Dengfeng has four distinctive seasons.

Summer is hot and dry.

Autumn is cool and short.

Winter is long, dry and chilly.

China National Highway 207 (G207) runs from Xilinhot, Inner Mongolia to Hai'an, Guangdong. It is 3,738 km (2,323 mi) in length and runs south from Xilinhot through Inner Mongolia, Hebei, Shanxi, Henan, Hubei, Guangxi, and ends in Guangdong.

The Shaolin Monastery (Chinese: 少林寺; pinyin: Shàolín sì), also known as the Shaolin Temple, is a Chan ("Zen") Buddhist temple in Dengfeng County, Henan Province, China. Dating back 1,500 years, Shaolin Temple is the main temple of the Shaolin school of Buddhism to this day.