Shaolin Monastery

Shaolin Monastery: crowds and conditions

Typical pattern: moderate; weekends busier. Been there recently? Post today’s status and it shows here for the next traveller.

Status options for this temple: Open, normal crowd · Very crowded today · Festival / special day · Closed today.

Best time to visit Shaolin Monastery

Season: Year-round; festival days and Karthika masam (Nov) draw the biggest crowds.

Busiest days: Weekends, festival days and Karthika masam (Nov).

Crowd: Moderate; weekends busier.

Typical week: Mon light · Tue light · Wed light · Thu light · Fri light · Sat busy · Sun busy.

How to reach Shaolin Monastery — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: 34.50853, 112.93521. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near Shaolin Monastery

• 少林寺建筑群 · Buddhist site · Zhengzhou · ~1 km · Must-see
• 连天峰 · viewpoint · Zhengzhou · ~5 km · Must-see
• Huishan Temple · temple · Zhengzhou · ~8 km · Must-see
• Fawang Temple · Buddhist site · Zhengzhou · ~10 km · Must-see
• Dengfeng Observatory · fort · Zhengzhou · ~28 km · Must-see
• Erlitou Xia Dynasty Capital Relics · museum · Luoyang · ~37 km · Must-see
• Dahuting Han tombs · fort · Zhengzhou · ~40 km · Must-see
• White Horse Temple · Buddhist site · Luoyang · ~49 km · Must-see
• Luoyang Zhouwangcheng Emperor Six Horses Carriage Museum · museum · Luoyang · ~62 km · Must-see
• Luoyang Ancient Tombs Museum · museum · Luoyang · ~68 km · Must-see
• Pagoda Forest · Buddhist site · Zhengzhou · ~1 km
• Temple of the First Patriarch and Pagoda Forest of Shaolin Temple · fort · Zhengzhou · ~1 km
• Chuzu Temple · temple · Zhengzhou · ~1 km
• Dharma Cave · cave · Zhengzhou · ~2 km
• 达摩洞 · cave · Zhengzhou · ~2 km
• Shaolin Reservoir · lake · Zhengzhou · ~3 km
• 永泰寺塔 · temple · Zhengzhou · ~5 km
• Shaoshi Que Gates · attraction · Zhengzhou · ~5 km

See everything within a day’s drive of Shaolin Monastery

Other temples near Shaolin Monastery

• Huishan Temple · temple · Zhengzhou · ~8 km · Must-see
• Spring Temple Buddha · temple · Pingdingshan · ~116 km · Must-see
• Chuzu Temple · temple · Zhengzhou · ~1 km
• 永泰寺塔 · temple · Zhengzhou · ~5 km
• Zhongyue Temple · temple · Zhengzhou · ~17 km
• Guanlin Temple · temple · Luoyang · ~54 km
• 凤台寺塔 · temple · Zhengzhou · ~91 km
• Zhengzhou Confucius Temple · temple · Zhengzhou · ~92 km
• Zhengzhou City God Temple · temple · Zhengzhou · ~92 km
• 寿圣寺双塔 · temple · Zhengzhou · ~121 km

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