Shaolin Temple is located in the heart of Songshan Mountain in Dengfeng City, Henan Province. It has a history of more than 1,500 years and is known worldwide for its cultural characteristics of "integration of Zen and martial arts" and its reputation as "the world's number one temple". It is famous for its successive generations of Shaolin monks' dedicated research and development of Shaolin Kung Fu.



Shaolin Temple has the largest existing ancient pagoda in China, the Shaolin Temple Pagoda Forest. In the Tang Dynasty, the thirteen Shaolin monks bravely rescued Emperor Li Shimin, and were granted the title of the world's number one temple by Emperor Li Shimin.


There are many ancient temple buildings in Shaolin Temple, which has been listed as a World Cultural Heritage by UNESCO.


Shaolin Kungfu is the largest school of Chinese martial arts, with more than 700 types of martial arts routines. It is also known as "martial arts Zen" because it incorporates Zen into martial arts and practices Zen through martial arts. The word "Shaolin" has become a symbol of traditional Chinese martial arts. Shaolin Kungfu includes Shaolin 72 unique skills, Shaolin boxing, Shaolin stick skills, Shaolin spear skills, Shaolin knife skills, and Shaolin sword skills.

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