Shaolin Temple: Dawn of Zen and Kung Fu

Shaolin Temple in Henan province, China is famousZen. Zen is the wisdom behind Shaolin and it is
worldwide for its peaceful-looking monks whowhat makes Shaolin Kung Fu unique and powerful.
perform incredible kung fu stunts.For a long time, IIn fact, the 1,500-year-old Shaolin Temple is the
have been fascinated by the martial arts skills ofcradle of Zen and Kung Fu.Zen is short for Zen
Shaolin monks. How are these monks able toBuddhism and is the Japanese translation of the
achieve such amazing feats?The answer lies inChinese word Chan.