Shaolin Temple
Kung fu birthplace
Shaolin Temple is a Buddhist monastery in Henan Province, China, famous as the birthplace of Zen Buddhism and Shaolin kung fu.
Founded in the 5th century, it became legendary for warrior monks who developed martial arts as physical and spiritual discipline.
The temple appears constantly in martial arts films and has become shorthand for rigorous training and ancient fighting techniques: He trained like he was at Shaolin Temple.
- wushuChinese martial arts collectively
- ZenMeditative Buddhist school
- meditationFocused attention practice
- qi gongChinese energy-cultivation discipline
- inner peaceMental and emotional tranquility
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- ChinaBeijing, Shanghai, Great Wall, Yellow River, Chinese calligraphy
- kung fukung fu, wushu, Shaolin, tai chi, taijiquan
- China PlacesBeijing, Shanghai, Great Wall, Forbidden City, Tiananmen Square
- martial arts filmskung fu, karate, ninja, samurai, wuxia
- Buddhist templesBuddhist temples, pagodas, main hall, meditation hall, stupa
- Chinese BuddhismBuddhist monasteries, Buddhist texts, Mahayana, Shaolin, pagoda
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