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The 13th Zhengzhou International Shaolin Wushu Festival kicked off in Dengfeng, the birthplace of kung fu, in Zhengzhou, a city in central China's Henan province, on October 19. This year's event ...

The inaugural African Shaolin Kung Fu Games were held on Sunday at the Shaolin Cultural Center in Lusaka, Zambia. The event served as a platform for cultural exchange between China and Africa while ...

KUALA LUMPUR, July 9 — For most audiences, Shaolin kung fu is synonymous with flying kicks, lightning-fast ...

The 1982 film The Shaolin Temple famously launched the career of martial arts superstar Jet Li. But perhaps less widely known is that it also essentially created Shaolin kung fu as we know it. The ...

Martial arts and meditation practitioners in Atlanta don’t have to take the 7,500-mile journey to the Shaolin Temple in China to get a taste of authentic Shaolin culture and its ancient teachings.

The world-famous Shaolin Kung Fu may have originated from Yexia Temple in ancient China's Yecheng City, instead of from the popularly believed Bodhidharma, according to scholars at an annual culture ...

Performers stage a martial arts performance at Shaolin Temple scenic area on the Mount Songshan, Central China's Henan Province, July 13, 2019. (Photo: Xinhua) Shaolin Temple in Central China's Henan ...