Shaolin kungfu to be saved through modern technologies

时间：2007-02-09 00:41:07

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Shaolin kungfu masters are performing kungfu. (File photo)

 
Chinanews, Zhengzhou, Feb. 8 – Through ten years' efforts, kungfu masters at Shaolin Temple in Songshan County, Henan Province, plans to save all traditional Shaolin Kongfu by printing the martial1 arts information on video tapes, pictures, and VCDs, hoping that modern technologies can help enrich its martial arts collection.

 

It is said that a whole set of Shaolin kungfu consists of 360 established series of movements (or routines). However, only 100 of them are being kept in Shaolin Temple now.

 

All these martial arts information are written in letters and graphics2 and compiled in Shaolin Temple, so that descendants can learn and practise them whenever they want. Most of the books are kept in Shaolin's depository together with other Buddhist3 scriptures4.

 

In recent years, as Shaolin Temple becomes widely known, more and more people are interested in Shaolin kungfu and want to learn it. In light of this, Shi Yongxin, the present abbot in Shaolin Temple, has decided5 to devote some efforts to saving more Shaolin martial arts.

 

In September 2006, Shi Yongxin and other kungfu masters established a Shaolin kungfu working office, where 18 martial arts experts in the temple will collect and edit information about Shaolin kungfu.

 

The experts are divided into two groups. One group consists of secular6 monks7 who will search for information about Shaolin kungfu passed on among the people, while the other group consists of martial arts experts, who will compile the information collected by secular monks and classify them into different categories.

 

In the end, the working office will sort out all information collected from among the people into 18 branches of patterns, based on the classical categorizing methods used in the temple. Each branch will make up of a set of different martial arts skills, including unarmed combat, duel8 practise, armed combat, exercising for good health, and 72 individual skills.

 

So far, experts in the temple have collected more than 1,500 sets of martial arts patterns. They expect to set up a comprehensive system for Shaolin kungfu within the next ten years. In order to do so, they plan to publish about 150 sets of martial arts patterns every year and save and publicize all these martial arts information through video tapes, hard disks, VCDs and books.




Shaolin kungfu masters are performing kungfu. (File photo)





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1 martial bBbx7     
adj.战争的，军事的，尚武的，威武的
参考例句：
  • The sound of martial music is always inspiring.军乐声总是鼓舞人心的。
  • The officer was convicted of desertion at a court martial.这名军官在军事法庭上被判犯了擅离职守罪。
2 graphics CrxzuL     
n.制图法，制图学；图形显示
参考例句：
  • You've leveraged your graphics experience into the video area.你们把图形设计业务的经验运用到录像业务中去。
  • Improved graphics took computer games into a new era.经改进的制图技术将电脑游戏带进了一个新时代。
3 Buddhist USLy6     
adj./n.佛教的，佛教徒
参考例句：
  • The old lady fell down in adoration before Buddhist images.那老太太在佛像面前顶礼膜拜。
  • In the eye of the Buddhist,every worldly affair is vain.在佛教徒的眼里，人世上一切事情都是空的。
4 scriptures 720536f64aa43a43453b1181a16638ad     
经文，圣典( scripture的名词复数 )； 经典
参考例句：
  • Here the apostle Peter affirms his belief that the Scriptures are 'inspired'. 使徒彼得在此表达了他相信《圣经》是通过默感写成的。
  • You won't find this moral precept in the scriptures. 你在《圣经》中找不到这种道德规范。
5 decided lvqzZd     
adj.决定了的，坚决的；明显的，明确的
参考例句：
  • This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
  • There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。
6 secular GZmxM     
n.牧师，凡人；adj.世俗的，现世的，不朽的
参考例句：
  • We live in an increasingly secular society.我们生活在一个日益非宗教的社会。
  • Britain is a plural society in which the secular predominates.英国是个世俗主导的多元社会。
7 monks 218362e2c5f963a82756748713baf661     
n.修道士，僧侣( monk的名词复数 )
参考例句：
  • The monks lived a very ascetic life. 僧侣过着很清苦的生活。
  • He had been trained rigorously by the monks. 他接受过修道士的严格训练。 来自《简明英汉词典》
8 duel 2rmxa     
n./v.决斗；(双方的)斗争
参考例句：
  • The two teams are locked in a duel for first place.两个队为争夺第一名打得难解难分。
  • Duroy was forced to challenge his disparager to duel.杜洛瓦不得不向诋毁他的人提出决斗。

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