Tell me about Shaolin Temple.

Shaolin temple has the reputation of "Zen ancestral hall, the first temple in the world"; It is the ancestral home of Zen in China, located in Shaoshi Mountain, west of Dengfeng City, Henan Province. During the Northern and Southern Dynasties, the Buddhist monk Tianzhu went to China to practice, which was well received by Emperor Xiaowen of the Northern Wei Dynasty. In the 20th year of Taihe (496), a temple was built for the Buddha on Shaoshi Mountain to provide food and clothing. The temple is located in the forest of Shaoshi Mountain, hence the name Shaolin. According to Buddhist legend, Dharma, the ancestor of Zen Buddhism, taught scholars in China with four volumes of Lengga Sutra, then crossed the river and lived in the inner wall of the temple for nine years, spreading the wisdom of Buddhism. Since then, Shaolin Zen master has been able to carry forward and spread at home and abroad. In the third year of Jiande in the Northern Zhou Dynasty (574), the Buddha was forbidden by Emperor Wu, and the temple was destroyed. Elephant was rebuilt in and renamed as Buddhist Temple, and Hui Yuan, Hongzun, etc. 120 people were called "Bodhisattvas and Monks". Daxing Buddhism in Sui Dynasty issued an order to restore the name of Shaolin, giving Baiguwu a hundred hectares of fertile land and becoming a big Buddhist temple in the north. In the early Tang Dynasty, when the king of Qin wiped out the separatist forces, he was assisted by monks, so Shaolin monks became famous. Emperor Gaozong and Wu Zetian often visited this temple, and they were richly rewarded. During the reign of Tang Huichang, Buddhism was banned by Wuzong, and most temples were destroyed. By the end of the Tang Dynasty and the Five Dynasties, temples gradually declined. It was slightly repaired in the Song Dynasty. In the first year of the Qing dynasty (13 12), the sai-jo appointed Shaolin, the abbot of Fuyu, as the third division of Datong Kaifu, to take charge of all the monasteries in Songshan. At that time, Chinese and foreign monks gathered together to practice martial arts and worship Buddha, and there were often about 2,000 monks. At the end of Yuan Dynasty, when the peasants revolted, the Red Scarf Army was at least in the forest, and all the monks ran away. In the Ming Dynasty, eight emperors became monks in the temple, and the scale of the temple was developed after repeated imperial edicts and major repairs. Emperors Kangxi, Yongzheng and Qianlong of the Qing Dynasty were also very concerned about Shaolin Temple, or wrote books, set up plaques or visited the temple. 1928, many buildings, Buddha statues and artifacts such as the Heavenly King Hall and the Ursa Major Hall were destroyed by soldiers. There are a mountain gate, a living room, a Dharma Pavilion, a White House, a Hall of the King of Earth Hidden and a Hall of Thousand Buddhas in the temple. There are 500 Pilu murals in the Thousand-Buddha Hall during the Luohan period in the Ming Dynasty. Next to the temple is Tallinn, which was built in the seventh year of Tang Zhenyuan (79 1). There are more than 220 pagodas, as well as Chu Zu 'an and Zu Er 'an, and nearby Tang Faru Pagoda, Tongguang Pagoda, Fahua Pagoda of the Five Dynasties and Yuan Gong Pagoda of Yuanyuan. There are many stone tablets preserved in the temple since the Tang Dynasty, such as the inscriptions of Shaolin by Emperor Taizong, poems by Wu Zetian, Tan Jie, Shaolin Temple, Lingyun stupa, Buddhist monks in Gong Yu, Daoxing by Buddhist monks in Xi 'an, and the monument to the Japanese monk Zongdaochen established in recent years. The temple has been repaired and built repeatedly in recent years, and the ancient temple is even more amazing. The existing buildings are Tallinn, Chuzuyang, Erzuan and Damodang, and they are often hospitalized and nearby.

