About Shaolin

Dengfeng City, Henan Province, Shaolin Temple is located 13 km northwest of the Yue Song Á ª birthplace of Chinese Zen Buddhism and Shaolin kung fu birthplace, and therefore, “birthplace of Zen Buddhism, martial arts destination,” said.

Shaolin Temple was built in Northern Wei Wo nineteen years (AD 495), the Northern Wei Emperor Xiaowen of the Indian monk Ba Tuo and Chijian placement, because Shaoshi Shan monastery built in the dense forest Suiming called “Shaolin Temple”

China Shaolin-Chinese Traditional Culture

  After the result of the Indian monk Bodhidharma came to Songshan a reed cross the river, at 5 Rufeng cave facing the wall for nine years, the creation of Zen Buddhism, Shaolin Temple, also known as the birthplace of Zen Buddhism.

A Brief History of Shaolin Temple’s long history:
built in Northern Wei Wo nineteen years (495 years). 32 years later, India Mingseng Bodhidharma arrived in Shaolin Temple to teach Zen. After the temple gradually expanded, increasing monks, Shaolin Temple Barghouti’s reputation soared. Dharma is known as Zen Buddhism in China, Chu Zu, the temple known as the birthplace of Zen Buddhism. The early years of the famous Shaolin Temple in the Tang Dynasty within the four seas. Shaolin Temple and Shang Hui field, Tan Zong, Chi-kin, etc. 13 people in the Li Shimin Wang Shichong punitive expeditions, the siege assist in the work, has achieved a lot. There are a high, “Taizong thanks to Shaolin Temple Bishop monument”, describes this piece of history. As the move towards the strong support of world-famous Shaolin Temple has developed into a major Buddhist temple, won “best in the world famous temple” in the title. Song Dynasty, the Shaolin martial arts have greatly improved, and monks as many as 2,000 people. In the Ming Dynasty, the temple to reach its peak.

Shaolin Kung Fu
Shaolin Kung Fu refers to the Songshan Shaolin Temple Buddhist cultural environment of this particular historical formation of Buddhist god faith-based, fully embodies the wisdom of Zen Buddhism and the Shaolin monks to attend the performance of the martial arts as the main forms of traditional culture system. China Shaolin Temple Wushu originated from ancient times out of Shaolin martial arts world, says that Shaolin Kung Fu with a complete technical and theoretical system. It martial arts skills and routines of its manifestations, Zen Buddhist faith and the wisdom of their cultural connotations.

Shaolin kung fu is the soul of Zen Buddhism, the wisdom of faith. The initial belief in the wisdom of Shaolin kung fu is a form of meditation. The sixth century Indian monk Bodhidharma at the Shaolin Temple in the first transmission of Zen teachings, after you pass by the Shaolin Temple as a birthplace of Zen Buddhism. As time goes by, the prevalence of Zen teachings, Shaolin kung fu faith content and quality have also changed, “Zen-wu one” Shaolin kung fu became the mainstream ideology, and become monks attend Shaolin Kungfu the goals and ideals.