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Kung Fu masters gather at Shaolin martial arts festival(1/7)

2015-11-09 10:34 Ecns.cn Editor:Yao Lan
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Monks perform at the fifth China South Shaolin martial arts and culture festival held in Putian city, Fujian province on November 8, 2015. The festival has brought together various schools and aims to promote Chinese Buddhist culture.Located in the east of the Qingyuan Mountain of Quanzhou, the Quanzhou Shaolin Temple, also called the South Shaolin Temple, is the birthplace of the South Shaolin martial art, which has spread to Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macao and even Southeast Asia since Ming (1368-1644) and Qing (1644-1911) dynasties. It's also jointly called "the South and North Shaolin" with Songshan Shaolin Temple in central China's Henan province. (Photo: China News Service/ Wang Dongming)

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