Of course we Chinese! Legend has it that he is the founder of Bodhidharma...

Shaolin martial arts is the most representative, most cultural connotation, most religious and cultural heritage, the most complete system, the most authoritative, and the most popular Chinese martial arts. A mysterious school of Chinese martial arts, it has undoubtedly become the mainstream school of Chinese martial arts.

According to legend, the famous Patriarch Bodhidharma created the Shaolin Kung Fu school through words and deeds during his ten years of practicing facing the wall of the "Shaolin Temple". Shaolin Kung Fu also had profound humanistic and cultural connotations from the beginning, and was capable of self-cultivation. , the martial virtue of benevolent human nature and pure inaction. Make the "Zen" and other martial arts of Buddhist culture and philosophy complement each other, and achieve the highest state of "you among me" and "you among others".

What is unexpected is that in the early 1980s, a movie "Shaolin Temple" became a sensation at home and abroad. A wave of Shaolin martial arts craze spread throughout China, and even foreigners rushed to China to join in the fun and try their skills. Therefore, Shaolin martial arts has reached its peak again and has developed greatly. Around the "Songshan Shaolin Temple" within a radius of dozens of miles, dozens of martial arts schools of various sizes have sprung up like mushrooms after a spring rain. Some of them are even called "academies", with more than thousands of martial arts practitioners. They compete to be named "Shaolin", but unfortunately they are all included in the authentic "Shaolin martial arts".

Shaolin Kung Fu has been invited to perform in many countries such as the United States, Europe, and Southeast Asia. Chinese Kung Fu has fascinated international friends and stunned the audience, who exclaimed in unison: "Incredible! Incredible!". Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom admired his reputation and specially invited Shaolin Kung Fu to perform at Buckingham Palace and treated him as a distinguished guest. Wherever the foreign performances go, there is a "Chinese Kung Fu whirlwind", which makes foreigners crazy and fascinated. They all express their sincere admiration: "The Chinese can always come up with something unexpected. What amazing Chinese people!”

When people mention Chinese Kung Fu, they must call it Shaolin; Shaolin Kung Fu has become a symbol of Chinese martial arts; in 2005, “Shaolin Kung Fu” will be declared a “Masterpiece of Oral and Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity” ".

“What Shaolin Temple declares is ‘Kung Fu’, not martial arts.” Abbot Yongxin said, “Kung Fu is practice and meditation. The real purpose of practicing ‘Kung Fu’ is to completely change a person’s character Quality; the martial arts training of Shaolin monks is a kind of spiritual practice. Only in this sense can the declaration of oral and intangible heritage be valuable."

Abbot Yongxin believes that in the past, we were more focused on it. Learn about Shaolin Kung Fu from a technical and professional perspective, often referred to as "Shaolin Martial Arts". As our understanding continues to improve, we increasingly feel that the term "Shaolin Kung Fu" cannot encompass the rich religious and cultural value accumulated by the Shaolin Temple over its 1,500-year history. Therefore, it is necessary to re-establish the new term "Shaolin Kung Fu" and correctly interpret Shaolin The complete connotation of Kung Fu. Shaolin Kung Fu refers to the traditional Buddhist cultural system that was historically formed in the specific Buddhist cultural environment of the Songshan Shaolin Temple. It takes the belief of King Kinnara as its core, uses the martial arts practiced by the monks of the Shaolin Temple as its form of expression, and fully embodies the wisdom of Zen Buddhism.