Shaolin Temple is often hospitalized in the north bank of Shaoxi River in Dengfeng, Henan. This temple is magnificent. From the mountain gate to the Thousand Buddha Hall, * * * enters the courtyard with a total area of 30,000 square meters. The main entrance of the mountain gate is a three-room-wide single-eaves building, which is located on the top of the mountain. It is located on a 2-meter-high brick platform with hard mountain gates and splayed walls on the left and right sides. The overall configuration is high and low, which is very imposing. On the forehead, there are three characters of "Shaolin Temple" personally mentioned by Emperor Kangxi of Qing Dynasty, which adds a splendid scenery.

As soon as I entered the mountain gate, Maitreya was enshrined in the niche, with a big belly and a big smile. He is called "the Buddha with a big belly" and "the Buddha with a high heart". Behind the shrine stands a woodcarving statue of Wei Tuo, the patron saint of Shaolin Temple. After crossing the mountain gate, it is the tunnel, and the stone tablets on both sides are like forests, so it is called the forest of steles. Hammer spectrum hall is located on the west side of Shanmen forest of steles. There are clay sculptures and wood carvings in it, which show the occurrence, development and great achievements of Shaolin Wushu.

Tianwang Temple, which passes through the forest of steles, is a temple with three-fold eaves resting on the top of the mountain. There are two donkey kong outside and four statues of heavenly kings inside, which is very terrible.

Through the king's hall, followed by the Hall of Ursa Major. There are Buddha statues such as Sakyamuni, Amitabha and Pharmacist in the temple, with Guanyin statue hanging behind the screen wall and eighteen arhats standing on both sides. There is a sutra depository behind the Hall of Great Heroes, where monks and nuns hold scriptures. There is a big iron bell in the aisle in front of the temple, which was cast in the Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty and weighed about 650 kilograms. To the southeast of the pavilion is the meditation room, where monks meditate, and the opposite west meditation room is the hall responsible for receiving guests.

After passing the Dharma Hall, I went to the abbot's room, where the abbot lived and served as the director. Ganlong once crossed Luoshui to Shaolin Temple in the west, where he lived and wrote a poem: "See Zhongyue tomorrow and live in Shaolin tonight. Peace of mind depends on six Zen, and the temple is deep in Qian Shan. The ancient style of the tree lingers, and the earth spirit turns cloudy at dusk. I should teach the banyan tree to rain and send me to the night window to sing. " There is a bronze dharma statue presented by Japan 1980. On the east side is a bronze statue of Maitreya Buddha, with eight Buddhist monks and crossing the river with a reed. The Dharma Pavilion behind the abbot's room is a temple-style building with a single eaves. According to legend, the second ancestor Hui Ke stood in front of Dharma and Brokeback Buddha. The East Attached Hall is located on the west side of Dharma Pavilion, and was rebuilt at 1983. There are "South Amitabha Buddha" and "Famian Shadow Stone" stone statues in the temple.

The Thousand Buddha Hall, also known as Pilu Pavilion, is dedicated to the Buddha statue of Pilu (Sakyamuni), covering an area of several hundred square meters, and is the largest existing temple in the temple. In addition, there is a white house on the east side of Qianfo Temple and a basement courtyard on the west side, both of which are famous and worth visiting.

Shaolin Temple is also rich in cultural relics. Precious stone inscriptions are preserved in the temple, such as the Tang Tian Hou Yu Stone Tablet inscribed by Wu Zetian.

Not far from the west of Shaolin Temple is the largest Tallinn in China. These pagodas are the tombs of Shaolin Temple monks in past dynasties, with more than 230 pagodas, covering an area of about 2 1 000 square meters. Ancient pagodas have different architectural styles due to different architectural ages. They are elegant in shape and exquisite in stone carving. Most of the inscriptions on pagodas involve information about ancient Chinese and foreign cultural exchanges and Shaolin martial arts.

From Tallinn to NATO 1000 meters, you will arrive at Chuzu Temple. It faces the valley on three sides and has five breasts on its back. The scenery is elegant and beautiful. It is the oldest and most valuable wooden structure building in Henan Province, built to commemorate the Dharma face wall. There are exquisite reliefs around eaves columns, inner columns, stone carvings under walls and altars. There is a statue of Dharma in the shrine of the Hall of Great Heroes.

