Tour Itinerary

In the morning, our luoyang local guide will pick you up at the exit of train station, you will find a welcome signage "Xi'an Private Tour". One day tour in Luoyang includes the following activities and attractions.

Our pick up sign "Xi'an Private Tour"

Upon arrival at Luoyang Longmen Train Station, take you to Shaolin Temple directly. Shaolin Temple was built Taihe year Beiwei dynasty (495), 32 years after the famous India monk putidamo came to Shaolin Temple to teach Chanzong. Damo was called "The Ancester of Chinese Buddism Chanzong". Shaolin Temple is called "The Ancester Family of Chanzong". Most of the buildings in Shaolin Temple were built in Ming or Qing dynasty, the whole temple is about 30 thousand square meters. 

The Buddha palace in the temple is amazing, there are colorful paintings on east, west and north wall and they were painted in Ming dynasty. The famous buildings in the temple like Mountain door, Fangzhang room, Damo ting, White coloth palace, Dizang palace, Tianwang palace, Chuzu temple, Damo cave, Erzu temple, Faru tower, Tongguang tower were built in tang dynasty, Fahua tower were built in Wudai dynasty and Yuangong tower were built in Yuan dynasty. 

Shaolin Kungfu refers to the traditional cultural system that has formed in the particular Buddhist cultural environment in Shaolin Temple of Songshan Mountain over long history. It is based on a belief in the supernatural power of Buddhism and fully reflects the wisdom of Chan Buddhism. The martial arts practiced by monks in the Shaolin Temple are its major form of expression. It encompasses complete technical and theoretical system, with martial arts and techniques as its major form of expression, and Buddhism belief and Chan wisdom as the cultural connotation. 

Shaolin Kungfu is presented with the movement of the human body such as attack, defense and wrestling as its core and the series as its basic units. Series are made up of a group of movements. The design and arrangements of these movements are based on the medical knowledge of ancient China and conforms to the rule of movement of the human body. 

After that, have lunch at the local restaurant, (if you are a vegan, feel free to let your tour guide know, your thoughtful tour guide will lead you to the local vegetarian diet, like the buddhist monk in Shaolin Temple and give you good recommendations).

In the afternoon, drive you back to the Luoyang down town to explore the Longmen Grottoes. The Longmen Grottoes are 12.5 kilometers away from the southern suburbs of Luoyang in Henan Province, central China, and is between the cliffs of the Longmen Canyon. As Mount Xiang (east) and Mount Longmen (west) face off here and the Yi River flows between the mountains from south to north, it looks like a natural door and was called “Yijue” in ancient times. People began to call it “Longmen” after Luoyang was established during the Sui Dynasty because the city gate of Luoyang was facing the “Yijue.” The Longmen Grottoes cover the one-kilometer-long precipices on the both sides of Yi River.

The Longmen Grottoes along with the Mogao Grottoes in Dunhuang in Gansu Province, as well as the Yungang Grottoes in Datong of Shanxi Province are considered as the three treasure houses of China’s ancient Buddhist grotto art and have a very high historical value and artistic value. The beautiful and wonderful workmanship of Buddhist statues in the Longmen Grottoes fully reflect the wisdom and skills of laborers in ancient China.

After finishing your tour of Luoyang, you will be transferred back to Luoyang train station or the place where you stay in Luoyang. Our service ends.

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Xi'an to Luoyang Train Schedule

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