What is Shaolin Monastery?
{{nosources|date=June 2009}} The '''Shaolin Monastery''' or Shaolin Temple is a [[temple]] at Song mountain of Dengfeng, near [[Zhengzhou]] City, [[Henan]] Province, [[China]]. Now it is led by abbot Venerable abbot [[Shi Yǒngxìn]]. It was founded in the 6th century and became the Holy Ground of [[Kung Fu]]. Now it is the Mahayana Buddhist monastery perhaps best known to the Western world. [[Category:Buildings and structures in China]] [[Category:Buddhist buildings]] [[Category:6th-century buildings and structures]] [[Category:Henan]]