Starting from the ancestral temple, climb the Wuru Peak along the mountain road, and you can get to the Dharma Cave. There are four stone statues of Dharma and his disciples in the cave. There is a stone archway built in Wanli period of Ming Dynasty outside the cave. It is said that Dharma has been here for ten years. Because of his profound kung fu, his figures were printed on rocks, leaving a legendary "shadow stone". Premier Zhou Enlai's poem "Ten Years of Great Wall is not a hero" comes from this allusion.

Climbing southwest from Shaolin Temple, there is a Buddhist temple on the top of the mountain, which is the second ancestral temple. According to legend, Hui Ke, the second ancestor of Zen Buddhism, learned Buddhism from Dharma and recovered his wounds here after his broken arm was handed down from generation to generation. There are four wells in front of the temple, which are said to have been dug by Hui Ke. These four wells are very close, but the water tastes different. They are called "Zhuoxijing", and the locals also call them "four wells of bitterness, spicy, sour and sweet". For the world, there is no better temperament than Buddha. The most striking feature of Buddha is good cultivation and good temper. Welcome Buddha to welcome home, you want me to come, I will come at your call to send Buddha to the west, and you let me drift away, fully showing the mentality of gathering and leaving.

It was the era of Emperor Han Ming in the East. In the dead of night, Ming Di dreamed that golden gods were flying around the palace. They fly around like golden birds. That night, Ming Di's dream is transparent. When he went to court the next day, Ming Di told the courtiers. Everyone is a little confused. A minister named Guo Yi stood up and said that this man of God should be the Buddha of the West.

On this day, the biggest agenda of the early dynasty was to decide to send people to India to pray for Buddha. After coming back from India with the Ambassador of the Han Dynasty, she was photographed by Morten and Zhu Falan, and there were a lot of Buddhist scriptures and statues. Indian monks and Buddhist scriptures were carried by white horses, bringing Buddhism from an ancient country to China, and Buddhism took root in another ancient land.

Emperor Han Ming built the White Horse Temple outside Luoyang West Yong Men for two people to translate the scriptures. Baima Temple is the first Buddhist temple in China. Che Ling, a poet in the Tang Dynasty, said in the first sentence that "after coming to Baima Temple, monks arrived in the Red Year" that Buddhism was new to Baima Temple, and the next sentence said that Buddhism was carried forward in the South during the Three Kingdoms period.

At the White Horse Temple, they knocked on wooden fish and looked up. They saw the towering mountains in the southeast and the smoke from them, so they called Ming Di and sent someone to accompany them to another quiet place to rebuild the monk's monastery. Monks and their party set foot on this sacred land of Song Yue.

At the southern foot of Taishi Mountain, there is a long and narrow ravine, where forests and valleys are cool and flowing springs are gurgling. There are two peaks standing side by side in the east, among which there is no door, which is called Songmen by the locals. Every Mid-Autumn Festival, the villagers will burn incense and sit quietly in the dusk, waiting for the moon to come out. A moment later, a bright moon rose from the Ran Ran between Songmen, and the silver light was sprinkled in the empty valley, and everything was condensed on the cliff. This scene is called "Song Men Looking at the Moon", which is the first scene of Song Yue.

Moved by it, the two monks decided to "face Nanling and build a platform here; Build a lecture hall by the north hill; Take the abbot next to the dangerous peak; Liu, set up a monk's room. "The temple was built in the 14th year of Yongping in the Eastern Han Dynasty, that is, 7 1 year. Emperor Hanming named it "Oriental Great Fawang Temple", three years later than Baima Temple, which is also the second Buddhist temple in China.

Morton and Zhu Falan took photos in this middle-earth treasure hall. They meditated and translated the sermon. Following the 11th year of Yongping, they completed the first Chinese translation of Forty-two Chapters Sutra by China in Baima Temple, and then successively translated several early Hinayana Buddhist classics such as King Sutra of Songshan. Emperor Han Ming believed in Buddhism. After the completion of the Great Fawang Temple, Ming Di and his party went to the Dojo for many times to listen to the scriptures and worship Buddha, because Songshan Mountain is in the capital and convenient for transportation. Ming Di also ordered that newly appointed officials, regardless of their positions, must listen to Confucian classics at Wang Dafa Temple before taking office.

