A student from a martial art school performs in front of the Shaolin Temple in Dengfeng, Henan Province on October 13, 2013. Photo: IC China's Shaolin Temple, famous as the cradle of Chinese kung fu, ...

Successor to disgraced former Shaolin Temple chief vows to follow true path of Buddhism, values 'agriculture' and 'zen' The successor to the disgraced abbot of the internationally famous Shaolin ...

China’s fabled Shaolin Temple, nestled in forest at the foot of a holy mountain in Henan province, is known as the cradle of kung fu and Zen buddhism. The 1,500-year-old monastery is also at the ...

A conical bamboo hat, Chinese kung fu slippers and even secret martial arts instruction manuals -- all these you can already find in the Shaolin Temple's online shop with its own registered trademark.

Buddhist authorities in China stripped a celebrity Shaolin monk of his office amid a swirl of allegations over the weekend, including a criminal investigation into embezzlement and accusations that he ...

The successor to the disgraced abbot of the internationally famous Shaolin Temple has shunned the lifestyle that got his predecessor into trouble. Two days after Shi Yongxin, the former head of ...

Business of faith Shi, now 60, joined Shaolin Temple in 1981. He became its abbot in 1999 at the age of 34 and went on to become one of China’s most well-known monks by turning the crumbling monastery ...