Ten tourist attractions that Henan has to visit.

Shaolin Temple, located at the foot of Wurufeng Mountain in Dengfeng, Henan, China, is the birthplace of Shaolin Wushu in China, and has the reputation of "the ancestral temple of Zen, the first temple in the world". Shaolin Temple is a national 5A-level tourist attraction. UNESCO has listed eight historic buildings 1 1 such as Shaolin Temple and "Heaven and Earth" as world cultural heritage.

Shaolin Temple has many scenic spots, such as Shaolin Temple Courtyard, Tallinn, Damodang, Chu Zuan, etc., and it also has the Shaolin culture of "Zen, martial arts and medicine" which has been passed down for thousands of years.

Songshan Shaolin Temple was established in the 19th year of Taihe in the Northern Wei Dynasty (AD 495), located in the hinterland of the Central Plains, facing the ancient capital Luoyang across the mountain. Emperor Xiaowen built the Shaolin Temple at the northern foot of Shaoshi Mountain in Songshan Mountain in order to house the Indian monk Barto whom he admired. Shaolin Temple is famous all over the world for its Shaolin kungfu, and is known as the "No.1 Temple in the World".

Shaolin Temple has established cultural centers in nearly 50 countries and regions around the world. It owns Shaolin Pharmacy, Shaolin Food Development Co., Ltd., Shaolin Boxing Research Association, Shaolin Wushu Troupe, Shaolin Red Cross Society, Shaolin Painting and Calligraphy Research Institute, China Zen Poetry Research Association, Shaolin Charity and Welfare Foundation, Shaolin Film and Television Company and other institutions.

In 2004, the California House of Representatives passed a resolution to designate March 2 1 day as "Songshan Shaolin Temple Day".

Second, Longmen Grottoes

Longmen Grottoes is one of the treasures of stone carving art in China. It is now a world cultural heritage, a national key cultural relic protection unit and a national AAAAA-level tourist attraction. It is located in Longmen Mountain and Xiangshan Mountain on both sides of the Yihe River in Luolong District, Luoyang City, Henan Province. Longmen Grottoes, Mogao Grottoes, Yungang Grottoes and Maijishan Grottoes are also called the four major grottoes in China.

The Longmen Grottoes were dug in the reign of Emperor Xiaowen of the Northern Wei Dynasty, and after more than 400 years of large-scale construction in the Eastern Wei Dynasty, the Western Wei Dynasty, the Northern Qi Dynasty, the Sui Dynasty, the Tang Dynasty, the Five Dynasties and the Song Dynasty, the length from north to south was 1 km. Today, there are 2,345 grottoes, more than 654.38 million statues and more than 2,800 inscriptions. Among them, Wu Zetian carved Lushenafo in Fengxian Temple in Longmen Grottoes. After the news of Luoyang Weizi City Construction Paradise was introduced to Japan, Emperor Shengwu made an oath of "I will build it too", so he established Dongda Temple in Nara (Heisei). Twenty products of Longmen is the essence of Weibei calligraphy, and A Que Buddhist Shrine Monument by Chu Suiliang is a model of regular script art in the early Tang Dynasty.

Longmen Grottoes lasted for a long time, spanning many dynasties. They reflect the development and changes of China ancient politics, economy, religion, culture and many other fields from different aspects with a large number of physical images and written materials, and have made great contributions to the innovation and development of China Grottoes.

In 2000, it was rated as "the highest peak of stone carving art in China" by UNESCO and listed as a world cultural heritage.

3. Yuntai Mountain

Yuntai Mountain is located in Xiuwu County, Jiaozuo City, Henan Province, with a scenic area of 240 square kilometers, including Baijiayan, Hongshi Gorge, Zifang Lake, Quanpu Gorge, Tanpu Gorge, Macaque Valley, Diecai Cave, Jubaopen Peak, Wanshan Temple, Linfeng Gorge and Qinglong Gorge. The mountainous terrain is complex, and the climate changes with altitude and mountain situation, with obvious differences. There are abundant springs and lush vegetation here, and the original secondary forest covers the whole mountain, with more than 400 kinds of trees and exotic flowers and grasses.

