Shaolin Introduction

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Shaolin Temple Introduction

Shaolin Temple, built in the 19th year of Taihe in the Northern Wei Dynasty (495), was built by Emperor Xiaowen of the Northern Wei Dynasty to accommodate the Indian monk Batuo.
Shaolin Temple is the ancestral home of Chinese Zen Buddhism, the source of Zen culture, and a holy place of Kung Fu. It is a world cultural heritage, a national key cultural relic protection unit, a national key ancient book protection unit, and a unit on the Chinese Archives and Documents Heritage List (fifth batch). It is applying for the World Memory Asia-Pacific Region List.
Shaolin Temple has a unique and milestone important historical and cultural status in the history of Chinese Buddhism and Chinese culture. The Chinese Buddhist Zen founded by it is the Chinese Buddhist sect with the most profound influence on Chinese culture. It is one of the main symbols of the "Sinicization" of Buddhism and the "three religions confluence" of Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism to form Chinese culture.

Shaolin culture

Shaolin culture is a unique cultural phenomenon and huge cultural system created by successive generations of Shaolin monks in the specific historical environment of the Central Plains and the religious environment and geographical environment of Songshan, with the Zen culture of Chinese Han Mahayana Buddhism as the core, and with Zen meditation, Zen martial arts, Zen medicine, Zen art, etc. as the expression form. It is the cultural system of Shaolin Temple that makes Buddhism Chinese, spiritual, artistic, life-oriented, human-oriented, modernized and globalized.

The mission and vision of Shaolin culture

Shaolin culture, adhering to the Chinese Buddhist concept of compassion and the equality of all beings, takes "self-benefit and benefiting others, saving the world and saving people" as its original intention, "Buddhist faith" as its bond, "Zen culture" as its core, and takes the inheritance, protection, promotion, development and sharing of Shaolin culture, Chinese Buddhist culture and China's excellent traditional culture as its responsibility, purpose and mission.
Shaolin culture, with the Zen wisdom of Chinese Buddhism, the vision of the world and mankind, and the attitude beyond secular utilitarianism, the spirit of "one world, one aspiration, common development and common achievement", takes inheritance, protection, promotion, development and sharing as the "Shaolin cultural development model", and is guided by meeting the spiritual and material needs of domestic and foreign audiences for Shaolin culture, making good connections, "communicating" with the people of the world, and dialogue with other cultures in the world, enhancing mutual recognition and understanding, and establishing and solidifying friendship, in order to form a Shaolin cultural survival and development ecology that adapts to modern society, national society and market economy, enrich, strengthen and develop Shaolin culture and its advantages, and contribute to building a community with a shared future for mankind.

Shaolin Kungfu

Shaolin Kungfu is a method unique to Shaolin Temple. It focuses on the refinement of essence, energy and spirit; integrating body, mind and soul, transcending language and culture, easy to learn and immediate results.
The Shaolin monks have brought the culture of "unity of Zen and martial arts" to more than 100 countries on six continents. They not only promote the intangible cultural heritage of Shaolin, but also contribute to the purpose of compassion, health and harmony for the whole society as a way of life, benefiting all beings, building good relations, and winning the respect and friendship of different religious and ethnic groups around the world.

Shaolin Kungfu Duanpin System

The Shaolin Kungfu Duan Pin System is divided into two series: "Duanwei" and "Pinjie". "Duan" is a section of things or time, usually referring to a part or stage, and "Duanwei" is the position in a certain stage. "Pin" has the meanings of quality, conduct, character, integrity, and morality, and "Pinjie" refers to the rank in the system. "Duanwei" is from low to high in the order of 1st Duan, 2nd Duan, 3rd Duan, 4th Duan, 5th Duan, 6th Duan, 7th Duan, 8th Duan, and 9th Duan; "Pinjie" is from low to high in the order of 1st Pin, 2nd Pin, 3rd Pin, 4th Pin, 5th Pin, 6th Pin, 7th Pin, 8th Pin, and 9th Pin.