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THIS IS<br />
HINA<br />
Hebei<br />
Beijing<br />
Songyang Academy<br />
Shaolin Temple<br />
Zhengzhou<br />
Henan<br />
Hubei<br />
Hunan<br />
Guangdong<br />
Zhengzhou — Capital of Henan<br />
Province<br />
Zhengzhou is a city on the south<br />
bank of the Yellow River in China.<br />
It is the capital of Henan Province.<br />
Sometimes it is called the Green City,<br />
for the number of trees it has.<br />
The area remained unimportant<br />
until it was selected for development by<br />
the Chinese Government after 1949.<br />
Since Zhengzhou was handpicked to<br />
serve as a transportation hub - and<br />
does not have a very long history as a<br />
large city - the urban planning is more<br />
noticeable here than in other places of<br />
China. There is plenty of green space,<br />
tree-lined streets and logical arrangement<br />
to the city.<br />
Strategically located in the center<br />
of the country, Zhengzhou is now a<br />
major transportation hub and rapidly<br />
growing city. To travelers, Zhengzhou<br />
is a convenient start point to explore<br />
a series of Chinese cultural sites, like<br />
Kaifeng and Luoyang.<br />
Erqi Square<br />
The city’s focal point is Erqi<br />
(February 7) Memorial Square. This<br />
large public square comes alive at<br />
night, when an entire market fills the<br />
space with vendors and locals hanging<br />
out. From the square, several main<br />
streets fan out to different areas of<br />
the city.<br />
Shaolin Temple<br />
About two hours from<br />
the Zhengzhou city proper,<br />
Shaolin Temple is a Buddhist<br />
temple on Mount<br />
Song. Founded in the<br />
fifth century,<br />
the monastery<br />
is long famous<br />
for its association with Chinese martial<br />
arts and particularly with Shaolin<br />
Kung Fu, and it is the best known<br />
Mahayana Buddhist monastery to the<br />
Western world.<br />
Songyang Academy<br />
The Songyang Academy was one<br />
of the highest academies in the Song<br />
Dynasty. As a private school, it was<br />
constructed away from towns and cities,<br />
offering a quite environment. It<br />
was built in the Northern Song Dynasty<br />
in 484. Famous scholars of the<br />
time such as Cheng Hoa, Cheng Yi,<br />
Sima Guang, Fan Zhongyan and Zhu<br />
Xi once gave lectures here.<br />
In history, Songyang Academy was<br />
jointly dominated by Buddhism and Daoism<br />
at first, later by the Confucianism exclusively.<br />
It was famous for its rationalistic<br />
Confucian philosophical school.<br />
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