SongYang Scenic
Songshan Shaolin scenery site is world famous tourist attraction and in the first group of 5A national scenery sites. It has unique natural sceneries and rich cultural landscape. Major cultural scenery sites, focusing in an area of 2.18 m2 include Shaolin temple, world’s first temple and origin of Zen and Shaolin Kongfu, China’s most intact and largest existing group of pagodas, China’s earliest stone temple Shaoshique, Kongfu gallery, Bodhidharma Cave, Zhuzuan, Erzuan, Shifang Zen temple, and Ganlutai observation. Natural sceneries are mostly located in Sanhuangzhai village of Shaoshishan Mt., which has experienced the three greatest mountain making movements of Songyang, Zhongyuan and Shaolin Mountains with best representative site at Songshan world geological park. Other representative sites include Monkey Watching Sky, Yunfenghuxiao, sunset and Shaoshi in autumn.
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Songyuansi Temple Pagoda
Songyuanmiao temple pagoda, located in Songyuansi temple, is built in memory of Sakyamuni Buddha, founder of Buddhism.
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Junjifeng Mt.
Junjifeng Peak is located at altitude of 1494 meters and hence, the peak has been renamed as Yubeifeng Peak by King Qianlong of Qing Dynasty.
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Laomudong
Songshan laomu cave is a natural and artificial hewn cave, cave shrine is a statue of Avalokiteshvara, known as “mother Guanyin“, by saying that this hole as “mother Guanyin cave“, referred to as “laomu cave“.
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Fawangsi Temple
Fawangsi temple, located at the foot of Yuzhufeng Peak, has been built in East Han Dynasty and is well known as father of Chinese ancient temples for its long history.
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Huishansi Temple
Huishansi temple which was originally imperial abode of King Xiaowen of Northern Wei Dynasty was used as Buddhist place after the extinction of Northern Wei Dynasty and renamed as Huishansi temple by King Wen of Sui Dynasty
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Qimuque Temple
Qimuque temple, located at the foot of the Wansuifeng peak of the Taishishan Mt. in Northeast of Dengfeng city and built first approximately in the second year of Emperor Andi of Eastern Han Dynasty （123 A.D.） was a Shengda que in front of the Shaoshishanmiao temple in Han Dynasty.
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Songyang Academy
Songyang academy was named after its geological location at the sunny side of Songshan Mt. It used to be Buddhist and Taoist place but in its history, it has been mostly used and most well known as a sacred place of Confucianism and Buddhism.
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