少林寺英文介绍.ppt

A famous place of my hometown;Shaolin Temple;a brief introduction of Shaolin Temple; Shaolin Temple was founded in the 20th year (496) of the Taihe reign of the Northern Wei Dynasty (386-534). It was named Shaolin Temple because it is situated in the heart of Songshan Mountain, the middle one of Five Famous Mountains in China, and within dense woods at the foot of Shaoshi Mountain. It is said that this temple was built by Yuanhong (Emperor Xiaowen of the Northern Wei Dynasty) for the purpose of accommodating Buddha, an Indian monk who came to China todisseminate Buddhist doctrines.; Afterwards,Bodhidhama, the founder of the Chan Sect in China, came to Songshan Mountain via Guangzhou City and Nanjing City by sea. In Shaolin Temple, he widely recruited disciples, and carried forward Buddhist doctrines. Since then, the status of Shaolin Temple as the Chan Sects birthplace has been established.; Shaolin Temple is also famous for its Shaolin Kongfu. Shaolin Kongfu obtained its great reputation during the Sui and Tang dynasties (581-907). In the Song Dynasty (960-1279), it became a unique school of Wushu named Shaolin School in the history and began to become an outstanding one among Chinas Kongfu schools. During the Yuan Dynasty (1271-1368), Shaolin Temple has more than two thousand monks and became a prestigious Buddhist temple. After the mid Qing Dynasty (1644-1911), it gradually declined.;President Putin was watching the performance of Shaolin Kongfu.; The president of International Olympic Committee Rogge visited Shaolin Temple in 2008 during the Beijing Olympic Games.; Shaolin Temple covers an area of more than 30,000 square meters, so its scale is great. On its medial axis stand the Gate of the Temple, Heavenly King Hall, Main Hall, Sutra Hall, Abbots Room, Thousand Buddhas Hall, etc., and a number of important buildings stand on both sides hereof. Shao Lin Si on the tablet of the Gate were written by Emperor Kangxi of the Qing