Shaolin 2012
Henan Province
Henan (河南 - Hénán - «to the south of the river") - a province in east-central China, one of the cradles of Chinese culture. In the province are the most important archaeological sites: the ancient fortress Peyligan (age - 7000 years), Yangshao (6000 years) and Dahe (5000 years). Over the many thousand-years of history of Chinese civilization more than 20 dynasties established or moved their capitals of their States in Henan. Three of the seven ancient capitals of China are in Henan province - Luoyang, Kaifeng and Anyang. In addition, there are the cultural and historical cities of the state level: Nanyang, Shangqiu and Zhengzhou. Ancient Chinese states - Xia Dynasty (third millennium BC.) and Shang-Yin also originated in the territory of Henan.......in detail . . ..
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Sōng Shān Mountain
Sōng Shān - is one of the five sacred mountains in Chinese Taoism. It is located in Dengfeng district, Henan Province, on the southern shore of the Yellow River. Sōng Shān Mountain is a few peaks that rise to a height of 1,500 meters above sea level. Near mountains locates Luoyang, the "capital of nine dynasties".
The Chinese mythology states about Sōng Shān Mountains: there was a road of an ancient emperor Yu, suppressor of unruly waters. Even before the Buddhist monks, Taoists and hermits settled here, Confucian academies and universities existed here, the famous observatory has survived to our time, and the area was called Shu Yuan - book courtyard. It is also known that in the old days in the Sōng Shān Mountains, there were 72 Temples (some exist even now - monasteries Favansi, Yountaysi, Lienhuasi, Taoist temples Chzhunyuemyao, Laomugun etc.).
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Shaolin Monastery
Shaolin (Shao Lin Si translated from Chinese means "monastery in the forest on the mountain Shao") founded by a group of Buddhist monks led by the Indian teacher Bato in spring 495, on the holy Sōng Shān Mountain in Henan Province. The monastery is known around the world as the cradle of Chan (Zen)-Buddhism and over 200 directions of martial arts.
In the 6th century, according to legend, to Shaolin came Bodhidharma - the founder of a new branch of Buddhism - Chan (or Zen in Japanese). It was Bodhidharma who showed to monks 18 fighting movements that initiated all Shaolin Kung Fu. As a result, of daily religious practice and martial arts trainings, monks reached higher states of Liberty and became almost invincible. Northern Shaolin is associated in people's minds with the origin of the phenomenon of "Shaolin training system".
The valley, where is located a Shaolin, stretched severely from east to west and wonderfully combines spaciousness, breadth and solitude. These places from of old have a reputation of fairy, mystical, suitable for communicating with spirits and esoteric practices.
Shaolin - is, in the mind of every Chinese, the birthplace of Chan (Zen) Buddhism, which has the basic method - "direct comprehension" of reality "from heart to heart, not on the basis of written symbols".
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Health-improving practices
Ba Duan Jin ...This complex originated in ancient China, and gained fame during the Song Dynasty, and today reached a peak of popularity. In China, almost all strata of the population are practiced it.
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