Awesome Shaolin Pictures

[XiaoLong]

Shaolin Home Page (http://www.shaolin.nl)

[Shaolin Disciple]

Snowy Winter of Shaolin Temple (http://photos.yahoo.com/mrheming) :cool:
Shaolin Secular Disciple's Union (http://shaolin1500.com)

[XiaoLong]

Heming,
Is it still snowing in Henan?
Ciao :D

[XiaoLong]

Does anyone know other good Shaolin sites?

[Shaolin Disciple]

Dear Xiao Long, today it's warmer again, the trees in Shaolin are truning to green now and birds come back to Song mountains...but just 3 days before, it was still snowing...this year it was snowed for 6 times in Shaolin Temple and monk masters told me that such a big snow can only be seen in every 15 years, hehehe....wish you love those photos I took, let me know what kind of image you wish to have and I will post more for you my friend!

Heming, Shaolin Temple

[XiaoLong]

Thanx Heming.

I would like to see some photo's from the streets near Shaolin. Last time when I visited (august) they were breaking down the buildings. A lot of trash all around. Not a nice site at that time.

Greetings!

[Monkey]

Heming
Thanks for posting those photos. I really enjoyed them.

[premier]

my god it's beautiful out there. that li river picture etc.

[XiaoLong]

New Pictures and News added Shaolin Home Page (http://www.shaolin.nl) :rolleyes:

[oiboy]

shaolinwolf.com has some good pics and mpegs on it ;)

g.e.

[xiao]

View taken from the fron of the wushu guan (http://www.americaneuropeanshaolin.com/images/shaolin2005/21.jpg) . Before You had the big stadion&school there....

View take from a side hill (http://www.americaneuropeanshaolin.com/images/shaolin2005/22.jpg). You can see shaolin temple a bit further away...

Wushu guan training center (http://www.americaneuropeanshaolin.com/images/shaolin2005/23.jpg)

Nunnery between shaolin temple and tamo cave (http://www.americaneuropeanshaolin.com/images/shaolin2005/24.jpg)

Main street to Shaolin temple (http://www.americaneuropeanshaolin.com/images/shaolin2005/25.jpg)

Renewed front of the wushu guan (http://www.americaneuropeanshaolin.com/images/shaolin2005/26.jpg)

Song Shan mountains (http://www.americaneuropeanshaolin.com/images/shaolin2005/27.jpg)

Part of the new tagou school (http://www.americaneuropeanshaolin.com/images/shaolin2005/28.jpg)

New village build by the government - opposite of shaolin temple (http://www.americaneuropeanshaolin.com/images/shaolin2005/29.jpg)

[GeneChing]

That looks hella cold. Most buildings at Shaolin are uninsulated and the heaters generally don't work (when there are heaters). Thanks for sharing! When were those taken exactly?

[Starchaser107]

it does indeed look cold

[xiao]

Cold :confused: My @** was freezing...hahaaaaa..It was really cold and no heating...This was my towel (http://www.americaneuropeanshaolin.com/images/shaolin2005/30.jpg) a few hours later after washing myself a bit..

These pics were taken beginning of february...

[xiao]

Ok...some ore than :)

Villagers house (http://www.americaneuropeanshaolin.com/images/shaolin2005/31.jpg) Lot of houses around the temple..and elsewhere are simular like these. They look ok but mostely it's a big mess inside ;)

Inside temple (http://www.americaneuropeanshaolin.com/images/shaolin2005/32.jpg) this is the entrance before You enter the courtyard where the abbot's room is located...

Pagoda above tamo cave (http://www.americaneuropeanshaolin.com/images/shaolin2005/33.jpg) nobody there....just the snow and wind....very strange feeling i must say

[GeneChing]

Thanks for sharing, xiao! You actually got me to laugh out loud with that frozen towel pic. Looks like it was a hard winter for Shaolin this year. How long were you there? Did you get a nice shot of Tamo's cave in the snow? Did the snow turn red? ;)

[xiao]

Hey gene,

I do have a nice shot of the damo cave...somewhere...But it was just a little too cold for me to take my sword and cut of my arm...hahaaaa...

