As the famous setting of countless Kung Fu movies, the original Shaolin Temple of China was brought back from near-destruction by a Jet Li movie.

Bare-handed martial arts existed in China long before the fifth century and likely arrived at Shaolin with ex-soldiers seeking refuge. For much of its history, the temple was essentially a wealthy ...

making it the biggest pagoda forest in China. The forest stands at the foot of Shaoshi Mountain about half a kilometer west of Shaolin Temple and is composed of pagodas dating from 791 to 1803.

These young kids are masters of Shaolin Kungfu ... many are sent to the temple to start their training. We visited the place in central China’s Henan province to see what a day is like for ...

Performers from the Shaolin Temple perform kung fu for guests at the 2025 Spring Festival reception hosted by the Chinese ...

Mural of two kung fu fighters at Shaolin Temple, China In China, a more common name for martial arts is wushu, from wu, “going into battle with a weapon on your shoulder” and shu ...

China has nearly 400,000 known unmovable cultural ... Major renovation of the 1,500-year-old Shaolin Temple in Henan Province began in February 2004. According to a program launched in 2005 ...

The story of a six year old boy from Phoenix Arizona whose dreams of becoming a Kungfu master lead him to the birthplace of martial arts the legendary Shaolin Temple in China His father must now ...

A real-life 'kung fu kid' has become an online sensation after going viral on TikTok for training to become a Shaolin monk in Henan, China. 25-year-old Sacha Wenk enrolled as a full-time student at ...

In November 1976, the United Arab Emirates was on a date with the birth of the Emirates News Agency, as a news and knowledge ...