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Zhengzhou
Zhengzhou is the capital of Henan Province and has a population of just over 2 million. The city offers excellent transportation by rail, for both commercial and touristic purposes.
If you only have time to visit one attraction in Zhengzhou, make it the Henan Provincial Museum. The museum has an extensive collection of bronze statues, Ming dynasty porcelain and other relics from the Song & Tang Dynasty.
Located 80kms to the west of Zhengzhou, Song Shan’s peaks are over 1500m high and they are considered to symbolize earth amongst the five elements. It is also home to, arguably, the most famous Buddhist complex in China, the Shaolin Temple.
The Shaolin temple is the sacred home of Kung Fu, or gongfu as it is known by the locals. The Buddhist monks have practiced this particular brand of martial arts for centuries and the visitor can see depressions on the floors where thousands of monks have perfected their strong stance.
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