Hello again.

On the year 1341, the monk Jinnaluo Wang arrived to Shaolin Shi, and remained serving in the kitchen. He was the responsible of to light the fire �� and to cook in the Monastery.

The red turbans attacked the Monastery Shaolin on March 26 1351 (Dynasty Yuan). Jinnaluo went out of the kitchen with a stick and expelled the attachers. After this, he created the Tao Lu Shao Huo Gun whose movements are based on the use of the stick to maintain ignition the fire.

At the beginning the fire form had single 19 movements, but during Ming Dynasty (1368-1644) the monk Zhishan increased it up to 25. Later on, during the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911) monk Zhan Qing developed it until 39 movements, and Monk Xiang who lived up to 1987 developed the Tao Lu until 62 movements.

Now my question. Is this Tao Lu one of more important and older at Shaolin?

(Pardon for my English)