The whole Yuntai Mountain Scenic Area is continuously covered by mountains. The main peak-Cornus officinalis peak, with an altitude of 1.304 meters, reaches Cornus officinalis peak, and looks at the depths of Taihang Mountain in the north, with mountains overlapping, Huaichuan Plain and Woye Yellow River in the south. Yuntai Mountain has Yuntai Waterfall with a drop of 3 14m, which is located at the end of the spring waterfall gorge in the scenic spot and is one of the largest waterfalls found in China. Tianmen Waterfall, Bailongtan Waterfall, Huanglong Waterfall and Duck Waterfall constitute the unique waterfall landscape of Yuntai Mountain. Kong Quan, Pearl Spring, Wang Liequan and Yue Mingquan are cool and sweet.

On February 13, 2004, Yuntai Mountain was selected as the first batch of world geoparks by UNESCO. On March 20 10, Yuntai Mountain was recognized as a well-known trademark in China by the State Administration for Industry and Commerce. 20 10 was awarded the 20 10 (first) Henan provincial governor quality award by the people's government of Henan province in July. 20 1 1 was rated as "National Advanced Quality Work Unit" by AQSIQ in September. 20 13 12 1, Regulations on the Protection of Yuntai Mountain Scenic Area in Henan Province came into effect. In June 20 14, Yuntai Mountain Scenic Area was listed as a natural scenery tourism project in key tourist areas of resource-based cities.

Four, Longtan Grand Canyon

Luoyang Longtan Grand Canyon Scenic Area is the core scenic spot of national AAAAAA level scenic spot, national geological park and Daimei Mountain World Geopark. It is a canyon scenic spot with typical geological landscape of Hongyan Zhanggu Group, and the fifth national AAAAAAAA scenic spot in Luoyang.

The Longtan Grand Canyon Scenic Area in Luoyang faces the beautiful scenery in the valley, with Guan Xia in the valley, a pool of waterfalls, Wan Ren standing on the wall. After/kloc-0.2 billion years of geological deposition and 2.6 million years of water cutting erosion, the wonders such as high gorge, urn valley, landslide and ground fissure are unparalleled in the world and rare in the world, enjoying the reputation of "the first gorge in China", "the ancient marine natural museum", "the gorge is extinct" and "the Yellow River".

Verb (abbreviation of verb) Shangqiu ancient city

Located in Suiyang District, Shangqiu City, Henan Province, Shangqiu Ancient City is a national historical and cultural city, a national key cultural relic protection unit, a national AAAA-level tourist scenic spot and a national water conservancy scenic spot.

Shangqiu ancient city has a history of more than 4000 years. The existing Guide House broke ground in the 16th year of Hongzhi in Ming Dynasty (A.D. 1503), which lasted eight years and was completed in the 6th year of Zhengde in Ming Dynasty (A.D. 15 1 year), with a history of more than 500 years. Under the existing Guide House, there are six capital cities and ancient cities, namely Guide House, which was built in Yuan Dynasty 16 years before Hongzhi in Ming Dynasty. Nanjing, the capital of Yingtianfu in the Northern Song Dynasty; Song Cheng, the seat of Sui, Tang and Song Dynasties; Suiyang, the capital of Liang State in Qin and Han Dynasties; It is also the capital of Song State in Zhou Dynasty. Shangqiu ancient city is the only remaining large-scale ancient city site in the world, which is a trinity of Bagua City, Shuicheng City and Chengdui City.

On March 29th, 20 1 1, the Grand Canal was approved by National Cultural Heritage Administration, and the ancient city of Shangqiu entered the preparatory list for applying for world cultural heritage.

2065438+In February 2006, Shangqiu Ancient City was awarded "China Overseas Chinese International Cultural Exchange Base".

Six, White Horse Temple

Baima Temple is located in Baima Temple Town, Luolong District, east 12km of the old city of Luoyang City, Henan Province. The world-famous Galand, the first ancient temple in China, which was built in the 11th year of Yongping in the Eastern Han Dynasty (AD 68), is the first official temple built after Buddhism was introduced into China. It is known as the "ancestral temple" and "source of Buddhism in China, with a history of 1900 years. The existing sites and historical sites were left over from the Yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties. A large number of dry lacquer statues of the Yuan Dynasty are preserved in the temple, such as Buddha III, prefect Ertian and eighteen arhats, which are very precious.

