Zhengzhou:
Zhengzhou, formerly called Zhengxian is a prefecture-level city, and the capital of Henan province, People's Republic of China.
Zhengzhou is a flat industrial city set to the farmland of the central China plain. While it is not a tourist city, it's an example of a remarkably fast-changing city in China (without minor tourism clutter).
The best known tourist attraction is the Shaolin Temple, which is more than 50 miles southwest of Zhengzhou. Shaolin Temple is not only known as one of China's important Buddhist shrines, but also as the ancient center of Chinese kung-fu. When the temple was built in 495, the temple was originally designed to house Batuo, a celebrated Indian monk, who, after many years of spreading Buddhism, was later known as Fo Tuo, or Grand Monk. In 537, another famous Indian monk named Boddhidharma, settled in the temple. According to legend, he created a primitive bare-hand combat routine called “xingyi boxing” after he had sat meditating in a cave for nine years. That started the kung-fu tradition at the temple.
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