You know , I saw a pic of you in a shaolin special (can't remember witch one) at the damo cave with a stone head next to your lovely face....Well they gave that face a special place now next to the cave....Any idea who's head is that... :D

[wdl]

Some of those pics look so cold that I'm not sure if Viagra could help me right now.


-Will

[GeneChing]

Well, I salute your kung fu for even attempting to climb to the cave in that kind of weather. I've been on that peak during rainstorms and it is quite slippery when wet - quite dangerous really. Shaolin can get nasty in the winters - talk about hardships!

As for that head, it's one of a set of three. We ran a pic of the three restored statues in our 2003 Shaolin Special (http://ezine.kungfumagazine.com/magazine/article.php?article=397) in my Publisher's note. The severed head picture is a favorite among many for some unknown reason; we ran that in our 2002 Shaolin Special (http://ezine.kungfumagazine.com/magazine/article.php?article=144) after they were first dismantled, so the restored heads pic in the following Shaolin special was called for. Lovely face indeed! Anyway, I'm told that the statues represent Tamo's three male disciples, Huike, Daoyu and Zongchi. I'm not sure why his female disciple, Minglian, is omitted from this group. Perhaps because she is honored with her own temple, Yongtai nunnery, near Shaolin. Or perhaps because she was considered the least progressed of the four (Buddhism has always been hard on the fairer sex historically). Of course, Huike has his own temple too, Erzuan. Maybe I've just been misinformed about those three statues, but I've heard that they represent Tamo's disciples from several sources.

[Shaolinlueb]

china in the winter with no heat. i had it easy with the rooms only being 30/35 degrees at night then. :D looks like you had fun.

[Pk_StyLeZ]

wtf wrong wit dat towel...lolz...
how are u stil alive in dat weather??
and u climbed a mountain in the cold/snow??
Man u are hardcore i bow dwn to u

[Starchaser107]

My banana eating island boy self would not stand a chance. Beautiful as it is. :cool:

[wdl]

My banana eating island boy self would not stand a chance. Beautiful as it is. :cool:

They need to relocate the temple to Jamaca. I bet they would get alot more clientele.

-Will

[Starchaser107]

Yeah that's just what we need. Weed smoking monks.
Us being the partying sort that we are would eventually decide that the temple is a big enough location to have a nice session. Pay the abbot a nice fat sum, and before you know it the shaolin temple would be just another party venue.

I speak the truth.

[GeneChing]

Did I ever mention what grows wild all over Songshan? You know it. Buddha. The Kynd Buddha. It may be sacrilegious, but I've often joked that it might be a solution to the Tamo Koan. I mean really, if I was sitting on a mountain of pot, I could stare at a rock for nine years.... :D

[norther practitioner]

Thanks xiao... nice pics

[Alinush]

Amituofo!!! You can find here some pictures of me -> http://www.angelfire.com/dragon3/shaolinpics/shaolinquan/ [if that link doesn't work you can find those pictures and more here -> http://xthost.info/shaolinquan/shaolinpics/ or here -> http://www.shaolinquan.3x.ro/ ] I hope you will like them! Omituofo!!!

[Starchaser107]

Very Cool Shots Alin esp the ones at xthost. :cool:
I'm officially jealous :D

[Shaolinlueb]

me too, thats some nasty flexibility. where are you located?

[Starchaser107]

Especially of This Stretch (http://xthost.info/shaolinquan/shaolinpics/DSCI0020.JPG) in particular.

[SimonM]

Did I ever mention what grows wild all over Songshan? You know it. Buddha. The Kynd Buddha. It may be sacrilegious, but I've often joked that it might be a solution to the Tamo Koan. I mean really, if I was sitting on a mountain of pot, I could stare at a rock for nine years.... :D

Songshan looks like a bit of a more challenging mountain to walk up than the local Fushan but the British chap who lives beneath me tells me that the wisdom herb grows wild here too.

Funny, I would have thought it too dry here.

