The Shaolin Temple was built in the 19th year of Taihe in the Northern Wei Dynasty.
Shaolin Temple is the ancestral home of Chinese Zen Buddhism and the birthplace of Chinese Kung Fu. It is now a world cultural heritage, a national key cultural relics protection unit, and a national AAAAA tourist attraction. It is located in Songshan Wuru, Dengfeng City, Zhengzhou City, Henan Province At the foot of the peak, it is named "Shaolin Temple" because it is located in the dense jungle of Shaoshi Mountain in the hinterland of Songshan Mountain. Shaolin Temple was founded in the 19th year of Taihe in the Northern Wei Dynasty (495). Emperor Xiaowen Tuobahong ordered it to be built at the northern foot of Shaoshi Mountain in Songshan Mountain, opposite the capital Luoyang, in order to accommodate the Indian monk Batuo who came to teach Theravada Buddhism.
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Shaolin Temple is a world-famous Buddhist temple and the ancestral temple of Zen Buddhism in Chinese Buddhism. It occupies an important position in the history of Chinese Buddhism and is known as "the most famous temple in the world." ". Shaolin Kungfu is famous all over the world because of the continuous development and research of Shaolin Kungfu by successive generations of Shaolin monks. It is known as "the Kungfu in the world comes from Shaolin, and Shaolin Kungfu is the best in the world".
There are many inscriptions inside and outside the Shaolin Temple. Among them, the number of inscriptions from the Yuan Dynasty is not only considerable, but most of them have precious cultural value. It is a rare physical document for studying the religion, politics, history, calligraphy art, and Sino-foreign exchanges of the Yuan Dynasty.
In the "Notice on the Announcement of the Fourth Batch of National Rare Ancient Books List and the Fourth Batch of National Ancient Books Key Protection Units" issued by the State Council, the Shaolin Temple Sutra Pavilion and the Library of Renmin University of China were selected for national key protection of ancient books. unit, which marks that Shaolin Temple’s protection of ancient books with the Sutra Pavilion as the carrier has entered a new stage. It is reported that the Sutra Collection Pavilion of Shaolin Temple currently has more than 50,000 kinds of books and 300,000 volumes.
Reference: Baidu Encyclopedia-Shaolin Temple