Hello,everyone.It'sbeenahardjourney.Firstofall,onbehalfofhundredsofmillionsofHenanpeople,Iwelcomemyfriends.I'm__tourguideof__travelagency.Thisisourdriver,MasterWang.Today,wearethetwoofyouwhowillserveyoualltheway.IhopeyoucanhaveanewunderstandingofShaolintemplethroughmyexplanation
HenanislocatedinthemiddleandlowerreachesoftheYellowRiver,becausemostoftheareaissouthoftheYellowRiver,soitiscalledHenan.Inancienttimes,Yuzhouwascalled"Yuzhou"forshort.BecauseYuzhouwaslocatedinthecenterofJiuzhouinancienttimes,itwasalsocalled"Zhongzhou"and"Zhongyuan".Zhengzhou,thecapitalofHenanProvince,isthepolitical,economicandculturalcenterofHenanProvince.ItisadjacenttoKaifeng,theancientcapitalofsevendynasties,andLuoyang,theancientcapitalofninedynasties.ItisanimportanttransportationandcommunicationhubinChina.ItisanimportantcityonthenewEurasianContinentalbridge.Itisalsoanationalopencity,afamoushistoricalandculturalcity,andthefirstofChina'seightancientcapitals.Asearlyas3600yearsago,itwasanimportantcapitaloftheShangDynasty.ZhengzhouhasalonghistoryandisoneofthebirthplacesoftheChinesenation,whichbreedstheChinesenationanditssplendidculture.Peiligangculture8000yearsago,Dahevillage5000yearsago,QinwangvillageandothertypesofYangshaocultureandLongshanculturesitesarefoundinthearea.AftertheopeningoftheGrandCanalandTongjicanalbyEmperorYangoftheSuiDynasty,ZhengzhouoncebecameanimportanthubofwaterandlandtransportationinChina.AroundZhengzhou,therearealsoancientcities,ancientcultures,ancienttombs,ancientbuildings,ancientpassesandancientbattlefieldsites.TheancestorofChineseculture,HuangDi,famoushistoricalfiguresLiezi,DuFuandBaiJuyiwereborninZhengzhou.In1923,Zhengzhoubrokeoutthe"February7th"memorialtower,whichshockedChinaandforeigncountries.Nowthereisa"February7th"memorialtowerinthecity,whichisthelandmarkbuildingofZhengzhouandhaswrittenagloriouschapterinthehistoryofChineselabormovement.
ZhengzhouhasconvenienttransportationandisanimportanttransportationhubinChina.BeijingGuangzhourailwayandLonghaiRailwaymeethere.ZhengzhounorthstationisthelargestandmostmodernfreightmarshallingstationinAsia.ZhengzhouXinzhengInternationalAirport,newlybuiltin1997,isthe21stInternationalAirportandoneofthetoptenairportsinChina.107and310NationalHighway,LianhuoandBeijingZhuhaiExpresswaymeethere.
NowwearewalkingontheZhengzhouShaolinexpressway,whichisalsotheexpresswayconnectingZhengzhouwithShaolinTemple.TheJunlingofCongshanonbothsidesofusistheSongMountain,whichwasgrantedbyWuZetian.SongMountainisbroad,profoundandunique,justlikeabrightpearl.ItshowsustheglorioushistoryoftheChinesenationandthemagnificentpictureofmoderncivilization.TheYellowEmperoroncetraveledhere,YaoofTangDynastybenthisbowandhuntedferociously,andDayuworshipeddevoutlyJiDan,DukeofZhou,LiuChe,EmperorWudiofHanDynasty,LiZhi,EmperorGaozongofTangDynasty,ZhuYuanzhang,EmperorTaizuofMingDynasty,andQianlong,EmperorShengzuofQingDynasty,wereworshippedhereoneafteranother.LiBai,DuFu,OuyangXiu,FanZhongyan,ChengYiandChengHao,thegreatmastersofNeoConfucianism,wereheretostudy.ThereareChina'soldestSongyueTemplePagodaintheNorthernWeiDynasty,China'searliestastronomicalbuildingssuchasZhougongObservatoryandYuanDynastyObservatory,Songyangacademy,oneofthefourmajoracademiesinSongDynasty,Zhongyuetemple,thelargestexistingTaoistarchitecturalcomplexinChina,andthegreenandquietdafawangtemple.ShaolinTemple,thefirsttempleinthesky,andthelarge-scaletowerforestarelocatedatthefootofSongshanMountain,whichisveryfamousathomeandabroadFromhere,ShaolinKungFugoestotheworld.
ThecityweseenowisDengfengCity.In695,EmpressWuZetiandesignatedSongshanasZhongyueandchangedtheyearnametothefirstyearof"longliveDengfeng".DengfengisoneofthemostfamouscitiesinChina.Let'stakealook.Therearemanymartialartsschoolsontheroadside.Bytheway,ShaolinTempleiscoming.ShaolinTempleisinDengfeng.Dengfengisafamoushistoricalandculturalcityattheprovinciallevel.Itisafamous"hometownofculturalrelics"and"hometownofmartialarts"inChina.Dengfenghasalonghistory.Accordingtohistoricalrecords,theXiaDynasty,thefirstslavestateinChina,firstestablisheditscapitalinYangcheng,
OK,friends,ShaolinTempleishere.OurtourtimeinShaolinTempleistwohours.Wewillgatherontimeat11o'clock.PleaserememberthatourlicenseplatenumberisYuA____andmyguideflagisgreen__travelagency.Pleasetakeyourvaluablesandgetofftogather.AfterIhavefinishedtheticketformalities,wewillenterthescenicareatogether.