Buddhist teachings of an
Indian monk known as Damo or Bodhidharma. He included martial arts as part of
the spiritualist teachings and is credited with creating the foundations for
Shaolin Kungfu. During the Ming Dynasty, Shaolin housed over 1,000 solder-monks
who, at the request of local officials, were asked to combat rebellions and
fight invading armies. Today, legend and history meet in this complex of
pagodas, tombs and ancient artifacts.
Shaolin Martial Arts
Shaolin Martial Arts
(Shaolin Quan) was originated in the Shaolin Temple on Mount Songshan in the Henan Province. It
was named after Shaolin Temple, which was built during the Northern Wei dynasty
in 495AD and is one of China's
most famous ancient temples. Some monks knew martial arts before entering the
temple, so they taught and helped each other in Shaolin Temple
to improve their skills. They also absorbed the experience of their
predecessors and gradually developed their martial arts into the unique Shaolin
school.
The Shaolin Quan improved and developed through the trials of battles and wars. During the Ming dynasty, Shaolin monks switched from cudgel fighting to fist fighting, so that fist fights could be promoted to match cudgel fights. In the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911), people living around the Shaolin Temple were very active in practicing Wushu, which boosted the development of the Shaolin school of martial arts.
The Shaolin Quan improved and developed through the trials of battles and wars. During the Ming dynasty, Shaolin monks switched from cudgel fighting to fist fighting, so that fist fights could be promoted to match cudgel fights. In the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911), people living around the Shaolin Temple were very active in practicing Wushu, which boosted the development of the Shaolin school of martial arts.
The Shaolin school is very popular in secular society with a myriad of followers. Over the years it was enriched theoretically and its techniques perfected to form a colossal system of fist fight. Compactness is a feature of the Shaolin school. The moves and tricks of this school are short, simple and succinct as well as versatile. As for fighting, Shaolin boxers would advance and retreat straight forward. They need only a small space to execute their style of fist fight, which is described as "fighting along a single straight line." Shaolin Quan is powerful and speedy with rhythmic rising and falling of body movements. It stresses hardness of actions and blows but it also advocates softness in support of the hardness. The motto of the Shaolin fist fight says "hardness first and softness second." When jabbing or palming, the arm is required to be neither bent nor straight, in an attempt to blend external and internal forces.
Chenjiagou Village - Hometown of Taiji
Boxing
Chen-style
Taiji boxing originated in Chenjiagou village, Wenxian County, Henan
Province. Chen Bu, the founder of Chen-style Taiji Boxing settled here in the early
Ming dynasty. In the late Ming and early Qing Dynasty, Chen Yuting, the ninth
descendent of Chen Bu, absorbed the essences of all excellent Boxing of different families, developed Taiji
Boxing in a creative way and pushed the Taiji Boxing to a more prosperity
stage. Since then, Taiji
has been developed into four schools gradually ,named Yang(杨)-style, Wu（武）-style, Wu(吴)-style, Sun-style.
Taiji is a popular sport activity in China. It was spread to Japan, Great Britain, United States and France etc., and many countries have set up Taiji study institutes. Shaolin Kongfu is famous for its quick and powerful movement while Chen-styie Taiji is famous for its excellent combination of firm and soft movement. By practicing Taiji, one can keep fit and is believed to live longer.
Taiji is a popular sport activity in China. It was spread to Japan, Great Britain, United States and France etc., and many countries have set up Taiji study institutes. Shaolin Kongfu is famous for its quick and powerful movement while Chen-styie Taiji is famous for its excellent combination of firm and soft movement. By practicing Taiji, one can keep fit and is believed to live longer.
Taiji Boxing (Taiji Quan)
The word Taiji first
appeared in the Book
of Changes of the Zhou Dynasty. The essay says: “Where
there is Taiji, there is peace and harmony between the positive and the
negative.”Taiji
means supremacy, absoluteness, extremity and uniqueness. Taiji Quan takes its
name from the
implication of superiority.
Taiji Quan was first exercised and practiced among the Chen family members at the Chenjia Valley which is located in Wenxian County in the Henan Province. The earliest choreographer of the Taiji boxing was Chen Wangting who was both a scholar and a martial artist. Chen combined his knowledge of ancient psychological exercises: the positive and negative philosophy described in the Book of Changes and Chinese medical theory of passages and channels of blood, air flow and energy inside the human body with the exercises and practices of Wushu. He absorbed the strong points from various schools and styles of martial arts of the Ming Dynasty, especially the 32-move Qi Jiguang style of boxing (long-style boxing), to form the school of Taiji Quan.
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Taiji Quan was first exercised and practiced among the Chen family members at the Chenjia Valley which is located in Wenxian County in the Henan Province. The earliest choreographer of the Taiji boxing was Chen Wangting who was both a scholar and a martial artist. Chen combined his knowledge of ancient psychological exercises: the positive and negative philosophy described in the Book of Changes and Chinese medical theory of passages and channels of blood, air flow and energy inside the human body with the exercises and practices of Wushu. He absorbed the strong points from various schools and styles of martial arts of the Ming Dynasty, especially the 32-move Qi Jiguang style of boxing (long-style boxing), to form the school of Taiji Quan.
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