| This article is about the kung fu martial arts and | | | | computer, Internet, etc." he said. He is now using |
| you can find some useful information in it if you | | | | the Internet, DC, cell phone and laptop every day. |
| are a fan of the kung fu martial arts. | | | | (useful kung fu martial arts info) |
| In 1981, a 16 years old young man came to the | | | | In 2002, Yongxin Shi was acting as the Fangzhang |
| Shaolin Temple from Anhui Province, China. All he | | | | of the Shaolin Temple for the 3rd year. He was |
| got here were a quilt and some food coupons ( if | | | | the 30th Fangzhang of this famous temple. In this |
| you wanna buy some rice, you will have to show | | | | year, the Discovery channel visited the Shaolin |
| them your food coupons in the 1980's China ) at | | | | Temple and recorded a TV show named "New |
| that time. He wished to be a Shaolin monk and | | | | CEO of the Shaolin Temple". In this TV show, you |
| learn the Shaolin kung fu. The Shaolin masters | | | | can see Yongxin Shi riding a Benz in the big cities |
| received him and gave him the name - Yongxin. | | | | every day, managing the daily activities of the |
| Now he is called the "CEO of the Shaolin Temple" | | | | Shaolin Temple with his cell phone. Because there |
| by the people from all over the world. He saw | | | | is no English words for "Fangzhang", it was |
| how the Shaolin Temple changed from a declining | | | | translated to "CEO". This is how he got the title - |
| temple (less than 20 monks in it) to a famous | | | | "CEO of the Shaolin Temple". |
| Holy Land of the Chinese kung fu. "In the 1980's, | | | | "CEO is how the foreigners translate the word - |
| you can only see broken walls and shattered | | | | 'Fangzhang', but this translation is not very |
| debric in the Shaolin Temple." he said.( kung fu | | | | accurate. But I do not want to explain this." |
| martial arts info ) | | | | Yongxin Shi said. |
| What changed the fate of the Shaolin Temple | | | | A lot of people believe that the Shaolin Temple is |
| was a movie called "Shaolin Temple" in 1982. This | | | | not a traditional Buddhism Temple now and |
| movie is now notable in the world and it let millions | | | | Yongxin Shi is not the traditional Fangzhang either. |
| of people know that the Shaolin Temple is the | | | | (helpful kung fu martial arts info) Although there |
| source of the Chinese kung fu. From that time, a | | | | are lots of controversies in this matter, Yongxin |
| lot of young people dream to be a Shaolin kung | | | | Shi still insists his way to develop the old Shaolin |
| fu master one day. Nowadays, there are more | | | | Temple. "We have our base line for sure. There is |
| than 50 kung fu schools in the Shaolin Temple | | | | a rumor about the IPO of the Shaolin Temple in |
| area. The number of the students here is about | | | | China. To do the IPO and make the Shaolin |
| 100,000. | | | | Temple a stock company is ridiculous. We will |
| As the Fangzhang (the leader of a temple) of the | | | | never do things like this." he said. |
| Shaolin Temple, Yongxin Shi is also acting like the | | | | By Shane Lee. Date: 05/12/2009. |
| CEO of a company now. He believes that the | | | | Copyright belongs to ShowKungFu Dot COM . |
| Shaolin Temple must use the Internet to | | | | You can find more information about kung fu |
| communicate with the world outside. "We can | | | | martial arts from our web site. |
| greatly improve our influence by using this brand | | | | NOTE: Permission is granted by the copyright |
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| seperated from the outside. All we did is the | | | | part provided credit is given to the author (with a |
| work of farmers 20 years ago. Now we have to | | | | link to the article's source URL ShowKungFu Dot |
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