Is Shaolin Temple in Songshan, Henan a place worth visiting?

I remember that in 1980s, the film Shaolin Temple, directed by the director and starring Jet Li, Yu Hai, Ji Chunhua and Yu Yu, was very popular at home and abroad, especially those Shaolin monks who "eat wine and eat meat, but the Buddha stays in their hearts", and suddenly became the object of worship for young people at home and abroad. I remember that shaving your head, wearing double-breasted shirts and practicing martial arts became the happiest thing for young people at that time. At that time, if anyone had been to Shaolin Temple, it was really envied by friends!

Well, let's talk about Shaolin Temple in real life. I have been to Shaolin Temple twice in these years. Because I didn't convert, I'm not a Wulin person or a Jianghu person. Therefore, every time I go to Shaolin Temple, I can only visit it as an ordinary tourist. I remember when I was preparing to go to Shaolin Temple for the first time, my friends in Zhengzhou reminded me never to burn incense in Shaolin Temple, let alone punch in. It is said that the ancient clock in Shaolin Temple costs 100 yuan a dozen ... and the incense in Shaolin Temple is not cheap. I once saw some old people spend a lot of money on incense under the deception of "monks" who shaved their heads and wore robes.

There are also performances by monks, and Shaolin Temple performs twice a day. At the entrance of the performance venue, there is a special place to take pictures. There are a pair of big feet on the ground. Every tourist must stand in those big feet when he enters the door and let the photographer take pictures. After the performance, visitors will be asked to look at the photos, each of which is 25 yuan.

And after watching the performance, people dressed in staff costumes shouted there, asking tourists to get a little yellow pearl for free. After the tourists got it, the staff said how good the beads were, and asked them to take them to an old monk wearing a cassock next to him to help open the light and put them on with a red line. Of course, the cost of opening is not free, and of course it is not low. I got one for free last time.