Songshan Shaolin Temple was founded in the 19th year of Taihe in the Northern Wei Dynasty (AD 495). It is located at the southern foot of Zhongyue Songshan Mountain, 13 kilometers northwest of Dengfeng, Zhengzhou City, Henan Province. It is located in the hinterland of the Central Plains, with developed transportation, and faces the capital Luoyang across the mountain. Shaolin Temple is backed by Wuru Peak, surrounded by mountains, and the peaks are connected and scattered in an orderly manner, forming a natural barrier for Shaolin Temple. Songshan Mountain is bounded by Taishi Mountain to the east and Shaoshi Mountain to the west, each with thirty-six peaks, each with its famous peaks. The temple is located in the dense forest at the foot of Shaoshi Mountain, hence the name Shaolin Temple. In 1983, the State Council designated Shaolin Temple as a national key Buddhist temple. On May 8, 2007, the Songshan Shaolin Temple Scenic Area in Dengfeng City was officially approved by the National Tourism Administration as a national 5A tourist attraction. The 34th UNESCO World Heritage Conference reviewed and approved on August 1, 2010, 8 11 historical buildings in "Heaven and Earth" were listed as world cultural heritage, including the Shaolin Temple complex (Changshu Temple, Chuzu Temple, Talin ), the three towers of the Eastern Han Dynasty (Taishi Tower, Shaoshi Tower, Qimu Tower), Zhongyue Temple, Songyue Temple Pagoda, Huishan Temple, Songyang Academy, and Star Observation Deck. The statue of the warrior monk at the entrance of Shaolin Temple - 1994 Shaolin Temple, also known as the Monk Temple, has the reputation of "the ancestral court of Zen Buddhism and the first famous temple in the world". It is the ancestral court of Zen Buddhism in Han Dynasty in China. It was first built in 495 (in the 10th year of Taihe in the Northern Wei Dynasty). nine years). Thirty-two years later, the famous Indian monk Bodhidharma came to Shaolin Temple to teach Zen and ordered Shaoshi Mountain to build a temple for the Buddha and provide food and clothing for the Buddha. Since then, the temple has gradually expanded, the number of monks has increased, and the reputation of Shaolin Temple has increased. Bodhidharma is called the first ancestor of Zen Buddhism in China, and Shaolin Temple is called the ancestral court of Zen Buddhism.