26 Facts About Shaolin Monastery

Shaolin Monastery, known as Shaolin Temple, is a renowned temple recognized as the birthplace of Chan Buddhism and the cradle of Shaolin Kung Fu.

Shaolin Monastery spent nine years meditating in a cave of the Wuru Peak and initiated the Chinese Chan tradition at the Shaolin Temple.

Shaolin Monastery monks have been devoted to research, creation, and continuous development and perfecting of Shaolin Monastery kung fu.

Main pillars of Shaolin Monastery culture are Chan Buddhism, martial arts, Buddhist art, and traditional Chinese medicine .

At present, Shaolin Monastery Temple is a Global Low-carbon Ecological Scenic Spot and a National 5A-level Tourist Attraction in China.

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Shaolin Monastery had enjoyed Emperor Xiaowen's sponsorship ever since he arrived in Pingcheng via the silk route around 490.

Thanks to Batuo, Shaolin Monastery became an important center for the study and translation of original Buddhist scriptures.

The monk and his disciples are said to have lived at a spot about a mile from the Shaolin Monastery Temple that is a small nunnery.

Shaolin Monastery thus became a large temple with hundreds of hectares of fertile land and large properties.

At the beginning of the Tang dynasty, thirteen Shaolin Monastery monks helped Li Shimin, the future second emperor of the Tang dynasty, in his fight against Wang Shichong.

Shaolin Monastery Temple became a place where emperors and high officials would come for temporary reclusion.

At the beginning of the Yuan dynasty, Emperor Shizu of Yuan installed the monk Xueting Fuyu as the abbot of Shaolin Monastery and put him in charge of all the temples in the Mount Song area.

Shaolin Monastery introduced the generational lineage system of the Shaolin disciples through a 70-character poem—each character in line corresponding to the name of the next generation of disciples.

Some accounts claim that a supposed southern Shaolin Monastery Temple was destroyed instead of, or in addition to, the temple in Henan: Ju Ke, in the Qing bai lei chao, locates this temple in Fujian.

Shaolin Monastery organized the guards and trained them in combat skills to maintain local order.

Shaolin Monastery was the first foreign head of state to visit Shaolin Temple in its history.

In May 2007, Shaolin Monastery Temple was named a National 5A Scenic Spot by the China National Tourism Administration.

Current abbot of Shaolin Monastery Temple is Venerable Master Shi Yongxin, the thirtieth-generation abbot of Shaolin Monastery Temple.

Shaolin Monastery continued serving Master Xingzheng and was a member of the newly established Democratic Management Committee of Shaolin Temple.

Shaolin Monastery was elected as Deputy to the Ninth, Tenth, Eleventh, and Twelfth National People's Congress.

Shaolin Monastery Temple is an important religious and cultural institution, both in China and internationally.

Shaolin Monastery monks come to the centers to teach Buddhist classics, martial arts, meditation, etc.

Shaolin Monastery Temple has developed numerous complementary cultural aspects that permeate and mutually reinforce each other and are inseparable, when it comes to presenting the temple's material and intangible cultural heritage.

Shaolin Monastery culture is rooted in Mahayana Buddhism, while the practice of Chan is its nucleus and finally, the martial arts, traditional medicine, and art are its manifestations.

Shaolin Monastery community invests great effort in safeguarding, developing, and innovating its heritage.

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Shaolin Monastery has developed activities related to the international promotion of its cultural heritage.