China’s Shaolin Temple welcomes 116 kung fu masters for grand gathering
Marital artists will compete in four disciplines as well as attend discussions on Zen Buddhism
A week-long international martial arts competition got under way at the world-famous Shaolin Temple in central China on Saturday, mainland media reported.
The event is the first ever “grand gathering” to be held at the 1,500-year-old temple in Dengfeng, Henan province, which many regard as the birthplace of kung fu, news portal Thepaper.cn reported on Saturday.
A total of 116 martial artists from across China and around the world will take part in a series of contests across four disciplines, the report said.
These will include demonstrations of the two finger skill, in which practitioners demonstrate their inner strength by doing handstands and press-ups using just two fingers of each hand.