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Shaolin Temple and Kung Fu

Tuesday, March 22nd, 2011

What is a visit to China without a trip to the ‘birthplace of martial arts’, the Shaolin Temple, home of the legendary Shaolin Monks.  Shaolin Temple is in SongShan mountains and about 60km east of Luoyang.  It is an easy day-trip from Luoyang and I’ll explain the easy and cheap way to do it. (more…)