 | Longmen Grottoes
The Longmen Grottoes are located in the south of Luoyang City. Longmen Grottoes, Yungang Caves and Mogao Caves are regarded as the three most famous treasure houses of stone inscriptions in China. The grottoes were started around the year 493 when Emperor Xiaowen of the Northern Wei Dynasty (386-534) moved the capital to Luoyang and were continuously built during the 400 years until the Northern Song Dynasty (960-1127). Lots of historical materials concerning art, music, religion, calligraphy, medicine, costume and architecture are kept in Longmen Grottoes. |
 | White Horse Temple
Located about seven miles away from the city of Louyang, White Horse Temple is covered with green ancient trees and appears solemn and tranquil. In the year 64 of the Eastern Han Dynasty (25-220), Emperor Ming sent a delegation of his men to study Buddhism in the western world. After three years, two eminent Indian monks, She Moteng and Zhu Falan, came back with the delegation. They brought with them a white horse carrying Buddhist sutras and Buddhist figures on its back. This was the first time that Buddhism appeared in China. |
 | Shaolin Kungfu Show
Shaolin Kongfu refers to the traditional cultural system historically formed in the specified Buddhist cultural environment of Songshan Shaolin Temple which was based on the believe of Buddhism and reflected the wisdom of Buddhist Chan sect and which took the major expression mode of Shaolin Temple monks in practicing Wushu. |