{"id":2525,"date":"2016-10-18T07:00:46","date_gmt":"2016-10-18T05:00:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bernies-journeys.at\/?p=2525"},"modified":"2016-10-31T19:10:22","modified_gmt":"2016-10-31T18:10:22","slug":"staunen-ueber-shaolin-und-song-shan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bernies-journeys.at\/en\/2016\/10\/18\/staunen-ueber-shaolin-und-song-shan\/","title":{"rendered":"The Skilful Shaolin Monks and the Magnificent Song Shan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We spent the last one-and-a-half days at the Shaolin Temple, learning a bit about its history (and Kung Fu), as well as enjoying the beautiful Song Shan mountain.<!--more--><\/p>\n  <div class=\"wp-bkab-quer_re wp-caption alignright single-image\">\n  <p class=\"image\">\n   <a href=\"img-20161019-wa0080\/\" class=\"lightbox-link\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"img360x240\" src=\"..\/..\/..\/..\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/IMG-20161019-WA0080-360x240.jpg\" width=\"360\" height=\"240\" alt=\"[Foto]\" title=\"Kung Fu performance\" \/><\/a>\n  <\/p>\n  <p class=\"wp-caption-text\">\n   Kung Fu performance\n  <\/p>\n  <\/div>\n\n<p>The Shaolin Temple is not only a very old Buddhist temple (which would already make it a tourist attraction of its own), but also kind of the birthplace of Kung Fu. During a short preformance, we could marvel at the skills of the Shaolin monks: breaking a metal staff on their own head, or balancing on a spearhead. Most impressive for me, though, was a needle being thrown through a glass plate to bring a balloon to burst behind it.<\/p>\n  <div class=\"wp-bkab-mixed_2to3 wp-caption\">\n  <div class=\"wp-bkab-hoch_li\">\n  <p class=\"image\">\n   <a href=\"img_2395\/\" class=\"lightbox-link\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"img240x360\" src=\"..\/..\/..\/..\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/IMG_2395-240x360.jpg\" width=\"240\" height=\"360\" alt=\"[Foto]\" title=\"Shaolin Temple\" \/><\/a>\n  <\/p>\n  <\/div>\n  <div class=\"wp-bkab-quer_re\">\n  <p class=\"image\">\n   <a href=\"img_2398\/\" class=\"lightbox-link\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"img360x240\" src=\"..\/..\/..\/..\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/IMG_2398-360x240.jpg\" width=\"360\" height=\"240\" alt=\"[Foto]\" title=\"Statues at the entrance to Shaolin Temple\" \/><\/a>\n  <\/p>\n  <p class=\"wp-caption-text\">\n   Statues at the entrance to Shaolin Temple\n  <\/p>\n  <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n  <div class=\"clear\">\n\n  <\/div>\n\n  <div class=\"wp-bkab-quer_li wp-caption alignleft single-image\">\n  <p class=\"image\">\n   <a href=\"img-20161019-wa0081\/\" class=\"lightbox-link\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"img360x240\" src=\"..\/..\/..\/..\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/IMG-20161019-WA0081-360x240.jpg\" width=\"360\" height=\"240\" alt=\"[Foto]\" title=\"Kung Fu students\" \/><\/a>\n  <\/p>\n  <p class=\"wp-caption-text\">\n   Kung Fu students\n  <\/p>\n  <\/div>\n\n<p>Around the temple, you can also sometimes see Kung Fu scholars practising their art. There was also the possibility to attend a Kung Fu lesson ourselves. I, however, did not take advantage of this opportunity, as I thought that one cannot learn very much in just one hour. The others were very happy with their lesson, though, so that I almost regret not going. What is more, after their lesson, they could observe the youngest pupils (between three and six years old) practicing.<\/p>\n<p>Instead, I did a short hike up the mountain slope to a cave in which Bodhidharma, the &quot;inventor&quot; of Kung Fu, allegedly once lived for several years.<\/p>\n  <div class=\"wp-bkab-mixed_2to3 wp-caption\">\n  <div class=\"wp-bkab-hoch_li\">\n  <p class=\"image\">\n   <a href=\"img_2404\/\" class=\"lightbox-link\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"img240x360\" src=\"..\/..\/..\/..\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/IMG_2404-240x360.jpg\" width=\"240\" height=\"360\" alt=\"[Foto]\" title=\"Statue of Bodhidharma\" \/><\/a>\n  <\/p>\n  <p class=\"wp-caption-text\">\n   Statue of Bodhidharma\n  <\/p>\n  <\/div>\n  <div class=\"wp-bkab-quer_re\">\n  <p class=\"image\">\n   <a href=\"img_2419\/\" class=\"lightbox-link\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"img360x240\" src=\"..\/..\/..\/..\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/IMG_2419-360x240.jpg\" width=\"360\" height=\"240\" alt=\"[Foto]\" title=\"Buddhist prayer ribbons near Bodhidharma Cave\" \/><\/a>\n  <\/p>\n  <p class=\"wp-caption-text\">\n   Buddhist prayer ribbons near Bodhidharma Cave\n  <\/p>\n  <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n  <div class=\"clear\">\n\n  <\/div>\n\n  <div class=\"wp-bkab-quer_re wp-caption alignright single-image\">\n  <p class=\"image\">\n   <a href=\"img_2500\/\" class=\"lightbox-link\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"img360x240\" src=\"..\/..\/..\/..\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/IMG_2500-360x240.jpg\" width=\"360\" height=\"240\" alt=\"[Foto]\" title=\"Sanhuang Plank Way\" \/><\/a>\n  <\/p>\n  <p class=\"wp-caption-text\">\n   Sanhuang Plank Way\n  <\/p>\n  <\/div>\n\n<p>Today, we all did a hike together on the neighbouring Song Shan. This mountain range has some very impressive white cliffs. The hiking path (called the &quot;Sanhuang Plank Way&quot;) leads along these cliffs, and provides some spectacular views&nbsp;&#8211; even in rather cloudy conditions (as today).<\/p>\n<p>  <div class=\"wp-bkab-quer wp-caption\">\n  <div class=\"wp-bkab-quer_li\">\n  <p class=\"image\">\n   <a href=\"img_2473\/\" class=\"lightbox-link\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"img360x240\" src=\"..\/..\/..\/..\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/IMG_2473-360x240.jpg\" width=\"360\" height=\"240\" alt=\"[Foto]\" title=\"Suspension Bridge\" \/><\/a>\n  <\/p>\n  <p class=\"wp-caption-text\">\n   Suspension Bridge\n  <\/p>\n  <\/div>\n  <div class=\"wp-bkab-quer_re\">\n  <p class=\"image\">\n   <a href=\"img_2493\/\" class=\"lightbox-link\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"img360x240\" src=\"..\/..\/..\/..\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/IMG_2493-360x240.jpg\" width=\"360\" height=\"240\" alt=\"[Foto]\" title=\"Sanhuangzhai\" \/><\/a>\n  <\/p>\n  <p class=\"wp-caption-text\">\n   Sanhuangzhai\n  <\/p>\n  <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n  <div class=\"clear\">\n\n  <\/div>\n<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sorry, this entry is only available in Deutsch.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2533,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[128,85,58],"class_list":["post-2525","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-travel-diary","tag-temples-sacred-sites","tag-unesco-world-heritage","tag-hiking","trips-china2016","country-cn"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bernies-journeys.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2525","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bernies-journeys.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bernies-journeys.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bernies-journeys.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bernies-journeys.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2525"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bernies-journeys.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2525\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bernies-journeys.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2533"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bernies-journeys.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2525"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bernies-journeys.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2525"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bernies-journeys.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2525"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}