In which city is the Shaolin Temple located?

Shaolin Temple is located in Dengfeng City, Zhengzhou City, Henan Province. Shaolin Temple is one of the birthplaces of Chinese Zen Buddhism and Chinese Kung Fu. It is a world cultural heritage, a national key cultural relics protection unit, and a national AAAAA-level tourist attraction.

The Shaolin Temple was built in the 19th year of Taihe in the Northern Wei Dynasty (495). It was built by Emperor Xiaowen at the northern foot of Shaoshi Mountain in Songshan Mountain, opposite the capital Luoyang, in order to house the Indian eminent monk he admired, Bhattava. Become. The permanent residence of Shaolin Temple covers an area of ??about 57,600 square meters. The current abbot is Shaman Shi Yongxin, the 47th generation and the 33rd generation heir of Caodong Zongzong. Shaolin Temple is a world-famous Buddhist temple and the ancestral temple of Zen Buddhism in Chinese Buddhism. It occupies an important position in the history of Chinese Buddhism and is known as "the most famous temple in the world". Shaolin Kungfu is famous all over the world because of the continuous development and research of Shaolin Kungfu by successive generations of Shaolin monks. It is known as "the Kungfu in the world comes from Shaolin, and Shaolin Kungfu is the best in the world". In August 2010, the historical buildings in the sky and the earth, including the Shaolin Temple's permanent residence, Chu Zu'an, and Talin, were listed as world cultural heritage by UNESCO.