At the foot of Shaoshi Mountain, about 300 meters west of Shaolin Temple, there is the largest pagoda forest in China. It borders Shaoxi to the south, Longhu Ridge to the back, Funiu Mountains to the east, and Dangyang Slope to the west. It has lush forests and a beautiful and elegant environment. This is the famous Shaolin Pagoda Forest. It is the tomb of Shaolin's eminent monks and abbots of the past dynasties. There are 256 pagodas of various types existing in the pagoda forest from the Tang Dynasty to the present, including 47 Yuan pagodas, second only to the number of Ming pagodas. It is said that the existing tower is only one-half of its original size, and the rest was destroyed by mountains and rivers over the years. The architectural style and masonry carvings of the 47 Yuan pagodas here have left precious objects for the study of the architectural art of the Yuan Dynasty. What's even more valuable is that almost every pagoda has its inscription preserved, which provides valuable information for studying the history of Shaolin Temple and the culture of the Yuan Dynasty. Several important Yuan Pagodas, such as Yugong Pagoda, Yueyan Changshou Pagoda, Huanyuan Changshou Pagoda, etc. are built in the middle of the pagoda forest. To the east of the central part of the Tallinn is the "Ju'an Elder Pagoda" built in the fifth year of the Later Zhiyuan Dynasty (1339). This is a single-story brick tower with dense eaves, with five overlapping eaves. It has a beautiful shape and the back wall is inlaid with A stone tablet with the inscription "Xianjiao Yuantong, the great Zen master Zhaogong and the monk's pagoda together with the inscription". The inscription and the calligraphy were both written by Shao Yuan, the Japanese Buddhist monk at the head of the mountain. Zen Master Fazhao's name is Ju'an, and the imperial court gave him the title of "Great Zen Master Xianjiao Yuantong". He was honored as the abbot of Shaolin Temple in the second year of Zhizhi (1322), and passed away the next year. In the 16th year, Zizhen, a disciple of the later disciples, asked Shao Yuan, the first Japanese monk in Dangshan at that time, to write a book elixir and left the inscription of this pagoda. Because the inscription was written by a Japanese monk and his diction and calligraphy were very high, it is particularly valuable. The Shaolin Temple Pagoda Forest was selected as the largest ancient pagoda complex in the world by the World Records Association, and is the largest ancient pagoda complex in the world.
One kilometer north of Tallinn is Chuzu Nunnery. It is the oldest wooden structure building among the cultural relics in Henan Province. It was built to commemorate Bodhidharma facing the wall. There are reliefs on the eaves pillars, inner pillars, carved stones under the walls and around the altar. There is a statue of Patriarch Bodhidharma in the shrine of the main hall.
The Bodhidharma Cave on Wuru Peak is about 7 meters deep and more than 3 meters high and wide. On the north forehead, there is an inscription "Come from the east to create traces" written by Yandu near the stream. On the stone wall inside the cave, there are grooves more than 1 meter high and about 60 centimeters wide, which are the traces of the excavation of the stone on the wall of Bodhidharma. There are four stone statues of Bodhidharma and his disciples. Outside the cave, there is a stone square, built in the Jiachen year of Wanli in the Ming Dynasty (1604), with double stone pillars and the inscription "Moxuan" by Hu Bin on the south forehead. It is said that Bodhidharma once faced the wall here for ten years. Due to his profound kung fu, the shape of his figure was imprinted on the rocks, leaving behind the legendary "Dharma Shadow Stone".
The Second Ancestor Temple is located at the top of Bo Yu Peak in the southwest of Shaolin Temple. According to legend, Huike, the second ancestor of Zen Buddhism, studied Buddhism with Bodhidharma and received the true transmission of the mantle and bowl after breaking his arm, and he recuperated here. There are four wells in front of the hall, which are said to have been dug by Huike. These four wells are very close to each other, but the water tastes are different. They are called "Zhuoxijing". The locals also call them "the four wells of bitter, spicy, sour and sweet".