Buddhism, like a seed floating from the west, first took root and sprouted between Song and Luo.

At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, Mahayana Buddhism was introduced to Luo Song. "Take" is take, Hinayana Buddhism talks about self-liberation, and Mahayana Buddhism talks about universal salvation. In addition to different purposes, Mahayana is also relatively simple in the way of practice. With the introduction of Mahayana Buddhist scriptures, the influence of Buddhism began to spread to the people. During the Three Kingdoms period, the first official monk of Han nationality in the history of Buddhism in China was born in Luo Song. He is Zhu Shixing.

Born in Yingchuan, at the southern foot of Songshan Mountain, Zhu Shixing became a monk in Luo Song and devoted himself to spreading Buddhist teachings and studying Buddhist theories. At that time, the popular Mahayana classic was relatively simple in nature, and many viewpoints were not clear. Therefore, he "died to seek greater benefits", and set out from Luo Song in the fifth year of Wei Ganlu, and began his feat of going west.

In Khotan, Zhu Shihang copied 90 Sanskrit versions of Prajna Sutra. After three years of Taikang in the Western Jin Dynasty, he sent ten disciples, including Fu Rutan, to escort the Prajna Sutra back to Luoyang. 10 years later, Zhu Shulan, a Tianzhu monk who is proficient in Sanskrit and Chinese, and Wu Ricardo Roberto Barreto da Rocha, a well-learned monk in the western regions, translated it into the Light Prajna Sutra, with a total of 20 volumes.

When the Brilliant Prajna Sutra was very popular in the Han Dynasty, Zhu Shihang was still in Khotan and died at the age of 80. Master Liang Biography says that when he died, he was out of phase. After cremation, "the salary is exhausted, and the body still exists." After reading the spell, the skeleton was broken, and his disciples collected the bones and built a tower to support him. In the 20th year of Taihe in the Northern Wei Dynasty, in 496 AD, a temple stood in the silent forest at the northern foot of Shaoshi Mountain, which became the famous Shaolin Temple. Shaolin Temple was built by Emperor Xiaowen of the Northern Wei Dynasty, Justin, to solve the fate of the Indian monk Batu. But Shaolin Temple is famous all over the world because of another Indian monk, bodhidharma.

More than 30 years after the Shaolin Temple was built, that is, three years after Xiaochang in the Northern Wei Dynasty, Dharma took the trouble to cross the sea from Nantianzhu to Dongtu, and began the spread of Zen in China.

When people talk about Zen, they often use a school of "local scenery" to express their impressions of Zen. The cultural origin of Buddhism is in India, and Zen is a unique Buddhist sect in China. Its cultural origin is in Songshan Mountain and Shaolin Temple, and it is known as the ancestral home of Zen Buddhism.

Dharma first arrived in Jinling, and after a month, he came to Yongning Temple, only to see the nine-level pagoda "Jin Pan Yao Yun Biao; Baoduo contains wind and rings out of the sky; It's amazing to sing and admire. " He claimed to be alive 150 years old and traveled around the world. He has never seen such a beautiful temple as Yongning Temple. It is really the realm of Buddhism. So, Dharma sang "South Nothing", folded his hands and praised constantly, and he had already given his heart to Luo Song.

After leaving Yongning Temple, Dharma came to Shaolin Temple in Songshan, dozens of miles away, and lived here for a long time, facing the wall all day long. The wall seems to be a reflection on the source, and it seems to be a silent call and a long wait.

At this time, there was a monk named Shen Guang in Songshan, who heard that the founder of Dharma lived in Shaolin Temple and went to pay his respects.

