Shaolin Temple, a world famous Buddhist temple in China, is located at the west foot of Mt. Songshan which is 13 km northwest of Dengfeng City, 66 km east from Zhengzhou, 49 kilometers west from Luoyang. It leans on Wuru Peak, surrounded by mountains and peaks, which appears well-proportioned natural barrier. The east of Mt. Songshan is the Taishi Mountain,...
Longmen Grottoes are located 12km south of present day Luoyang. The grottoes, which overwhelmingly depict Buddhist subjects, are densely dotted along the two mountains: Xiangshan Mountain (to the east) and Longmenshan Mountain (to the west). The Yi River flows northward between them. From north to south, the distance covered by grottoes is about 1km. There are over...
The Songyang Academy was one of the highest academies in the Song Dynasty and the first of the four academies of the Northen Song Dynasty in China and famous for its rationalistic Confucian philosophical school.
Xiaolangdi Key Water Control Project on the Yellow River is an outstanding water conservancy project in the world, a monument in the Chinese history of putting the Yellow River under control.