[GeneChing]

Actually there's a lot of wild hemp in China. Most of it's unsmokable, or at least *cough* so I'm told, but it's a major source of cloth. In fact, those popular Shaolin vests were often made of hemp fabric.

[tuns]

:D cheers 4 the picks cant wait to see it with my own 2 eyes.I hope it will be a bit warmer 4 me .

[DoGcHoW108]

Holy monkey balls!

http://www.shaolinquan.3x.ro/DSCI0020.JPG

thats friggin cool.

[GeneChing]

This might become my Shaolin in the Snow thread.


Shaolin monks continue training in snow(1/3) (http://www.ecns.cn/visual/hd/2017/02-23/121807.shtml)
2017-02-23 10:23 Ecns.cn Editor:Yao Lan

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Monks practice kung fu in a snow-covered field at the Shaolin Temple in Dengfeng City, Central China’s Henan Province, Feb. 22, 2017. Despite cold weather, the monks are continuing to train for a music show. The youngest monk is six years old. (Photo/CFP)

[GeneChing]

Clearly from the same shoot.


Shirtless monks show off their stuff at snowy Shaolin Temple (http://www.globaltimes.cn/content/1034532.shtml)
Source:Globaltimes.cn Published: 2017/2/23 18:12:57

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Chinese bare chested Shaolin Monks play Kongfu in a snow field at Shaolin Temple of Songshan Mountain as a cold front hit Zhengzhou, Central China's Henan Province on February 22, 2017. Photo: CFP

Shaolin Monks demonstrate their martial arts skills in a snowy field at Shaolin Temple of Songshan Mountain as a cold front swept Central China's Henan Province on February 22, 2017.

Never been to Shaolin in the snow. I was there in April once and it was bitterly cold, but there was no snow.

[GeneChing]

More Shaolin in the snow.


See Kung Fu in the snow by Shaolin monks(1/4) (http://www.ecns.cn/visual/hd/2018/01-08/150897.shtml#nextpage)
2018-01-08 16:55 Xinhua Editor:Li Yan

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A group of monks is seen at the Shaolin Temple on Songshan Mountain, central China's Henan Province braving the chill and practising Chinese Kung Fu after heavy snow hit the region. (Photo/Xinhua)

Shaolin Temple is a Chan Buddhist temple, where monks have been practising martial arts for over 1,500 years. Shaolin Kung Fu is presented with the movement of human body such as attack, defense and wrestling as its core.

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A gmonk is seen at the Shaolin Temple on Songshan Mountain, central China's Henan Province braving the chill and practising Chinese Kung Fu after heavy snow hit the region. (Photo/Xinhua)

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A monk is seen at the Shaolin Temple on Songshan Mountain, central China's Henan Province braving the chill and practising Chinese Kung Fu after heavy snow hit the region. (Photo/Xinhua)

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Shaolin monks train their whole lives in various discipline. They train in Kung Fu, mindfulness meditation and many gymnastics-style physical skills. (Photo/Xinhua)

[GeneChing]

Friday, January 11, 2019
Scenery of snow-covered Shaolin Temple in China's Henan (http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2019-01/10/c_137733914.htm)
Source: Xinhua| 2019-01-10 16:38:18|Editor: Li Xia

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People visit Shaolin Temple after a snow in Dengfeng City, central China's Henan Province, Jan. 10, 2019. (Xinhua/Zhu Xiang)

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Monks clean snow at the Shaolin Temple in Dengfeng City, central China's Henan Province, Jan. 10, 2019. (Xinhua/Zhu Xiang)


Looks cold. Shaolin isn't insulated. At least, it wasn't the last time I was there.

[GeneChing]

Martial arts performance staged at Shaolin Temple scenic area in China's Henan (http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2019-07/13/c_138224185.htm)
Source: Xinhua| 2019-07-13 21:06:39|Editor: ZX
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Performers stage a martial arts performance at Shaolin Temple scenic area on the Mount Songshan, central China's Henan Province, July 13, 2019. (Xinhua/Li Jianan)

Actually not that awesome. These pix need more context, especially that last one.