Dharma sat on the wall, noncommittal. Shen Guang was not discouraged. He thought to himself, "The ancients went through difficulties and obstacles in seeking the Tao and endured what ordinary people could not stand. The ancients still did this. What virtue can I have? Encourage yourself! " It's very cold in winter, and the sky is full of snow. As night falls, the divine light still stands motionless outside the temple, and the snow in the morning has not yet reached his knees. Dharma then asked, "What do you want after standing in the snow for a long time?" God burst into tears and said, "I only hope that the monk will be merciful and preach for me." Buddhism is worried that the divine light is only impulsive, difficult to last, and a little hesitant. Shen Guang understood Dharma's idea, so he cut off his left arm with a sharp knife and put it in front of Dharma. Dharma kept him around and named him Hui Ke. Li Xueting in Shaolin Temple was built to commemorate the story of Hui Ke's broken arm seeking dharma.

Dharma, the Zen master, awarded Hui Ke four volumes of Shurangama Sutra, and Hui Ke was the second-generation founder of Dongtu Zen in the future. Since then, Zen has been handed down in China.

Zen didn't become a sect in its birthplace, but after it was introduced into Luosong, it became the continuous mainstream sect of Buddhism in China. One of the important reasons for the long spread of Zen is the simplicity of its teachings and practice methods. In the process of internal teaching and transmission of Buddhism, dogmatism and formalization will inevitably occur. If we only pay attention to textual research without grasping the spirit, we will lose the soul of the theory. In view of this biased tendency, Zen Buddhism put forward the purpose of "teaching people, not making statements, pointing directly at people's hearts and treating nature as Buddha". The so-called "teaching without preaching" means that there are teaching methods outside the canon. The simplicity of Zen is reflected in the thought of "seeing nature and becoming a Buddha".

Zen is "meditation", and Buddhism calls it meditation. Buddhism puts forward a new method of meditation, negates the hierarchical level and repeated practice of Indian Buddhism, and advocates that everyone has Buddha nature, that is, "nature", everyone has innate wisdom to become a Buddha, that is, "Bodhi", and everyone can become a Buddha by awakening Buddha nature, although it is difficult to know when he suddenly realized it. The reason why all beings can't become Buddhas is because they are unaware of their own nature. Once you "get rid of the fog and see the sky clearly", you can see your true nature. You are the Buddha and turn the Buddha into an ordinary person.

When Zen spread to the Tang Dynasty, the sixth ancestor Huineng put forward an epiphany, saying that even meditation was exempted. He believes that epiphany does not require leaving real life. "Growing up in the Dojo is the feeling of the heart and the sea of nature" and "fetching water and firewood is nothing more than a wonderful way", which can lead to enlightenment in daily work and life. Shaolin kungfu originated from the daily life of monks. According to legend, Huiguang, a disciple of Bosto, was able to kick shuttlecock 500 times by the well when he was twelve years old. It's dangerous to kick shuttlecock in the well. You may fall into the well before you get home. Many moves of Shaolin Kungfu are refined by monks inspired by their daily work, such as carrying water, sweeping the floor, firewood and burning fire. The deepest kung fu is actually the most common kung fu.

Yijinjing, known as the source of Shaolin kungfu, records a kind of kungfu to dredge human meridians and strengthen muscles and bones. Dharma uses the method of observing the wall to participate in meditation. If you sit still for a long time, you will inevitably feel sleepy. You should always get up and exercise your muscles. According to legend, after Dharma left, Shaolin monks found an iron box in the cave. There is no lock on the box, but it won't open. As soon as the clever monk baked it with fire, the iron box was opened. The original iron box was sealed with wax to prevent water vapor erosion. There are two books in the tin box, one is Yijin Jing and the other is Shui Mu Jing, both in Sanskrit.

At that time, only the second ancestor Hui Ke in Shaolin Temple really understood Sanskrit. Hui Ke left Yijinjing in Shaolin and traveled around the world with Yijinjing himself.

There are also some monks in the temple who know a little about Sanskrit. You translated them and practiced according to law, so that Shaolin kung fu was a dime a dozen later. Later, a monk took Yijinjing to Emei Mountain and saw the secret of Tianzhu monk. With the help of universal secret truth, Yijinjing was published in Chinese. When Hui Ke came back from his trip, he brought back his own translation of "The Sutra of Baptism". When we compare the two, we find that Yijin Jing and Shui Mu Jing are integrated. Since Yijinjing came out, Shaolin monks have been closely related to meditation and martial arts.

