The Travel Guide to Shaolin Temple
Planning a trip to the legendary Shaolin Temple? This ultimate guide covers all routes from Zhengzhou, Luoyang, and Beijing, plus insider tips for Kung Fu pilgrims and tourists.

Planning a trip to the legendary Shaolin Temple? This ultimate guide covers all routes from Zhengzhou, Luoyang, and Beijing, plus insider tips for Kung Fu pilgrims and tourists.

The history of qigong as a harmonious complex, promoting healing and prolonging life, counts more than 1500 years. It is believed that the treatise on breathing techniques and exercises for the concentration of the consciousness has left the father of Zen Buddhism, the Indian monk Bodhidharma after 9 years of meditation in the Songshan mountains…

Since then, as Shaolin stopped belong only to the monks and became the property of the Republic of China, as well as the object of pilgrimage for thousands of tourists, the nearby town of Danfan turned into center for the development of martial arts Shaolin style, as well as psychophysical practices: qigong, taichi and others….

Shifu Shi Yanji (释延极, shì yán jí), he is the Abbot of the temple of the white rabbit in the city of Xuchang, Henan province took him from the folklore. In ancient times, in the area of Xuchang was a severe drought and plague. Locals with good will went to the temple to pray for…

Where to train? Is it enough for mastering kung fu to find a master In my city? How to train correctly? Does the price of kung fu training depend on master level? If you are studying materials about our school, trying to take deciding where to train, then you know that Shaolin kung fu is…

You have decided that kung fu classes in Shaolin — what you need? Your path lies in Dengfeng. The town of Dengfeng (登封, dēngfēng) is located in the Central part of China, in Henan province and lies at the foot of one of the five sacred mountains of China — Songshan (嵩山; sōngshān), on its…

Traditional kung fu includes a set of practices, physical and spiritual. And there is no physical progress if the inner and outer do not develop together. Historically, the spiritual components of the Chinese martial arts include qigong, meditation, breathing practices, concentration exercises, calligraphy and language learning. At any Shaolin Kung Fu school the opportunity to…

98% of people have an idea of kung fu based on films or the Shaolin show, but this is only an external, staged picture that has little in common with the real possibilities of this martial art. Kung Fu is not a sport of the highest achievements, it is not a sport in the traditional…

We are used to evaluating the meaning of sports achievements through external attributes and achieving goals that are measured by generally accepted norms. Chinese martial artists have not yet been able to explain what Wushu is in terms familiar to Europeans, and not only because there are no exact correspondences in other languages. Wushu is…

…20th century martial arts and kung fu, the emergence and popularization of sports Wushu made it available to all and the term “exercise” in sports Wushu — not the concept that was laid down traditionally.

Do not rush to buy a ticket or look for a “service” how to get the Shaolin Temple. Look for your master. Even if you speak Chinese, you are in good fit and sincerely want to master traditional kung fu, it’s not means that you will be accepted as students with open arms. “Open the…

Traditional Shaolin kung fu was historically not had stages, levels, grades and any certificates and diplomas, artificially marking skill of the student. The kung fu fighter never competed with those with whom studied together. He always tried to be above themselves yesterday and compared their achievements only with what he had learned in hour, day,…
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