🏨 Private Tour to Songyang Academy and Shaolin Temple with Zen Music Ceremony from Luoyang Activity

Private Tour to Songyang Academy and Shaolin Temple with Zen Music Ceremony from Luoyang

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From $283.60

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Departs: China, China

Ticket Type: Mobile or paper ticket accepted

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Up to 24 hours in advance.

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Overview

Join this private day tour to explore the Songyang Academy, the famous Shaolin Temple and enjoy the top rank live-action performances - Zen Music Shaolin Ceremony. Visit one of the four greatest academies for higher education in ancient China; Watch a kung-fu performance that displays amazing martial arts moves. Discover the history and culture of the Shaolin Temple with your knowledgable tour guide and admire the biggest pagoda forest in China. End the day by enjoy the amazing real-scene musical extravaganza featuring music, dance, light and Shaolin kung fu. This private tour includes local dinner, all entrance fee, show ticket, English-speaking guide and transport by private vehicle.

What's Included

Bottled water

Dinner

Entrance Fee

Luoyang hotel pickup and drop-off

Private tour

Professional guide

Show ticket

Transport by private vehicle

What's Not Included

Gratuities

Traveler Information

INFANT: Age: 0 - 3
CHILD: Age: 4 - 10
ADULT: Age: 11 - 90

Additional Info

Please advise any specific dietary requirements at time of booking
Vegetarian option is available, please advise at time of booking if required

Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
Suitable for all physical fitness levels

Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

For a full refund, you must cancel at least 24 hours before the experience’s start time.
If you cancel less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time, the amount you paid will not be refunded.

This experience requires good weather. If it’s canceled due to poor weather, you’ll be offered a different date or a full refund.

What To Expect

Songyang Academy

Following an afternoon pickup from your accommodation in Luoyang city, meet your private guide and hop aboard your air-conditioned vehicle. heading directly to Songyang Academy, which will takes about 1.5 hours. Your tour guide will explain the relate histories and stories along the way, feel free to ask any questions if you have!

Songyang Academy was one of the four greatest academies for higher education in ancient China. It played an important role in China’s education history and cultural transmission. Nowadays, Songyang Academy is an “example” for learning ancient academy architecture, the ancient Chinese education system and Confucianism.

60 minutes • Admission Ticket Included

Monastero Shaolin (Shaolin Temple)

Afterwards, you will visit the Shaolin Temple. First, you will have a chance to witness the real Kungfu performed by Shaolin monks. As a UNESCO Site, the Shaolin Temple was first constructed in 495 A.D. Later, Emperor Xiaowen of the Northern Wei Dynasty (386-557) had the temple built to accommodate the Indian master Batuo. As Chinese Kungfu also originated from Shaolin Temple, it has been recognized as the origin of Chan Buddhism and the cradle of Kungfu. Accompanied by your knowledgable tour guide, you will get you know the histories and related stories about Shaolin Temple - culture, people and soul.

2 hours • Admission Ticket Included

Pagoda Forest of Shaolin Temple

Afterwards, you will explore the Pagoda Forest which is a concentration of tomb pagodas for eminent monks and abbots of the temple.

There are more than 240 tomb pagodas of various sizes from the Tang, Song, Jin, Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties (618-1911), making it the biggest pagoda forest in China.

30 minutes • Admission Ticket Included

Shaolin Zen Music Ritual

Enjoy a delicious dinner in the local restaurant, then attend the amazing Zen Music Shaolin Ceremony.

The Zen Music Shaolin Ceremony is a real-scene musical extravaganza featuring music, dance, light and Shaolin kung fu. Shaolin Zen Music Ritual stages in Daxian Valley with hills standing vertically as backdrop, covering a floorage of 5 square kilometers. Live chants by monks of Shaolin Temple, fabulous stage effect and soothing Zen music constitute to a marvelous artistic work integrating culture, history and nature. The Zen Music Shaolin Grand Ceremony ranks first among top five live-action performances in China.

After your the show, you will be transferred back to your hotel in Luoyang.

2 hours • Admission Ticket Included

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