In the early years of the Tang Dynasty, Shaolin Temple had a team of monks and soldiers who were brave and good at fighting. During the Wude period, monks from Shaolin Temple helped the Tang King to pacify the King. After the founding of the People's Republic of Li Tang, they chartered Shaolin Temple to practice monk soldiers, who could stand on their own feet and never leave wine and meat. They are commonly known as "five monks". Later dynasties got used to each other. In the early years of the Yuan Dynasty, the abbot of Shaolin Temple was made a Duke of Jin by Kublai Khan of Yuan Shizu, who was famous for his martial arts.

Song Yue Linshan was born with a Buddha. In the 20th year of Emperor Wendi, in 600 AD, a generation of eminent monk Xuanzang was quietly born in Chenhe Village, Gou Town, at the northern foot of Songshan Mountain. During the Sui and Tang Dynasties, Buddhist sects in China were founded one after another. Xuanzang studied Buddhism, introduced it into various Confucian classics in China, and found opinions in it. This kind of disagreement and argument "for hundreds of years, no craftsman decided" will be decided by Xuanzang. He also chose Zhu Shixing's road of seeking dharma westward, and thought of the Indian theory of seeking the land of yogis to unify hundred schools of thought. Xuanzang went through all kinds of hardships and finally arrived at the Naranda Temple, the Buddhist center of India-Shecheng King of Mojiatuo, and studied Taoism from the host for five years, becoming one of the top ten virtues of mastering the Fifty Classics. In 645 AD, in the 19th year of Zhenguan in the Tang Dynasty, Xuanzang returned to Chang 'an, where hundreds of thousands of people greeted him and competed to witness the favor of Tang Priest. Since then, Xuanzang 19 has translated 75 Buddhist scriptures, 133 1 volume. And completed the geographical masterpiece "Datang Western Regions".

Because of Xuanzang, some people thought of the twilight drums and morning bells that were far away and near. They passed by Xuanzang and stared back. They saw the elegant back of the Tang Dynasty. Shaolin Temple became famous in the early years of the Tang Dynasty. There are currently 13 monks in Shaolin Temple. In the battle against the king, they cleared the way for Shaolin Temple and made great contributions. Li Shimin, Emperor Taizong of Tang Dynasty, later named Tan Zong, a monk, as a general, and specially authorized Shaolin Temple monks to practice monk soldiers, kill and kill, and eat wine and meat. There is a> in the temple that describes this history. Due to the strong support of the imperial court, Shaolin Temple has developed into a famous Buddhist temple at home and abroad, and won the title of "the first temple in the world". By the Song Dynasty, Shaolin Wushu had been greatly improved, and there were more than 2,000 monks in the temple. Shaolin Temple reached its peak in Ming Dynasty and began to decline in Qing Dynasty.

At the foot of the mountain about 300 meters west of Shaolin Temple, there is a Tallinn, which has been the burial place of the abbot of Shaolin Temple since the Tang Dynasty, with more than 250 seats. This is the largest Tallinn in China. Towers vary in size and shape, and most of them have carvings and inscriptions, which reflect the architectural styles of various eras and are a treasure house for studying ancient masonry buildings and carving art in China.

There are also many precious cultural relics preserved in Shaolin Temple. The "Shaolin Temple" plaque hanging on the forehead of the mountain gate was written by Emperor Kangxi of the Qing Dynasty. There are dozens of stone tablets standing in the corridor behind the mountain gate and the east-west pony road, which is called Shaolin Temple Forest of Steles. Two of the inscriptions were written by Japanese Zen monks studying in China.

After Dengfeng, walk more than 10 kilometers to the parking lot of Shaolin Temple, and then walk 10 minutes (you can also take the electric bus at your own expense 10 yuan) to arrive at Shaolin Temple. Sightseeing activities on the same day: mainly visit Shaolin Temple, Tallinn, Shaolin Wushu Hall, Shifang Temple (500 Luohantang) and visit Damodang, Chuzu Temple, Zu Er Temple and san huang Zhai in the afternoon.

