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| Market for brooms and wooden pitch forks. Note that the trees must have been trained to grow in the shape of a pitch fork. |
| Roadside market outside Luoyang on the way to the Shaolin Temple, home of Kung Fu. |
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| Village seen from bus on the way to Shaolin Temple. |
| Countryside seen from bus on the way to Shaolin Temple. |
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| Shaolin monks. |
| Entering the Pagoda Forest of 244 pagodas. It is the largest in China. The oldest pagota is 1210 years old. |
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| One of the pagodas in the pagoda forest in Shaolin, near the temple and monastery. When the abbot of the Shaolin Monastery or a monk of particular note dies, his remains/ashes are placed in a new pagoda. His importance can be judged by the size of the pagoda. |
| Pagoda Forest, Shaolin, China. |
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| Pagoda Forest, Shaolin, China. | ||
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| Pagoda Forest |
| The newest pagoda in the forest was built in 1996, when the 29th abbot died. It is a long standing superstition that Chinese people expect to die at age 73 or age 84. The abbot made it past his 73 year but died at age 84. |
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| Pagoda Forest |
| Pagoda Forest |
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| A white horse in the market near the pagoda forest. |
| Students in the Shaolin Kung Fu School courtyard. |
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| Students in the Shaolin Kung Fu School courtyard. |
| Student waiting for lunch in the Shaolin Kung Fu School courtyard. |
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| Students in the Shaolin Kung Fu School courtyard. |
| Students in the Shaolin Kung Fu School courtyard. |
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| The "Fighting Monk Delegation" from the Shaolin Temple, Songshan Mountain, China give a demonstration of their skills. |
| "Fighting Monk Delegation" |
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