196 1 year, Baima Temple was announced by the people of China and the State Council as the first batch of national key cultural relics protection units. 1983 was identified as the key temple of Chinese Buddhism in the State Council. 200 1, 1, Baima Temple was named as the first AAAA scenic spot by the National Tourism Administration.

Seven, Chaya Mountain.

Chaya mountain, a national AAAAA tourist area, a national geological park, a national forest park, a national key cultural relic protection unit, a national youth civilization, the first batch of civilized scenic spots and one of the top ten scenic spots in Henan, is one of the most beautiful places in Henan.

Chaya Mountain is located in suiping county, Henan Province, with a scenic area of 148 square kilometers, a tourist area of 52 square kilometers and an altitude of 786 meters. Chaya Mountain, also known as Linglong Mountain and Stone Monkey Fairy Mountain, is the remaining vein on the eastern edge of Funiu Mountain, with rugged mountains and many strange rocks. Nanshan, Beishan, Guo Hua and Liu Feng stand tall, and Xiu Mi Lake, Biwa Lake, Baihua Lake and Motian Lake are dotted among them, forming a strange and beautiful picture.

Chaya mountain Scenic Area is dotted with human history and beautiful natural landscape, with nine scenic spots, nine famous peaks, nine famous caves, nine famous sheds and nine strange stones. There are more than 0/00 scenic spots/kloc-and more than 30 famous scenic spots, which have four characteristics of "strangeness, danger, Austria and seclusion" and are known as "Central Plains Bonsai" and "Huaxia Totem Forest".

Eight, Kaifeng House

Kaifeng Prefecture, located on the north bank of Baogong East Lake in Gulou District, Kaifeng City, Henan Province, was the administrative and judicial office of Kyoto officials in the Northern Song Dynasty. It is called the world capital and the national AAAA-level tourist attraction.

According to historical records, there were 183 prefects in Kaifeng in the Northern Song Dynasty, especially Bao Gong, who was famous at home and abroad. The reconstructed Kaifeng House covers an area of more than 60 mu, with a building area of 1.36 million square meters. It echoes the Baogong Temple in Baogong West Lake, setting off the rippling Sanchi Lake, forming a beautiful landscape of Dongfu West Temple, pavilions and clear water.

Nine, Hongqi Canal

Hongqi Canal, located in Linzhou City, Anyang City, Henan Province, is a national AAAAA-level tourist attraction and a national key cultural relics protection unit, and is known as "the eighth wonder of the world". In 1960s, people in Linxian (now Linzhou) built a project to introduce Zhang into the forest from the waist of Taihang Mountain under extremely difficult conditions, which was called "Artificial Tianhe".

The Hongqi Canal Project 1960 started in February, and the auxiliary canal project 1969 was fully completed in July, which lasted nearly ten years. Project * * * leveled 1250 hill, erected 15 1 aqueduct, excavated 2 1 1 tunnel, built 12408 building, and excavated 22.25 million cubic meters of earth and stone. The total length of the main canal of Hongqi Canal is 70.6 kilometers. According to calculation, if these earth-rock barriers are built into walls with a height of 2 meters and a width of 3 meters, they can run through the north and south of the motherland, bypass Beijing and connect Guangzhou and Harbin.

20 16 10, hongqi canal was approved as a national 5A-level tourist attraction.

On June 20 17, 1, the Red Flag Canal was included in the list of national red tourism classic scenic spots. 20 17- 12 was selected as the first batch of national primary and secondary school students' research and practice education bases and camps by the Ministry of Education.

Taihang Mountain Grand Canyon

Taihang Mountain Grand Canyon is located at the junction of Shanxi and Henan provinces, in the southeast of Changzhi City, Shanxi Province, at the eastern foot of South Taihang Mountain, with an area of 225 square kilometers and a forest and grass coverage rate of 74.9%.

The main gorge is 35 kilometers long from east to west, and the western end is 30 kilometers away from Huguan County. After years of development and construction, the scenic spot has gradually formed more than 400 landscapes in which the three Gorges, Wuzhixia, Wangmangxia and Longquan Gorge are connected in series. The main attractions are Baquan Gorge, Hongdu Gorge, Qinglong Gorge, Black Dragon Pool and Zituan Mountain.

Taihang Mountain Grand Canyon is a national AAAA scenic spot, national geological park and national forest park. It was chosen as the most beautiful canyon in China.