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Temples and Sacred Sites Near Luoyang

6 sights within 60 km of Luoyang. Pick the ones you want and PreeChina can build a private, custom or tailor-made tour around them.

6 sightsLuoyangWithin 60 kmUSD 305 per person, 2 travelers

At a Glance

Quick Facts

City
Luoyang
Sights
6 temple and sacred site sights
Range
2.8 to 59 km from the centre
Closest
Guanlin Temple
Farthest
Fengxue Temple
Length
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Price

Price of This Private Tour

Per person, in US dollars. The price covers the guide, the ground service, and the transport, meals and tickets in the itinerary, and it falls as the group grows. What a price includes and leaves out.

Estimated price per person for Temples and Sacred Sites Near Luoyang, by number of travelers
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Why These Sights

Temples and Sacred Sites Within Reach of Luoyang

6 temple and sacred site sights lie within 60 km of central Luoyang, from Guanlin Temple at 2.8 km to Fengxue Temple at 59 km. They are: Guanlin Temple, White Horse Temple, Xuanzang Temple, Shaolin Temple, Zhongyue Temple, Fengxue Temple.

This page lists the sights and how far each one sits from the city centre. It does not set a length for the trip: your private itinerary decides which sights to combine, the order and the number of days.

The Luoyang city guide covers the city itself.

Map

Map of the Sights

The gold marker is central Luoyang. Numbers run from the closest sight to the farthest.

Sight by Sight

The 6 Sights

Within 50 km from Luoyang

Guanlin Temple, Historic Temple
1
Historic Temple

Guanlin Temple (关林景区)

2.8 km from central Luoyang, straight line

The burial place of Guan Yu's head. Few tombs in China take the name lin (forest), and Confucius's Kong Lin and Guan Lin go by the same name pattern. Guan Di temples at home and abroad come here to pay homage to their source.

White Horse Temple, Buddhist Temple
2
Buddhist Temple

White Horse Temple (白马寺)

18 km from central Luoyang, straight line

Built by imperial order in the Yongping years of the Eastern Han. Two Indian monks, Kasyapa Matanga and Dharmaratna, translated the Sutra of Forty-Two Sections here and lie buried in the temple.

Xuanzang Temple, Buddhist Temple
3
Buddhist Temple

Xuanzang Temple (玄奘寺)

33 km from central Luoyang, straight line

The home town of Xuanzang. His journey west to seek the teachings lasted 17 years, and after his return he led the translation of scriptures. His Great Tang Records on the Western Regions is a key source on the ancient history of India and Central Asia.

Shaolin Temple, Buddhist Temple
4
Buddhist Temple

Shaolin Temple (少林寺)

46 km from central Luoyang, straight line

The ancestral temple of Chan Buddhism. Tradition says Bodhidharma travelled north from Guangzhou and faced a wall behind the temple for nine years, which founded the school. His memorial pagoda stands at Kongxiang Temple in Shaanzhou, Sanmenxia, so the two places mark two ends of one life.

50 to 150 km from Luoyang

Zhongyue Temple, Temple
5
Temple

Zhongyue Temple (中岳庙)

59 km from central Luoyang, straight line

Where rulers made offerings to Mount Song, the Central Sacred Mountain. The surviving layout follows a Qing-dynasty rebuild modelled on the plan of the Forbidden City, and the complex is the largest Daoist group of buildings in the Central Plains.

Fengxue Temple, Buddhist Temple
6
Buddhist Temple

Fengxue Temple (风穴寺)

59 km from central Luoyang, straight line

First built in the Northern Wei. The Seventh Patriarch Pagoda in the temple is a square Tang brick pagoda, and buildings of many ages stand together in one valley.

Distances

Distance From Central Luoyang

#SightTypeStraight line
1Guanlin TempleHistoric Temple2.8 km
2White Horse TempleBuddhist Temple18 km
3Xuanzang TempleBuddhist Temple33 km
4Shaolin TempleBuddhist Temple46 km
5Zhongyue TempleTemple59 km
6Fengxue TempleBuddhist Temple59 km

Straight-line distances from the centre of Luoyang. Road and rail distances are longer.

Independent Travel

Visiting These Sights Independently

Arranging these 6 stops yourself keeps the budget lower. It also means booking each one and the transfers between them. Compare a private tour with independent travel, or ask PreeChina to plan it.

Custom Tour

Turn This Into a Private, Custom Tour

This route is a starting point: 1 day and 6 stops. PreeChina plans it as a private, tailor-made trip and changes the stops, the days and the pace to your group.

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Questions

FAQ

How many temple and sacred site sights are near Luoyang?

This page lists 6, all within 60 km of central Luoyang in a straight line.

Which sight is closest to Luoyang?

Guanlin Temple, at 2.8 km from the centre in a straight line.

How far is Fengxue Temple from Luoyang?

59 km in a straight line. The road distance is longer.

How many days do I need?

It depends on which sights you combine. Your private itinerary sets the number of days, the order and the pace with you.

Who is this route not a good fit for?

Anyone who wants a slow day. The route links 6 stops, so each visit is short. Tell PreeChina which stops matter most and the others can go.

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This route is in Henan. The province page lists its city guides, themes, museums and other routes.

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