Dengfeng Holidays

Songshan Mountain is one of China's Five Sacred Mountains. The geography of the area is unusual and landscapes alone may be reason enough to visit Dengfeng. Songshan Scenic Area is one of the World Geoparks recognized by UNESCO. The Songshan mountain complex includes 36 peaks covering an area of about 20 square miles. The larger Geopark covers about 160 square miles. The highest peak, Junji Mountain, is almost 5000 feet above sea level and provides a marvellous view of the Yellow River.

A number of sites in and around Dengfeng are well worth visiting. Foremost on the list is the Shaolin Temple, the birthplace of both Kung Fu and Zen Buddhism. Other spots in the vicinity include: the Songyue Temple, built in 520AD during the of the Northern Wei Dynasty and boasts the oldest Buddhist pagoda in China. The Songyang Academy was once one of the leading schools for training classical scholars in Imperial China. The Gaocheng Observatory dates to the early portion of the Yuan Dynasty (1271-1368 AD) and was designed originally for predicting the time of the solstice - astronomers at the site were able to calculate the actual length of the year to 365.2425 days some 300 years before Europeans.