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Published: February 11th 2006
Shaolin Temple - 10.02.06
Shaolin Si is a Buddist temple in the area of the Song Shan mountain range. It is famous for being the place where Kung Fu was invented so we had to make a brief stop here on our way through to Xi'an.
Without going into any boring details it was a bit of a drama to get there/get in (partly but not entirely our own fault) but in the end it was worth all the hassle. The temple itself is a fairly standard one as buddist temples go (we have seen many, many temples now!) and there is a pagoda forest which we wandered around for a while but the highlight of the visit was definitely the Kung Fu show put on by students of the academy. Children as young as eight along with their peers gave us a taste of what they were capable of - smashing metal plates over their heads, punching a pin through a plate of glass, sommersaults, flips and generally spectacular kung fu fighting stuff. All very impressive!
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Jenny
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Sorry - nout witty to write!
Hey - not written anything for a while so thought would say hi. Impressive high kick. Tom has been impressed with the photos. Keep showing him Aunty Katy - who I am sure he now thinks is a 2D person. Lots of love from Plymouth and take care XXX