Travel Information
You need to purchase the flight tickets on your own. Cheaper flight tickets and hotels than from your home country can often be found on some travelling website. From your home country, we recommend you to travel either over Beijing or Shanghai. From there, there are 2 ways to get to the center.
If you don’t speak any Chinese, you can print these Chinese translations as a help when you travel in China.

By plane:
The nearest airport to Shaolin Temple is Zhengzhou Airport (the former Zhengzhou Xinzheng Airport), pickup service is free once your studying time is over one month.

By Train:
There are many direct trains from Beijing and Shanghai to Zhengzhou everyday, also there are more fast bullet trains travel from Beijing and Shanghai to Zhengzhou East Station, pickup service is free once your studying time is over one month.
There are 2 ways to buy a train ticket. You can just show up at the train station when you arrive and buy the ticket straight at the station, most likely you will just have to wait a few hours and then you will be on your way.This method will not work during Chinese national holidays where train tickets are completely sold out several weeks in advance. 
The other option is to book a ticket in advance either via the center (free service) or get a Chinese friend to help you book the train tickets at the official website, since it is only in Chinese. If you book a ticket in advance make sure you have at least 4 hours from your plane lands until your train departs. It takes time to get from the airport to the stations, and at the stations you need to collect your ticket at a ticket office where the line very often is long and you need to check in for your train up to 40 minutes before your departure.
If you have any more questions about the Train Schedule please feel free to contact us.
It is useful to have a Chinese Mandarin phrase book with you and the names of your destinations in Chinese.
You can also call our onsite translator   (0086 )  185 2790 7238   for help when you have trouble purchasing a ticket or you meet any problem in your travelling.