Dengfeng is a place that is best known for its Shaolin Temple or Monastery and as the birth-place for Kung-Fu.
Not many people know about it, but the Shaolin monastery has an intricate link with India. The temple had been specially built to welcome an Indian monk, Buddhabhadra or Bu Tuo, as the Chinese call him.
The Longmen Grottoes in Luoyang are listed as a Unesco World Cultural Heritage site. Stretched on both sides of the Yi River, the Grottoes comprise over 2300 caves.
The masterpiece of the Longmen Grottoes is the Locana Buddha, the biggest Buddha sculpture of the site that was sculpted in resemblance of the only female emperor in the Chinese history, Wu Zetian, a powerful empress who founded her own dynasty, the Zhou dynasty.
If you are short of time, you can opt for a two-hour trek at the Red Rock Gorge. The slopes have unique shapes; made by the different layers of red rock formations.
The city of Puyang is known as the cradle of Chinese acrobatics. Don’t miss the Water Show; it leaves all in no doubt about the credibility of this claim!
Kaifeng is another historical city in Henan region known for its Iron Pagoda, which isn’t made of iron but bricks and was built in 1049.
