Worth a look if you're in the area, the night market opposite Shaolin Hotel has plenty of goodies on offer for the adventurous diner. If entrails on sticks aren't your thing, opt for vegetable kebabs or a hearty jīdànbǐng (鸡蛋饼, egg-filled roll).
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A few kilometres east of Dengfeng, the ancient and hoary Zhongyue Temple is a colossal active Taoist monastery complex that originally dates back to the…
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The largely rebuilt Shaolin Temple is a commercialised victim of its own incredible success. A frequent target of war, the ancestral home of wǔshù was…
6.4 MILES
The largely rebuilt Shaolin Temple is a commercialised victim of its own incredible success. A frequent target of war, the ancestral home of wǔshù was…