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Shaolin Temple is situated on
Songshan,the Central Mountain of China.Built in the Northern Wei Dynasty
more than 1500 years ago,it is China's most famous Buddhist temple.It
is not only the celebrated birthplace of the Chinese version of Buddhism------Chan
sect or Zen,But also the fountainhead of the world-renowned Shaolin Martial
Arts.
Shaolin
Temple has always been renowned as the"No.1 Buddhist
Temple in China".Situated between green hills and clear waters,with
its magnificent temple building and gorgeous forest of pagodas,Shaolin
Teemple is especially captivating in its scenery.
The monks of Shaolin Temple are proficint at Shaolin martial arts and
Shaolin gongfu or wushu is
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now well-known all over the world."Chinese
gongfu ranks highest in the world and gongfu all over the world originates
in Shaolin."
Now numerous wushu schools have been set up here
around Shaolin Temple.The nummer of students practicing wushu here is
surely larger than in any other place in the world.the world's largest
wushu school----"Shaolin Temple Tagou Wushu School" is situated
right here.
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