Shaolin Wushu Festival sparkles with 60,000 performers
16:24, October 21, 2010
Over 60,000 students from Wushu schools perform Shaolin Kung Fu on the way to the Shaolin Temple scenic area. (photo: dahe.cn)
The Eighth Zhengzhou International Shaolin Wushu Festival will open on Oct. 22 and a welcoming ceremony will be held in Dengfeng on the afternoon of the next day. On the afternoon of Oct. 21, the welcoming ceremony held a rehearsal for the first time with over 60,000 students from Wushu schools performing Shaolin Kung Fu on the way to the Shaolin Temple scenic area.
At the rehearsal, 800 students from the Tagou Wushu School formed the Chinese character, "Tian Di Zhi Zhong" and then "Gong Fu Zhi Du" by standing on ladders as they were accompanied by musical beats. The 720 students in the plaza held colored flags and performed Wushu skills. The Chinese characters composed of their bodies became a major highlight at the ceremony.
At the Shaolin Temple scenic area, more than 8,000 students from the Tagou Wushu School who were dressed in traditional costumes, Buddhist robes and combat clothes performed traditional and unique Shaolin Wushu skills, such as quincuncial piles, the iron palm, changing one's bones and leaping onto roofs as well as vaulting over walls. They demonstrated the broad and profound Shaolin Wushu skills to push the entire rehearsal to the climax.
In front of the Shaolin Temple's entrance, Shi Yongxin, abbot of the Shaolin Temple will lead monks of the temple to the entrance and welcome guests participating in the festival. The guests will follow the abbot to visit the temple after the solemn welcoming ceremony.
According to sources, the organizing committee plans to take the Shaolin Temple, Zhongyue Temple, and the Songyang Academy as the three focuses of the welcoming ceremony. They will use the tourist highway as the main route of the ceremony to fully display the extensive and profound Shaolin Wushu Style as well as the humanity landscapes and mental outlook in the cradle of Shaolin Wushu.
The organizing committee also arranged more than 60,000 students from Wushu schools to perform Shaolin Kung Fu along the nearly 20-kilometer long road from Yingxian Park of Dengfeng to the Shaolin Temple scenic spot. More than 13,000 students from the Tagou Wushu School out of the total 60,000 students were also arranged to perform a large-scale artistic performance at the Yingxiange Square and the Shaolin Temple scenic spot respectively.
The website dahe.cn contributes to this report.
800 students from the Tagou Wushu School form the Chinese character, "Tian Di Zhi Zhong" and then "Gong Fu Zhi Du" by standing on ladders as they were accompanied by musical beats.(photo: dahe.cn)
In front of the Shaolin Temple's entrance, Shi Yongxin, abbot of the Shaolin Temple leads monks of the temple to the entrance and welcome guests participating in the festival.(photo: dahe.cn)
Students from Wushu School who were dressed in combat clothes perform traditional and unique Shaolin Wushu skill,the iron palm.(photo: dahe.cn)
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