Shaolin Temple has a long history and was founded in the 19th year of Taihe in the Northern Wei Dynasty (495). Thirty-two years later, the famous Indian monk Dharma came to Shaolin Temple to give a lecture on Zen. Later, the temple gradually expanded and the number of monks increased, and Shaolin Temple became famous. Dharma is called the ancestral hall of Zen in China, and Shaolin Temple is called the ancestral hall of Zen. The meditation method of meditation is called "wall view", which means sitting quietly facing the wall. Because sitting cross-legged for a long time, it is very easy to get tired, so monks practice martial arts to relieve drowsiness. So Shaolin Boxing was created by Dharma. Shaolin Temple became famous in the early years of the Tang Dynasty. Shaolin Temple monks Huichang, Tanzong, Zhijian, etc. 13 people made great contributions to the crusade against Wang Li. Li Shimin, Emperor Taizong of Tang Dynasty, later named Tan Zong, a monk, as a general, and specially authorized Shaolin Temple monks to practice monk soldiers, kill and kill, and eat wine and meat. There is a tablet given by Emperor Taizong to the Bishop of Shaolin Temple in Gao, which describes this history. Due to the strong support of North Korea, Shaolin Temple has developed into a famous Buddhist temple at home and abroad, and won the title of "the first temple in the world". By the Song Dynasty, Shaolin Wushu had been greatly improved, and there were more than 2,000 monks in the temple. Shaolin Temple reached its peak in Ming Dynasty and began to decline in Qing Dynasty.

1673, Shaolin Temple sent people to the war to help Emperor Kangxi win a war. But later Kangxi ordered the Mongolian Eight Banners to attack Shaolin Temple, which was razed to the ground. Five monks escaped and were said to have joined the Heaven and Earth Society.

In its heyday, Shaolin Temple entered the hospital seven times, with a large scale. Unfortunately, in 1928, warlords scuffled, and warlords Shi Yousan and Chiyan Temple destroyed the main buildings such as the King of Heaven Hall, Mahayana Hall, Fatang Hall and Bell Tower. Many precious Tibetan scriptures, temple records, boxing scores, etc. Turn to ashes. At present, there are still buildings such as mountain gates, snow pavilions and thousand Buddha halls. Other buildings are being repaired.

There is a bronze statue of Pilu Buddha in the Thousand Buddha Hall, so it is also called Pilu Hall. There are also more than 20 potholes with a diameter of about 4.5 cm on the brick floor of the temple, which are the foot pits left by monks when they practiced boxing and martial arts. The distribution of Fiona Fang's footpoints is not large, but linear, which is a witness of the monks' hard training, and also shows the so-called "bending without bending, straight without straight" characteristics of Shaolin Boxing. There are murals of Shaolin boxing spectrum painted on three walls on the east side of the Thousand Buddha Hall, which are about 20 meters long, vividly showing the scene of Shaolin Temple monks practicing boxing and martial arts. At the foot of the mountain about 300 meters west of Shaolin Temple, there is a Tallinn, which has been the burial place of the abbot of Shaolin Temple since the Tang Dynasty, with more than 250 seats. This is the largest Tallinn in China. Towers vary in size. There are many carvings and inscriptions in different shapes, which reflect the architectural styles of different times. It is a treasure house for studying ancient brick architecture and carving art in China. There are also many precious cultural relics preserved in Shaolin Temple. The "Shaolin Temple" plaque hanging on the forehead of the mountain gate was written by Emperor Kangxi of the Qing Dynasty. There are dozens of stone tablets standing in the corridor behind the mountain gate and the east-west pony road, which is called Shaolin Temple Forest of Steles. Two of the inscriptions were written by Japanese Zen monks studying in China.

How many are there in Shaolin Temple?

How many Shaolin temples are there in China? According to the statistics of Shaolin Temple data set published in Beijing, * * * is A. There are really seven: Dengfeng, Taiyuan, Jizhou, Chang 'an, Helin, Luoyang and Quanzhou. False three, in Fuzhou, Shandong and Taiwan Province provinces. Of course, "Kung Fu is the best in the world" is the Shaolin Temple in Songshan, Henan Province, with a plaque inscribed by Emperor Kangxi.