Your feng shui bedroom starts with one move: put the bed in the commanding position. That means diagonal from the door, with a solid wall behind your headboard. Feng shui, the traditional Chinese practice of arranging space for balance, treats this as the anchor for every other choice. Below you’ll...
Read MoreMost of what movies show about Shaolin kung fu is legend, not record. Bodhidharma did not invent it, historians find no solid evidence that the Qing dynasty burned the monastery, and Shaolin monks fought mostly with staffs before the 1500s. This guide checks seven popular claims about Shaolin monks...
Read MoreOrdained Shaolin monks traditionally eat a plant-based Buddhist diet. They start with millet or rice congee at dawn, eat a main meal of buns, noodles, tofu and vegetables near 11:30 am, and finish with a plain dinner. Meat, fish, alcohol and the five pungent spices, such as garlic and...
Read MoreShaolin warrior monks are Chan Buddhist monks of the Shaolin Monastery on Mount Song in Henan, China, and they really did fight. A stone stele carved in 728 records monks aiding the future Tang emperor in 621. The movie version, with flying kicks and a kung fu school founded...
Read MoreBodhidharma was a Buddhist monk from South India or Central Asia who taught in northern China in the early 500s CE. According to tradition, he is the first patriarch of Chan (Zen) Buddhism. His link to Shaolin kung fu, however, comes from a text written in 1624, about a...
Read MoreShaolin Temple history spans 1,500 years. The monastery was founded in 495, burned in 1928, revived by a 1982 film, and shaken in 2026 when its former abbot was jailed. At ShaoLinStore, we checked the records so you can tell fact from legend. You will see which stories hold...
Read MoreShaolin monks are real. Chinese media reports put the community at the Shaolin Temple at roughly 200-300 people, and the temple is still an active Chan Buddhist monastery in Henan, China. It was founded in 495 CE. But the bright orange robe you may picture? That is usually not Shaolin....
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