Yukiko in front of the front gate of Shaolin-Si (Temple). notice that Shao Lin Si is written from right to left here. Shaolin temple dates back to 495 CE

An engraved image of Damo (Bodhi Dharma, Daruma) the First Patriarch of Zen in China.

This is part of the famous wall painting depicting Shaolin Monks training together to learn Kung Fu.

This painting is said to have inspired So Doshin to start Shorin-ji Kenpo in Japan.

De Yang, head fighting monk of Shaolin. I can not believe that I had the opportunity to meet this Bodhisattva.

Thanks to our translator friends, De Yang, and to Yuki for making this possible.

photo by Yuki

The Pagoda Forest. 244 of these pagodas house the remains of Shaolin's past monks of repute.

Yuki standing in front of Damo's Cave. It is said that Bodhi Dharma sat in this cave for 9 years in meditation.

A scenic garden view in a Temple devoted to the First Patriarch of Zen.