Dengfeng

Dengfeng is in Henan in China.

Understand
Dengfeng is a small city by Chinese standards. The population is about 600,000. The city lies in the shadow of Mount Song, one of the five sacred mountains of Taoism. The mountain is home to the Shaolin Monastery, a center of Zen Buddhism and kung fu. The Shaolin Monastery and several other historical monuments in the region have been inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List as 'Historic Monuments of Dengfeng in “The Centre of Heaven and Earth”'.

Get in


Buses to Dengfeng are available from Zhengzhou, Luoyang, Kaifeng and many other cities in Henan Province.

In Zhengzhou, most buses to Dengfeng depart from the following three bus stations:
 * 1. Zhengzhou Central Bus Station (郑州长途汽车中心站)
 * 2. Zhengzhou South Bus Station (郑州客运南站)
 * 3. Zhengzhou High Speed Rail Bus Exchange (郑州高铁长途汽车枢纽站)

The last one, which can be found at Zhengzhou East Railway Station, is useful if you want to transfer from train to bus or vice versa. Dengfeng does not have its own railway station.

Bus services to Dengfeng are also available from Zhengzhou Xinzheng International Airport. These buses terminate at the Shaolin International Hotel in downtown Dengfeng.

Day-trippers who just want to visit the Shaolin Monastery can take the Intercity Bus (跨城巴士) that departs from the Zhengzhou Grand Hotel (郑州大酒店) at 06:50.

Do

 * Shaolin Monastery Wushu Institute at Tagou offers one-day classes with accommodation for individuals interested in the Shaolin style of kung fu.
 * Hiking  - there are many tracks on the mountains. Few of them are paved. Some lead to remote and quiet places. There's no real map to be found in town so take a compass, and be careful of the snakes.
 * Shaolin Temple, learnshaolintemple@gmal.com, Shaolin Temple Kung Fu School is located near the original Shaolin Temple in northern China. As a certified Shaolin Kung Fu training school in China that is fully authorized by the Shaolin Temple, which is a best kung fu school in China for foreigners to explore martial arts. All traditional Shaolin Kung Fu styles can be learnt as much as you can, including traditional Shaolin, shaolin philosophy, Chinese kickboxing, Chi Na, Tai Chi, healing Chi Kung, Ba Duan Jin, Yi Jin Jing, Wu Qin Xi and Meditation, etc. The Masters of the school are Shaolin warrior monks trained from an early age inside the original Shaolin Temple. They have rich experience teaching Kung Fu to international students. Our full time kung fu training allows you to learn at a fast pace. You really can learn a lot in a short amount of time here!
 * Shaolin Temple, learnshaolintemple@gmal.com, Shaolin Temple Kung Fu School is located near the original Shaolin Temple in northern China. As a certified Shaolin Kung Fu training school in China that is fully authorized by the Shaolin Temple, which is a best kung fu school in China for foreigners to explore martial arts. All traditional Shaolin Kung Fu styles can be learnt as much as you can, including traditional Shaolin, shaolin philosophy, Chinese kickboxing, Chi Na, Tai Chi, healing Chi Kung, Ba Duan Jin, Yi Jin Jing, Wu Qin Xi and Meditation, etc. The Masters of the school are Shaolin warrior monks trained from an early age inside the original Shaolin Temple. They have rich experience teaching Kung Fu to international students. Our full time kung fu training allows you to learn at a fast pace. You really can learn a lot in a short amount of time here!

Go next

 * Zhengzhou - buses depart Dengfeng at varying intervals from 07:30. t. The fare is ¥30 (as of February 2021).