Being an important part of Chinese traditional martial arts, Shaolin martial arts are considered to be the authentic Chinese kungfu.

Originally, Shaolin Kungfu was developed from the Shaolin Temple, in the region of Song Mountain. While cultivating in the thick

forest of the high mountains, monks created a set of body-building exercises by learning the postures of flying, jumping and running

from birds, beasts and fish. Gradually, these body-building exercises developed into a sort of boxing through long practice and

improvement, which is generally called 'Shaolin boxing'.

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Shaolin martial arts include boxing, stick art, spear art, sword art and so on. Shaolin boxing is strong and powerful. It is a

combination of attack and defence thus making it practical for real fights. Stick art played an important role in wars. It can not

only defeat the enemy and achieve victory, but also improve health and promote longevity. Spear is regarded as the king of the ancient

weapons. Spear arts are various, including Shaolin spear, Yezhan spear, Lanmen spear and so on. Sword arts have a far-reaching

influence on the Shaolin martial arts. The vigorous sword dance brings people a wonderful aesthetic feeling.

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