Shaolin Monastery
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The Shaolin Monastery or Shaolin Temple is a temple at Song mountain of Dengfeng, near Zhengzhou City, Henan Province, China. Now it is led by abbot Venerable abbot Shi Yǒngxìn.
It was founded in the 6th century and became the Holy Ground of Kung Fu. Now it is the Mahayana Buddhist monastery perhaps best known to the Western world.
Shaolin Monastery Media
The major public parking lot, just south of the bus stop
Shaolin Monastery Stele on Mount Song (皇唐嵩岳少林寺碑), erected in AD 728
