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The price (100rmb) is most definitely NOT worth it.
The location of the shaolin temple, and a couple of trees are the few original things left...most other things were destroyed during a particular war...guess which one.
It's a huge tourist trap. The temple itself is just a place to take pictures and be 'marvelled' by easternn mysticism, but there are plenty of vendors, signs in multiple languages, and tour guide to remind u that Shaolin is about making money...not what buddhist temples are usually designed to do.
DO NOT PAY for the kung fu show...it's not worth it. It was mildly acceptable if you've never seen kung fu, but 100% unauthentic. The guys doing the show will charge you 15 yuan to be able to take a picture w/ them in their uniforms
BTW...kids who want to study at the shaolin pay big bucks...so when u see these kids lined up practicing kung fu...they paid beacoup yuan to be able to say they studied at shaolini.
Unique Suggestions: Pagoda Forest. It's a monk graveyard, and has many ancient 'pagodaS'. Pretty much, when a revered monk dies, they bury his ashes in the ground and build a pagoda over it. Some of these are nearly 2,500 yrs old!!! It's actually pretty neat,...spend more time here rather than at the temple, and ask your tour guide a lot of questions.
Fun Alternatives: daoist temple on the outskirts of the city, and other attractions in dengfeng...just not shaolin. DengFeng has other great sites
Written Mar 5, 2006
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