Posts Tagged With: shaolin temple
UNESCO World Heritage Sites in China (Part Two)
There are so many UNESCO World Heritage Sites in China (41 to be exact) that I broke them up into two posts. To read part on, click here. And now, where was I? Oh yeah, number… 22. Dazu Rock Carving in Chongqing – China doesn’t seem to have any shortage of monks carved on the &hellip Continue reading
Categories: China, Chinese Culture, Traveling
Tags: Carvings, Grottoes, Hingcun, mountains, Pandas, shaolin temple, UNESCO World heritage Sites, west lake, xidi
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Kicking Ass at the Shaolin Temple
I’ve never taken a kung fu class (or karate) and I’ve only seen one Bruce Lee flick yet I have always wanted to go to Shaolin Temple. I’ve read Matthew Polly’s book about training at Shaolin (twice) and even he desribes it as touristy and yet I and have always imagined it as a serene &hellip Continue reading
Categories: China, Chinese Culture, Traveling
Tags: henan, kung fu, monks, shaolin temple, temple
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