As of early 2023, those two types of vehicle as well as bicycles and motorcycles, are the only ways to get to the Scenic Spot. High-speed trains cover most of the distance, but a vehicle ride is required to get from the stations to the North Gate. For a detailed list of the resources as well as pictures of the stations, see "How to Get to & around Dengfeng Shaolin Temple 2023". China Discovery.
Of the several etymologies, Shaolin is always taken as a compound of "lin", ("grove"), due to its use in Bei-lin and Ta-lin, toponyms of nearby geographic features. "Shao-" introduces some uncertainty, as it may have many meanings. Currently, the most popular meaning is as an abbreviation of Shaosi, as presented in Shahar 2008, p.11: "Shaosi grove". References from art and literature usually present this grove as bamboo. Currently, the area is free of any groves, but Shahar points out that this could not always have been the case. Shahar, Meir (2008). The Shaolin Monastery: history, religion, and the Chinese martial arts. University of Hawaii Press. ISBN978-0-8248-3110-3.
Khabarovsk, Shaolin Temple Khabarovsk, Gofman Oleg Nikolaevich. "Luoyang Road Planner" (in Russian). Translated by Google Translate. The sources for this indexed work are stated by the author to be the area's Guidebooks.
Khabarovsk, Printable version of the map of the area around the Shaolin Temple Khabarovsk, Gofman Oleg Nikolaevich. "Luoyang Road Planner" (in Russian). Translated by Google Translate. The sources for this indexed work are stated by the author to be the area's Guidebooks.
