Photo: Shi Deru

A railway line in Laos just joined Vientiane to Kunming, thus making possible the world’s longest train journey from Singapore to Portugal.

Source: Singapore to Portugal: Here’s what you’ll see on the world’s longest train journey

British passengers will be able to fly directly to one of China’s eight ancient capital cities from today, as China Southern launches Europe’s first direct route to Zhengzhou.

Source: China Southern launches Zhengzhou connection from London Heathrow

Paid just 1 yuan per day, the martial arts superstar was stunned to find ‘there were no monks’ when he turned up to shoot the 1982 film that launched his career.

Source: How Jet Li turned the Shaolin Temple into a kung fu cash cow for China

Source: How Shaolin Temple survived every attempt to destroy it

Much like France’s Notre Dame Cathedral, the venerated complex has been razed and rebuilt numerous times.

Source: How China’s Shaolin Temple survived multiple attempts to destroy it – by the Chinese themselves

China – Historic Monuments of Dengfeng in “The Centre of Heaven and Earth”

Despite being crowded with tourists for the most part of the year, this world heritage site is filled with serenity and reflects discipline and efficiency in its becalming environment.

• Shaolin temple in China has become a brand, especially after the Hollywood blockbuster Shaolin Temple was released in 1982
• The temple was declared a World Heritage site by UNESCO in 2010
• The temple exhibits connections to home base of Buddhism, India

China, June 6, 2017: The home of Kung fu and Zen Buddhism- Shaolin temple is one of the most visited tourist sites in China with busloads of tourists visiting the place, every year.

Despite being crowded with tourists for the most part of the year, this world heritage site is filled with serenity and reflects discipline and efficiency in its becalming environment.

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